{"title":"The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) and data mining in nursing.","authors":"Jane Bliss-Holtz","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2012.648829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2012.648829","url":null,"abstract":"Is the above statement a summary from a newspaper or magazine callout or perhaps a newsfeed headline? Neither—it is a conclusion that can be drawn from the highlights presented in a recent Statistical Brief #18 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (http://www.hcupus.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb118.jsp) whose data came from the 2009 HCUP (Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project) KID (Kids’ Inpatient Database) database. The KID is a set of pediatric hospital inpatient databases which are included within the HCUP family. These databases are created through a Federal-State-Industry partnership with AHRQ. Some of the unique features of the KID is that it is the only all-payer inpatient care database containing data from patients aged 20 years and younger. As suggested in the HCUP website, (http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp), the KID is useful for policy research, as it allows the tracking, identification and analysis of national and state trends in healthcare. Because the sample sizes are so large, outcomes for pediatric conditions that are relatively rare (prune belly syndrome, for example) can be analyzed. Updated every three years, the first KID database (1997) contained data from 22 states. The current database (2009) has expanded to include 44 state inpatient databases and includes data from approximately 3 million hospital discharges. Variables contained in the KID include primary and secondary diagnoses; primary and secondary procedures; admission and discharge status; patient demographics including gender, age, race, median income (by ZIP code data); total charges; length of stay and hospital characteristics (e.g., ownership, size, teaching status). A manual for use of the 2009 database (Introduction to the HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) 2009) can be found at http://www.hcupus.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/KID_2009_Introduction.pdf.","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"35 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2012.648829","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30390991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A Lecuyer, Julie J Christensen, Margaret H Kearney, Harriet J Kitzman
{"title":"African american mothers' self-described discipline strategies with young children.","authors":"Elizabeth A Lecuyer, Julie J Christensen, Margaret H Kearney, Harriet J Kitzman","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2011.596457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.596457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims and objectives: </strong>African American families have been described as using higher levels of non-abusive physical discipline with their children than European American families. Few if any studies have documented AA families' use of disciplinary strategies in their own words, however, or their reasons for their use.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this qualitative study, 51 African American mothers from a 1992 Memphis sample described their disciplinary strategies with their 12 to 19 month old children.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-seven percent of mothers described using verbal teaching along with non-abusive physical discipline, such as tapping their children's hands. Mothers also expressed concern about being too strict, described awareness of their children's developmental limits, and used non-physical disciplinary methods, consistent with positive accepting parent-child relationships.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings are important because the low-income girls who experienced such parenting in the 1990s are now young mothers themselves. Current practice guidelines encourage new mothers to think about how they themselves were parented; the knowledge from this study may assist practitioners to engage present-day African American mothers in supportive discussions about physical and non-physical discipline methods with young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"34 3","pages":"144-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2011.596457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30013162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationships among adaptive behaviors of children with autism, family support, parenting stress, and coping.","authors":"Heather R Hall, J Carolyn Graff","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2011.555270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.555270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the number of children diagnosed with autism continues to rise, resources must be available to support parents of children with autism and their families. Parents need help as they assess their unique situations, reach out for help in their communities, and work to decrease their stress levels by using appropriate coping strategies that will benefit their entire family.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted with 75 parents/primary caregivers of children with autism. Using the McCubbin and Patterson model of family behavior, adaptive behaviors of children with autism, family support networks, parenting stress, and parent coping were measured.</p><p><strong>Findings and conclusions: </strong>An association between low adaptive functioning in children with autism and increased parenting stress creates a need for additional family support as parents search for different coping strategies to assist the family with ongoing and new challenges. Professionals should have up-to-date knowledge of the supports available to families and refer families to appropriate resources to avoid overwhelming them with unnecessary and inappropriate referrals.</p>","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"34 1","pages":"4-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2011.555270","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29690305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School nursing in a contemporary society: what are the roles and responsibilities?","authors":"Cheryl A Krause-Parello, Kimika Samms","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2011.555273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.555273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The foundation studies cited in this manuscript was funded by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Healthcare. This study was funded by Kean University's Release Time for Research (RTR) Award and the manuscript developed through Kean University's Center for Nursing Research, The principal investigator wishes to thank the school nurses who participated in this research as well research assistants Kimika Samms (second author) and Michelle Proudfoot (graduate assistant).</p>","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"34 1","pages":"26-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2011.555273","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29689212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child health research in contrasting economies: gender recognition and publishing portraits.","authors":"Inger Brännström","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2011.621752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.621752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to discover gender domains and publishing portraits in child health research across two large groups of divergent economies.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>All abstracts from original articles (2004-2008) stored in the electronic literature database Web of Science on the cut-off day. i.e., 19 January 2009, were assessed when they met the selection criteria. A critical discourse analysis methodology (Foucault) was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The biomedical approach established the publishing scene whereas an integrated social approach toward gender recognition was seldom found. Articles from low- and lower-middle-income economies were almost out of the publishing gaze.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This might be due to search terms, journals indexed in the Web of Sciences, analytical tools, and recording principles within the literature databases reviewed, thus creating risks for information bias. This underscores the need for further research regarding gender recognition in database managements and the availability of electronic literature databases, particularly in economically disadvantaged regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"34 4","pages":"205-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2011.621752","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30218548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"My child has cancer: finding the silver lining in every mother's nightmare.","authors":"Paula C Fletcher","doi":"10.3109/01460862.2011.557905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/01460862.2011.557905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Having a child with cancer is one of the most taxing experiences a family can endure. With that in mind, the primary objective of this research was to explore the lived experiences of mothers of children with pediatric cancer during diagnosis, treatment, and the period thereafter. The specific purpose of this article however, was to examine the benefits or positives that emerged from the experience. One-on-one and e-mail semi-structured interviews were completed with 9 mothers of children treated for pediatric cancer. Four of the children had passed away from their illnesses. The subthemes derived for the benefits of the mothers' experiences consisted of: (1) support: importance of family and friends; (2) when life gives you lemons; and (3) finding the silver lining. It is anticipated that the findings from this exploratory research will be used as a source of support for individuals in similar situations and for front-line health care professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":75953,"journal":{"name":"Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing","volume":"34 1","pages":"40-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/01460862.2011.557905","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29689213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}