Use of Community Based Participatory Research to Design Interventions for Healthy Lifestyle in an Alternative Learning Environment.

Introduction/objectives: Childhood obesity develops as the result of the interplay between individual and environmental factors. Community based participatory research (CBPR) is an effective tool for improving health of communities. There is limited research on CBPR for facilitating healthy lifestyle in community schools with an alternative learning environment.

Comparing the Clinical Utility of the Infant Developmental Inventory With the Ages and Stages Questionnaire at 9-Month Well-Child Visits.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to compare the clinical utility of administering 2 recommended developmental screening instruments, the Infant Developmental Inventory (IDI) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), at 9-month well-child visits in paper format.

Methods: Outcomes of the 2 screens, including correct completion and interpretation by clinician, time of visit, and screen outcome were compared.

Results: Out of 33 children administered the ASQ and with documented scores, 12 (36.

Outcomes of stepping down asthma medications in a guideline-based pediatric asthma management program.

Background: Little is known about outcomes after stepping down asthma medications within an asthma management program.

Objective: To determine outcomes of stepping down asthma medications in a pediatric asthma management program.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 5- to 18-year-old children with asthma in an integrated primary care practice in the United States.

Relationship between parenting stress and concerns identified by developmental screening and their effects on parental medical care-seeking behavior.

This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between parenting stress and concerns identified by developmental screening and their effects on parents' decisions to seek medical care for their children. A total of 182 parents completed both the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) when their children were admitted to a sick child care program that provides parents the option of requesting medical evaluations for their children with mild acute illnesses. Although 31.

The potential biases in studying the relationship between asthma and microbial infection.

Objective: To assess bias in parent reports of asthma status of children and detection bias of medical records-based asthma ascertainment and to examine effects of such bias on the association between asthma status and infections.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted to compare the correlations between the frequency of acute illnesses and that of medical evaluations between children with or without asthma according to parental report and medical record review by following a group of children who were enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Sick Child Care Program in Rochester, Minnesota. Parents completed a self-administered questionnaire to determine asthma status of their child.

Why parents seek medical evaluations for their children with mild acute illnesses.

The reasons underlying parents' decisions to seek medical evaluations for their mildly ill children are not well understood. This cross-sectional study tracked parents' requests for on-site medical evaluations at a sick child care program. A logistic regression model identified factors associated with parents' decisions to seek medical evaluations for their children based on the data from parent-completed questionnaires.