{"title":"Infant Feeding Outcomes From a Culturally-Adapted Early Obesity Prevention Program for Immigrant Chinese American Parents","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine whether a cultural adaptation of an early childhood obesity prevention program promotes healthy infant feeding practices.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span>Prospective quasi-experimental study of a community-engaged multiphasic cultural adaptation of an obesity prevention program set at a federally qualified health center serving immigrant Chinese American parent-child dyads (N = 298). In a group of historical controls, we assessed early infant feeding practices (breastfeeding, sugar-sweetened beverage intake) in 6-month-olds and then the same practices alongside early solid food feeding practices (bottle weaning, fruit, vegetable, sugary or salty </span>snack<span> consumption) in 12-month-olds. After implementation, we assessed these practices in an intervention cohort group at 6 and 12 months. We used cross-sectional groupwise comparisons and adjusted regression analyses to evaluate group differences.</span></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At 6 months, the intervention group had increased odds of no sugar-sweetened beverage intake (aOR: 5.69 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.65, 19.63], <em>P</em> = .006). At 12 months, the intervention group also had increased odds of no sugar-sweetened beverage intake (aOR: 15.22 [95% CI: 6.33, 36.62], <em>P</em> < .001), increased odds of bottle weaning (aOR: 2.34 [95% CI: 1.05, 5.23], <em>P</em><span> = .03), and decreased odds of sugary snack consumption (aOR: 0.36 [0.18, 0.70], </span><em>P</em> = .003). We did not detect improvements in breastfeeding, fruit, vegetable, or salty snack consumption.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>A cultural adaptation of a primary care-based educational obesity prevention program for immigrant Chinese American families with low income is associated with certain healthy infant feeding practices. Future studies should evaluate cultural adaptations of more intensive interventions that better address complex feeding practices, such as breastfeeding, and evaluate long-term weight outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances with Group Well-Child Care","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Text Messages to Improve Well-Child Visit Attendance After No-Show","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Evaluate the effectiveness of text messages to systematically engage parents/guardians (“caregivers”) to reschedule a well-child visit (WCV) that was missed (“no-show”) and attend that rescheduled WCV visits.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span>Patients <18 years in one of five pediatrics or </span>family medicine<span> clinics, in one health system in the Southeast US, were eligible. Patients without a rescheduled WCV after a no-show were randomized into intervention (text messages) or care-as-usual comparison, stratified by language (English/Spanish). Enrollment occurred May–July 2022. Up to three text messages were sent to caregivers one week apart via REDCap and Twilio, advising how to reschedule the missed appointment by phone or health portal. Primary outcomes were 1) rescheduling a WCV within 6 weeks of no-show and 2) completing a rescheduled WCV within 6 weeks. Risk differences (RD) and odds ratios (OR) were used to evaluate the effect of text messages.</span></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Seven hundred and twenty patients were randomized and analyzed (texts: 361, comparison: 359). The proportion rescheduling WCV after text versus usual care was English: 18.85% versus 15.02%, respectively, and Spanish: 5.94% versus 8.14%, with overall RD<!--> <!-->+ 1.98% (95% CI: −1.85, 5.81) and OR 1.21 (95% CI: 0.79, 1.84; <em>P</em>-value .38). Completed WCV rates in text or usual care were English: 13.08% versus 6.59%, and Spanish: 5.81% versus 5.94% with texts associated with RD<!--> <!-->+ 2.83% (95% CI: 1.66, 4.00) and OR 1.86 (95% CI: 1.09, 3.19).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Text message follow-up after a no-show WCV may positively impact attendance at WCVs rescheduled in the subsequent 6 weeks.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div><span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> NCT05086237.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pediatric Utilization of Emergency Medical Services from Outpatient Offices and Urgent Care Centers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div><span>National efforts have highlighted the need for pediatric emergency readiness across all settings where children receive care. Outpatient offices and </span>urgent care centers are frequent starting points for acutely injured and ill children, emphasizing the need to maintain pediatric readiness in these settings. We aimed to characterize emergency medical services (EMS) utilization from outpatient offices and urgent care centers to better understand pediatric readiness needs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of EMS encounters using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System, a nationally representative EMS registry (2019–2022). We included four years of EMS encounters of children (<18 years old) that originated from an outpatient office or urgent care center. We described characteristics, including patient demographics, prehospital clinician impression, therapies, and procedures performed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 179,854,336 EMS encounters during the study period, 164,387 pediatric encounters originated at an outpatient setting. Most EMS encounters originated from outpatient offices. Evening and weekend EMS encounters more frequently originated from urgent care centers. The most common impressions were respiratory distress (n = 60,716), systemic illness (n = 23,583), and psychiatric/behavioral health (n = 13,273). Ninety-four percent of EMS encounters resulted in transportation to a hospital.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>EMS encounters from outpatient settings most commonly originate from outpatient offices, relative to urgent care settings, where pediatric emergency readiness may be limited. It is important that outpatient settings and providers are ready for varied emergencies, including those occurring for a behavioral health concern, and that readiness guidelines are updated to address these needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140141083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Place-Based Opportunity and Well Child Visit Attendance in Early Childhood","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Lower neighborhood opportunity, measured by the Child Opportunity Index [COI], is associated with increased pediatric morbidity, but is less frequently used to examine longitudinal well child care. We aimed to evaluate associations between the COI and well child visit [WCV] attendance from birth – <36 months of age.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The Upstate KIDS population-based birth cohort includes children born 2008–2010 in New York state. The exposure, 2010 census tract COI (very low [VL] to very high [VH]), was linked to children’s geocoded residential address at birth. The outcome was attended WCVs from birth – <36 months of age. Parents reported WCVs and their child’s corresponding age on questionnaires every 4–6 months. These data were applied to appropriate age ranges for recommended WCVs to determine attendance. Associations were modeled longitudinally as odds of attending visits and as mean differences in proportions of WCVs by COI.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among 4650 children, 21% (n = 977) experienced VL or low COI. Children experiencing VL (adjusted OR [aOR] 0.68, 95% CI 0.61, 0.76), low (aOR 0.81, 95% CI 0.73, 0.90), and moderate COI (aOR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81, 0.96), compared to VH COI, had decreased odds of attending any WCV. The estimated, adjusted mean proportions of WCV attendance were lower among children experiencing VL (0.45, <em>P</em> < .01), low (0.53, <em>P</em> = .02), moderate (0.53, <em>P</em> = .05), and high (0.54, <em>P</em> = .03) compared to VH COI (0.56).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Lower COI at birth was associated with decreased WCV attendance throughout early childhood. Reducing barriers to health care access for children experiencing lower COI may advance equitable well child care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond ‘‘Screen & Refer’’: Understanding Families’ Use of Resources for Health-Related Social Needs Identified via Primary Care","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>As health-related social needs (HRSN) screening increases, attention to families’ resource preferences lags. This study of a pediatric primary care intervention (DULCE) with reliable HRSN screening and resource connection explored whether resources adequately addressed families’ needs and, when HRSN persisted, families' reasons for declining resources.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This retrospective cohort, mixed-methods study analyzed data from 989 families that received care at seven pediatric clinics implementing DULCE in three states. DULCE screens for seven HRSN around the 1-month and 4-month well-child visits; we calculated the percent of initial and ongoing positive screens. For positive rescreens, we calculated the percent that had all eligible or wanted resources and that were interested in further resources. We also analyzed case notes, which elicited families’ resource preferences, and explored demographic characteristics associated with ongoing HRSN.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Half of enrolled families (508 of 989) initially screened positive for HRSN; 124 families had positive rescreens; 26 expressed interest in further assistance. Most families with ongoing concrete supports needs accessed all eligible resources (60–100%); 20–58% had everything they wanted. Fewer families with ongoing maternal depression and intimate partner violence accessed all eligible resources (48% and 18%, respectively); most reported having all wanted resources (76% and 90%, respectively). Families declined resources due to lack of perceived need, the HRSN resolving, or families addressed HRSN themselves. White families were more likely to rescreen positive.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Pediatric medical homes must honor family-centered decision-making while empowering families to accept beneficial resources. Health care systems should advocate for resources that families need and want.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141477905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Associations between Neighborhood Characteristics and Childhood Overweight and Obesity in a National Dataset","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>National child obesity rates continue to climb. While neighborhood factors are known to influence childhood weight, more work is needed to further our understanding of these relationships and inform intervention and policy approaches reflective of complex real-world contexts.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>To evaluate the associations between neighborhood components and childhood overweight/obesity, we analyzed sequential, cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Children’s Health collected annually between 2016 and 2021. To characterize the complexity of children’s neighborhood environments, several interrelated neighborhood factors were examined: amenities, detractions, support, and safety. We used ordinal logistic regression models to evaluate the associations between these exposures of interest and childhood weight status, adjusting for potential confounders.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Our analytic sample contained 96,858 children representing a weighted population of 28,228,799 children ages 10–17 years. Child weight status was healthy in 66.5%, overweight in 16.8%, and obese in 17.2%. All four neighborhood factors were associated with child weight status. The odds of overweight or obesity generally increased with a decreasing number of amenities and increasing number of detractions, with the highest adjusted odds ratio seen with no amenities and all three possible detractions (1.71; 95% confidence interval [1.31, 2.11]).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Multiple factors within a child’s neighborhood environment were associated with child weight status in this sample representative of the US population aged 10–17 years. This suggests the need for future research into how policies and programs can support multiple components of a healthy neighborhood environment simultaneously to reduce rates of childhood overweight/obesity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141187165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prolonged Early Food Insecurity and Child Feeding Practices among a Low-Income Hispanic Population: Role of Parenting Stress","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine associations between prolonged early household food insecurity (FI) during pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood, and child feeding practices, and the mediating role of dysfunctional parent-child interactions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted secondary longitudinal analyses of data from the Starting Early Program (StEP) randomized controlled trial, which studied a primary care-based child obesity prevention program for low-income Hispanic families. Our independent variable was FI, using the USDA Food Security Module, during the third trimester of pregnancy and at child ages 10- and 19-months. Frequency of reported FI was defined by the number of periods with FI (0, 1, 2, or 3). Our dependent variables were feeding practices at child age 28-months using the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire. Our mediating variable was dysfunctional parent-child interactions using the Parenting Stress Index subscale at age 19-months. We used linear regression to determine associations between frequency of reported FI and feeding practices adjusting for covariates, and mediation analyses to determine if dysfunctional parent-child interactions mediate these associations.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three hundred and forty four mothers completed assessments at child age 28-months. Of the 12 feeding practices examined, higher frequency of reported FI was positively associated with using food as a reward, restriction of food for weight control, and using food for emotional regulation, and was negatively associated with monitoring of less healthy foods. There was a significant indirect effect of frequency of reported FI on these practices through dysfunctional parent-child interactions.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Higher frequency of reported FI was associated with four feeding practices, through dysfunctional parent-child interactions. Understanding these pathways can inform preventive interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steps Forward From Co-created Entrustable Professional Activities in Pediatric Complex Care","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141602123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}