Primary Care Physicians' Attitudes Toward Postpartum Depression: Is It Part of Their Job?

Objectives: This study surveyed Israeli primary care physicians' attitudes and practice regarding postpartum depression (PPD).

Methods: Participants included 224 pediatricians and family practitioners responding to an online survey (65% response rate).

Results: Almost all respondents (98.

The incidence of anemia in an Israeli population: a population analysis for anemia in 34,512 Israeli infants aged 9 to 18 months.

Objectives: The purpose of this work was to use the comprehensive computerized database of Clalit Health Services to analyze the prevalence and contributing factors of anemia among the population of Clalit Health Services-insured Israeli infants aged 9 to 18 months, characterized by ethnic sector.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study for the year 2003 using the computerized database of Clalit Health Services for 34,512 infants aged 9 to 18 months insured by the Clalit Health Services sick fund. Children with abnormal white blood counts at the time of the hemoglobin test and with chronic diseases were excluded.

Pediatrician attitudes to exclusion of ill children from child-care centers in Israel: pressure on ambulatory practices.

Background: The exclusion of ill children from child-care centers may be associated with high social, economic and medical costs.

Objective: To assess the opinions of pediatricians working in an outpatient setting in Israel on the exclusion/return of children in child-care centers.

Methods: A questionnaire on practices of exclusion/return of children in child-care centers, in general and according to specific signs and symptoms, was administered to a random computer-selected cross-sectional sample of 192 primary care community pediatricians in Israel.

Parents' and medical personnel's beliefs about infant teething.

Many symptoms are attributed to teething. Little evidence exists to support these beliefs, despite their implications on clinical management. This study attempted to investigate parental and medical personnel's beliefs about teething.