Psychology-based Interventions Help Kids with Chronic Pain
One in 4 children will have an episode of chronic pain before they reach adulthood, and kids with chronic pain are 3 times as likely…
Course Category: Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
Inequities in Chlamydia Screening
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported bacterial disease in the U.S., and half of the 1.8 million cases reported in 2019 were in youth. A…
Updated Developmental Milestones
Less than a quarter of children with developmental disabilities receive early intervention services before age 3. The recent update to the “Learn the Signs: Act…
When Social Skills Are a Struggle: How the Primary Care Pediatrician Can Help
Friendships and social bonds are integral to children’s health. How can a pediatrician help those struggling with social skills? Emily DePaul, BS, MPH, MA, who…
Evaluating Neutropenia in Primary Care: CBC Basics, Red Flags and More
How should a primary care physician evaluate neutropenia, and decide when it’s time to worry? Kandace Gollomp, MD, pediatric hematologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses:…
Primary Care in the Opioid Epidemic: Supporting NAS and NOWS Babies and Their Moms
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) have skyrocketed as a result of the ongoing opioid epidemic. Celina C.S. Migone, MD, attending…
Infant Nutrition: Are Your Newborn and Infant Patients Getting Enough Vitamin D and Iron?
The AAP recommends that infants get 400 IUs of vitamin D per day; fewer than 40% meet this guideline. Erica Schwab, RD, LDN, a clinical…
Managing Anxiety in the Primary Care Setting
Anxiety disorders collectively are the third most common psychiatric condition in children. Katrina Fletcher, MD, psychiatrist, and Jason Lewis, PhD, psychologist, Department of Child and…
Creative Approaches to Connection
Chalkin’ Your Walkin’ is a pandemic-era project to chalk inspirational messages on the South Street Bridge in Philadelphia, over which many healthcare workers walk and…
FPIES: A Complex Allergy with Serious Health Effects in Babies
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, or FPIES, is a rare and different food allergy – non IgE-mediated, perhaps driven by T cells. About 20% of babies…