PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 4
Supplement
April 1999,
pp. 911-939
1999 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMBULATORY PEDIATRIC
ASSOCIATION
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES AND TOPIC SYMPOSIUM
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: QUALITY PLATFORM PRESENTATION
1
IMPROVING CHILD HEALTH: FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION
P. A. Margolis; R. Stevens; J. M. Stuart; W. C. Bordley; C. Harlan;
Department of Pediatrics, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2
"MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: WHAT'S THE BEST QUALITY MEASURE
OF THEM ALL?": ARE IMMUNIZATION RATES AN ACCURATE PREDICTOR OF
PREVENTIVE SERVICES DELIVERY?
C. M. Lannon; J. M. Stuart; P. A. Margolis;
Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
3
PERFORMANCE PROFILES: THE INFLUENCE OF PATIENT SATISFACTION DATA
ON PHYSICIANS' PRACTICE BEHAVIORS
E. A. Rider; J. M. Perrin;
Office of Educational
Development & Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School,
Chestnut Hill, MA, Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
MA
4
PEDIATRICIAN AND FAMILY PHYSICIAN PRESCRIPTION OF SEROTONIN
SELECTIVE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRIS)
J. L. Rushton; G. L. Freed; S. J. Clark;
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Division of General Pediatrics, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
PLATFORM PRESENTATION
5 (1999 Ludwig-Seidel Award Winner)
CAN THE PARENT RECORD VALID MEDICAL HISTORIES IN THE MEDICAL
RECORD?
S. C. Porter; M. T. Silvia; G. R. Fleisher; I. S. Kohane; K. D. Mandl;
Division of Emergency
Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
6
E-MAIL AMPLIFICATION OF A MOCK-CODE TEACHING ROUND
M. V. Pusic; B. W. Taylor;
Pediatrics, Montreal
Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Emergency, IWK Grace
Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
7
A COMPUTER-BASED GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION FOR ASTHMA: ADHERENCE
AND OUTCOMES
R. N. Shiffman; K. A. Freudigman; Y. Liaw; D. Navedo;
Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
8
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE OF PATIENT CRIES FOR HELP: AN ANALYSIS
OF UNSOLICITED ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES
D. M. D'Alessandro; M. P. D'Alessandro; S. I. Colbert;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Iowa, Iowa City, IA,
Vice President for Research Office, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
VIOLENCE: A FAMILY CONCERN
POSTER SYMPOSIUM
9
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHAT PARENTS AND PEDIATRICIANS REPORT
B. D. Kerker; S. M. Horwitz; P. J. Leaf; J.
M. Leventhal;
Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
10
SCREENING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A COMMUNITY PEDIATRIC SETTING
R. M. Siegel; T. D. Hill; V. A. Henderson; H. A. Ernst; B. W. Boat;
Northern Kentucky Children's
Advocacy Center, St. Luke Hospital, Bellevue, KY, Outcomes Research
Department, Catholic Health Initiatives, Louisville, KY, Division of
Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
11
SCREENING FOR INTER-PARTNER VIOLENCE DURING PEDIATRIC VISITS:
PERSPECTIVES FROM BATTERED MOTHERS
A. N. Partap;
Pediatrics, Maricopa Medical Center,
Phoenix, AZ
12
MEDICAL STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
J. A. Fein; E. M. Datner; M. E. McGrath; K.
R. Ginsburg; J. Flamma; F. S. Shofer;
Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Emergency Medicine, The
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA,
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA
13
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT: ARE BOYS AND
GIRLS DIFFERENT?
O. H. Purugganan; R. Stein; B. S. Benenson; E. J. Silver;
Pediatrics, Rose F. Kennedy Center/Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Bronx, NY, Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
14
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE IS ADVERSELY RELATED TO READING ACHIEVEMENT
IN URBAN CHILDREN
V. Delaney-Black; C. Covington; T. Templin; J. Ager; L. Cooper; B. Nordstrom-Klee; S. Martier; T. Kershaw; W. Wu; R. J. Sokol; S. Dhar;
Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
15
PREDICTING CHILD MALTREATMENT IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD USING A
STRUCTURED CLINICAL RATING SCALE
C. Hanchard Campbell; J. M. Leventhal; D. I. Kung; D. V. Cicchetti;
Pediatrics, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT
16
EXPERIENCE IS THE REASON: WHY DOCTORS DON'T REPORT CHILD ABUSE
E. G. Flaherty; R. D. Sege;
Pediatrics,
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Pediatrics, The Floating
Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
17
MALLEABLE RISK FACTORS FOR CHILD MALTREATMENT: OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEDIATRIC INTERVENTION
A. M. Windham; A. K. Duggan; E. Y. McFarlane;
General Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD, Hawaii Medical Association, Honolulu, HI
18
RACE, INSURANCE, AND CHILD ABUSE
A. M. Johnson; J. D. Lantos;
Pediatrics,
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Pediatrics, University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL
19
PSYCHOSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATES OF VIOLENCE
PERPETRATION AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN URBAN YOUTH
S. Feigelman; D. E. Howard; X. Li; S. I. Cross;
Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
20
SUICIDE BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC
C. B. Fields; N. Sadr; T. L. Cheng; J. L. Wright; R. A. Brenner; P. C. Scheidt; R. O'Donnell;
Children's
Research Institute- Center 6, Children's National Medical Center,
Washington, DC, George Washington University, Washington, DC, National
Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: ACCESS AND ORGANIZATION POSTER
SYMPOSIUM
21
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF VISION
SCREENING STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION OF AMBLYOPIA
A. R. Kemper; P. A. Margolis; S. M. Downs; W. Bordley;
Children's Primary Care Research Group, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
22
HOW DO PROVIDERS' CHARACTERISTICS RELATE TO ATTITUDES TOWARD
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN PRIMARY CARE?
A. M. Heneghan; E. J. Silver;
Pediatrics, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
23
WHO DOES WHAT: PRACTICE VARIATION IN THE EVALUATION AND
MANAGEMENT OF SIMPLE FEBRILE SEIZURES
L. C. Hampers; J. L. Trainor; S. E. Krug; R. Listernick;
Division of Emergency Medicine, Box 62, Children's
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Division of Emergency Medicine,
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
24
INSURANCE COVERAGE AMONG CHILDREN 0-2 YEARS
S. J. Clark; G. L. Freed; J. B. Serling;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Center
for Research in Education, Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
25
USE OF PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN A STATE MEDICAID
PROGRAM
E. B. Levey; A. K. Duggan; G. F. Anderson; T. J. Shaffer; M. H. Wilson;
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Health Policy and
Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD
26
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SHORT STAY UNITS IN
PEDIATRICS
G. E. Dougherty; G. Spadafora;
Pediatrics, Montreal
Childrens Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
27
CHANGES IN CONTINUITY OF ENROLLMENT AMONG HIGH-RISK CHILDREN
FOLLOWING TENNCARE
W. O. Cooper; G. B. Hickson; C. L. Gray; W.
A. Ray;
Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
28
PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AMONG UNINSURED CHILDREN
T. K. McInerny; R. C. Wasserman; P. G. Szilagyi; K. J. Kelleher;
Pediatrics, University of Rochester,
Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
29
RECEIPT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUBSEQUENT ENROLLMENT IN
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: A SELECTION EFFECT
S. J. Schaffer; A. W. Dick; T. M. Herbert; L. Shone; J. L. Holl; J. D. Klein; R. D. Barth; P. G. Szilagyi;
Strong Children's Research Center, University of
Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Department of Political
Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Institute for Health
Services Research & Policy Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago,
IL
POSTER SESSION I
AUTOMOBILE SAFETY
30
INITIAL RESULTS FROM PARTNERS FOR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY PART 2:
PATTERNS OF INAPPROPRIATE RESTRAINT BY AGE
F. K. Winston; E. Bhatia; D. R. Durbin;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,
CCEB, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA
31
SIDE IMPACTS: A BLIND SPOT IN PEDIATRIC PEDESTRIAN INJURY CONTROL
EFFORTS
F. K. Winston; D. E. Holt; P. R. Gallagher; K. Shaw; A. Cnaan;
Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
32
LOOKING BEYOND THE PHYSICAL INJURY: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
AND PEDIATRIC TRAFFIC INJURY
F. K. Winston; N. Kassam-Adams; A. P. de Vries; A. Cnaan; E. Sherman-Slate;
Pediatrics, University of PA and The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Medical School,
Groningen University, EB Groningen, The Netherlands, Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
33
EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC IN URBAN CHILDREN INJURED AS PEDESTRIANS
J. C. Posner; D. Durbin; F. K. Winston; A. Cnaan;
Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
34
USE OF PREHOSPITAL VARIABLES TO PREDICT SEVERITY OF INJURY IN
PEDIATRIC PATIENTS INVOLVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS
C. D. Newgard; T. Jolly; R. J. Lewis;
Emergency
Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, Emergency Medicine,
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
35
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION AND PROPER CHILD
SAFETY SEAT INSTALLATION
W. G. Lane; G. C. Liu; E. Newlin;
Pediatrics and
Preventive Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Carrboro, N.C., Surgery, Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, N.C.
36
URBAN-RURAL DIFFERENCES IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH FATALITY RATES
AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ALBERTA, CANADA
L. Kmet; C. Macarthur;
Community Health Sciences,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
37
INITIAL RESULTS FROM PARTNERS FOR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY PART 1:
USING DATA LINKAGE TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A UNIQUE CHILD-SPECIFIC CRASH
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
D. R. Durbin; F. K. Winston; J. H. Holmes;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
38
CAN PARENTS ACCURATELY REPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD SAFETY
SEAT USE?
K. B. Arbogast; S. Morris; F. K. Winston; D. R. Durbin;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
39
PEDIATRIC PEDESTRIAN INJURY IN CLEVELAND, OHIO-THE VALUE OF
COMMUNITY DATA
K. L. Joyce; M. S. Wright; T. Volsko; E. Marsh; E. Grisoni;
Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH, Rainbow Pediatric Trauma Center, Rainbow Babies and Children's
Hospital, Cleveland, OH
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
40
PROGRESS IN COVERAGE WITH HEPATITIS B VACCINE AMONG U.S.
CHILDREN, 1994-1997
H. Yusuf; V. Coronado; F. Averhoff; E. Maes; L. Rodewald; M. Bataglia; F. Mahoney;
Immunization Services Division,
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Hepatitis
Branch, National Center for Infectious Disease, CDC, Atlanta, GA
41
RISK FACTORS FOR LACKING COVERAGE WITH THREE DOSES OF HEPATITIS B
VACCINE AMONG U.S. CHILDREN, 1996-97
H. Yusuf; V. Coronado; L. Rodewald; D. Hoaglin; F. Averhoff; M. Klevens;
Immunization Services Division, National Immunization
Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
TOXIC EXPOSURES
42
ARTIFICIAL NAIL PRIMER COSMETICS: ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD POISONING
HAZARD
A. D. Woolf; J. S. Shaw;
Department of Medicine,
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
43
THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ON BLOOD LEAD LEVELS IN
A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF U.S. CHILDREN
C. Aligne; P. Auinger;
Pediatrics, University of
Rochester-Strong/Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY,
Pediatrics, University of Rochester/Rochester General Hospital,
Rochester, NY
44
IRON SUPPLEMENTATION IN MODERATE LEAD TOXICITY
M. Nair; N. Mendoza; J. Hupert; J. Niederman; P. Noronha; L. Stohlmeyer; R. Ramakrishnan;
Pediatrics, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, IL
45
LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM CHINA
J. E. Aronson; D. E. Johnson; M. K. Hostetter; M. Traister; A. M. Smith; V. Kothari; M. Alonso;
Pediatrics,
Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, Pediatrics, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Pediatrics, Yale Child Health Research
Center, New Haven, CT, Pediatrics, New York University, New York, NY
46
ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL CARIES AND BLOOD LEAD LEVELS AMONG US
POPULATION
B. P. Lanphear; M. E. Moss; P. Auinger;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH,
Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
EPIDEMIOLOGY: MISCELLANEOUS
47
SIDS IN CHILD CARE SETTINGS
R. Y. Moon; K. Patel; J. Shaefer;
Department of
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Children's National
Medical Center, Washington, DC, Association of SIDS and Infant
Mortality Programs, Baltimore, MD
48
TELEVISION VIEWING AND INITIATION OF SMOKING AMONG YOUTH
P. P. Gidwani; S. L. Gortmaker; A. Sobol;
Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Health and
Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
49
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CITY-WIDE HOSPITAL-BASED
SMOKE ALARM GIVEAWAY PROGRAM
L. J. Warda; M. E. Moffatt; M. Tenenbein;
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
50
IS SCREENING FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP IN NEWBORNS
WORTHWHILE? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
H. Patel;
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health
Care, Pediatrics, The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
51
THE CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY
DISORDER IN CHILDREN ENROLLED IN A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION
J. P. Guevara; P. Lozano; L. Mell; T. M. Wickizer; H. Gephart;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School
of Medicine, Seattle, WA, Center for Health Studies, Group Health
Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, Department of Health Services,
University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
52
USE OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BILLING DATA FOR SURVEILLANCE OF
ASTHMA: FEASIBILITY AND RELIABILITY
P. E. Bijur; L. Stevenson;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, Occupational and Environmental
Disease Control, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY
53
REVOLVING DOORS: ARE WE SERVING THE SAME CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC
CONDITIONS IN THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
SYSTEMS?
R. K. Stein; E. J. Silver;
Department of
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore MC, Bronx,
NY
INJURY: MISCELLANEOUS
54
THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-BASED PHYSICIAN PROMPTING ON INJURY
PREVENTION COUNSELING
S. M. Downs; P. H. Chugh; J. M. Bowling; L.
R. Cohen;
Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Division of Adolescent and School
Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
55
HELMET USE TRENDS IN MANITOBA 1996-1998: AN EPIDEMIC OF
INCORRECT USE AND SPRING-SUMMER DECLINES
IMPLICATIONS FOR BICYCLE
SAFETY CAMPAIGNS
L. J. Warda; S. Harlos; M. E. Moffatt; M. Tenenbein;
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Community Services, City of
Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
56
CURLING IRON-RELATED INJURIES PRESENTING TO THE US EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS
K. Qazi; L. W. Gerson; N. Christopher; E. Kessler;
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Northeastern
Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, US Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
57
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IDENTIFY U.S. INFANTS AT HIGH RISK OF
COMMON TYPES OF INJURY MORTALITY
S. J. Scholer; G. B. Hickson; W. A. Ray;
Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
58
INJURIES OF ORGANIZED SPORTS IN THE FEMALE ATHLETE: ANALYSIS OF
THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC TRAUMA REGISTRY
A. Stracciolini; M. W. Shannon;
Division of Emergency
Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
59
TRAINING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASSESS YOUTH AT RISK FOR VIOLENCE
IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
M. E. McGrath; J. A. Fein; E. M. Datner; D. Readnour;
Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Emergency Medicine, The Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
60
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG GIRLS IS A PREDICTOR OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL
ABUSE
D. F. Nordenberg; H. K. Simon; V. J. Edwards; R. F. Anda; D. Gu; V. J. Felitti;
Pediatrics, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA,
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
61
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AMONG BOYS IS A PREDICTOR OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL
ABUSE
H. K. Simon; D. F. Nordenberg; V. J. Edwards; R. F. Anda; D. Gu; V. J. Felitti;
Pediatrics, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA,
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
GENERAL PEDIATRICS: IMMUNIZATIONS
62
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A SIMPLE EDUCATIONAL
INTERVENTION TO BOOST INFANT IMMUNIZATION RATES
C. J. Stille; J. Christison-Lagay; P. H. Dworkin; B. Bernstein;
General Pediatrics-Primary Care, Connecticut
Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT
63
COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS OF DETERMINING IMMUNIZATION RATES FOR
INNER CITY INFANTS: STATEWIDE REGISTRY DATA VS. CHART REVIEW
C. J. Stille; J. Christison-Lagay;
Pediatrics,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
64
MEASURING IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE LEVELS: THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMPILING DATA FROM ALL PROVIDERS
S. K. Stokley; E. Maes; L. Rodewald;
National
Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA
65
NATIONAL SURVEY OF USE OF WRITTEN VACCINE INFORMATION MATERIALS
AND TIME SPENT DISCUSSING IMMUNIZATION ISSUES BY PEDIATRIC PROVIDERS
J. A. Bocchini; T. C. Davis; J. T. Cross; C.
L. Arnold; D. D. Fredrickson; S. G. Humiston; K. W. Green;
Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center,
Shreveport, LA, Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of
Medicine
Wichita, Wichita, KS, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA
66
PROGRESS IN VACCINATION COVERAGE AMONG 19-35 MONTH-OLD CHILDREN,
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION SURVEYUS, APRIL 1994-JUNE 1998
V. G. Coronado; E. F. Maes; L. E. Rodewald; R. A. Wright; M. P. Battaglia; D. C. Hoaglin; E. A. Anderson;
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Abt
Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
67
AN AUTOMATED PROCESS LINKING A VACCINE REGISTRY TO A CLINIC
SCHEDULE CAN FIND DATA ENTRY ERRORS
A. J. Butte; J. S. Shaw; H. Bernstein;
Endocrinology and Informatics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
68
HAVE PEDIATRICIANS REDUCED THEIR RATES OF REFERRAL FOR
IMMUNIZATIONS FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN
PROGRAM?
L. M. Olson; K. G. O'Connor;
Center for Child
Health Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL
69
A FOCUS GROUP MODEL FOR INVOLVING PEDIATRICIANS IN IMPLEMENTING A
STATE IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION SYSTEM (IIS)
C. S. Moneymaker; J. McCraw; C. Houseman; A. L. Morrow;
Center for Pediatric Research, Eastern Virginia Medical
School, Norfolk, VA, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion
University, Norfolk, VA
70
PARENTAL HEALTH BELIEFS REGARDING THE VARICELLA VACCINE: A STUDY
FROM THE PUGET SOUND PEDIATRIC RESEARCH NETWORK
J. A. Taylor; R. D. Newman;
Pediatrics,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
71
VARICELLA VACCINATION COVERAGE AMONG CHILDREN AGED 19-35 MONTHS
IN THE US. NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION SURVEY, JULY 1996-JUNE 1998
V. G. Coronado; E. F. Maes; M. P. Battaglia; D. A. Hoaglin; R. A. Wright; E. A. Anderson;
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Abt Associates Inc.,
Cambridge, MA
72
VARICELLA VACCINE: HOT SHOT OR NOT?
A. R. Chandra-Puri; H. J. Binns; R. R. Tanz;
Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL
73
PHYSICIAN POLIO IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES FOLLOWING NEW AAP
GUIDELINES
K. E. Smith; D. B. Montgomery; J. R. Campbell; C. B. Hall;
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at
Strong, Rochester, NY, General Pediatrics, Rochester General Hospital,
Rochester, NY
74
PARENTAL VIEWS REGARDING POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION OPTIONS
A. Epee-Bounya; B. Gitterman;
Pediatric Residency,
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
75
PRACTICES OF PEDIATRICIANS AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS IN ADMINISTERING
POLIOVIRUS VACCINE
S. R. Kimmel; R. C. McCoy; S. Puczynski; M. S. Puczynski;
Family Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
76
A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF INFLUENZA VACCINE
IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA
C. Christy; C. Aligne; P. Auinger; T. Pulcino; M. Weitzman;
Strong Children's Research Center, University of Rochester, Rochester
General Hospital, Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, Rochester General
Hospital, Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, SCRC, Rochester General Hospital,
Rochester, NY
77
HEPATITIS B VACCINATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS: COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO
HIGH SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND AN ADOLESCENT CLINIC
H. Lancman; D. Pastore; N. Steed; A. Maresca;
Department of
Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
ADOLESCENTS AND SCHOOLS
78
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS:INSURANCE STATUS AND ADOLESCENT
UTILIZATION OF SERVICES
J. C. Young; D. T. Gray; J. W. Stout; M. A. Bell;
Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine,
Seattle, WA, Health Services, University of WA School of Public Health
& Community Medicine, Seattle, WA
79
ADOLESCENTS AND PARENTS DISAGREE WITH QUALITY OF ASTHMA CARE: WHO
SHOULD WE BELIEVE?
T. T. Nguyen; G. B. Diette; E. A. Skinner; R. D. Clark; A. W. Wu;
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
80
DOES USE OF A SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER (SBHC) COMPLIMENT OR
DUPLICATE OTHER SERVICES?
L. J. Juszczak; P. Melenkovich; D. Kaplan;
School of
Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Department of Community Health
Services, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, Department
of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
81
AVAILABILITY OF CONFIDENTIAL ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES IN A
METROPOLITAN AREA
L. J. Akinbami; T. Cheng; H. Ghandi;
General
Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
ENCHANCING CARE ORGANIZATION
82
COMMERCIAL AFTER-HOURS TELEPHONE TRIAGE AND ADVICE PROGRAMSTHE
EFFECT OF SECOND LEVEL TRIAGE BY PHYSICIANS
C. J. Schubert; R. C. Baker; B. Platte;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH,
Healthspan, Cincinnati, OH
83
REDUCING AFTER-HOURS REFERRALS BY AN AFTER-HOURS CALL CENTER WITH
SECOND-LEVEL PHYSICIAN TRIAGE
A. Kempe; C. Dempsey; T. Hegarty; S. Poole;
Pediatrics, the
University of Colorado HSC, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO,
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
84
USE OF REMINDER AND RECALL SYSTEMS AND ANNUAL COVERAGE
ASSESSMENTS IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINICSA COMPARISON WITH RECOMMENDED
STANDARDS
J. M. Santoli; L. E. Barker; N. B. Gandhi; B. H. Lyons; L. E. Rodewald;
National Immunization
Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA
85
HOW MUCH TIME IS AVAILABLE FOR PREVENTION IN WELL-CHILD CARE?
C. W. LeBaron; L. Rodewald; S. Humiston;
National
Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA
86
CLINIC-BASED RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO ENHANCE WELL CHILD
CARE: IMPACT ON COMPLIANCE, AN EARLY REPORT
S. J. Hambidge; S. L. Phibbs; J. F. Steiner; C. W. LeBaron; A. J. Davidson;
Pediatrics, Denver Health
& University of Colorado, Denver, CO, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics,
University of Colorado, Denver, Medicine, Preventive Medicine & Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
87
FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE RATE OF RETURN CORRESPONDENCE FROM
REFERRALS GENERATED BY A RESIDENT BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINIC
B. Etheridge; P. M. Darden;
Pediatrics, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
88
COST OF TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES
H. F. Allen; M. A. Murray; E. O. Reiter;
Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
89
IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE IN PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS
J. A. Swanson; J. L. Hoecker; R. F. House Jr.;
Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Foundation,
Rochester, MN
90
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
R. Srivastava; C. Landrigan; P. P. Gidwani; S. Muret-Wagstaff; C. J. Homer;
Pediatrics, Children's
Hospital, Boston, MA, Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA
91
PARENTAL CHOICES OF CARE SITES FOR ACUTE AND URGENT SERVICES
D. Shah-Canning; J. J. Alpert; H. Bauchner; C. A. Degnon;
General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
92
EFFECTIVENESS OF OBSERVATION UNIT (OU) USE BY A PEDIATRIC
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (PED) FOR COMMON PEDIATRIC ILLNESSES
P. V. Scribano; J. F. Wiley; K. Platt;
Pediatrics, UCONN School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
93
IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN
P. K. Jaudes; L. M. Bilaver; J. Masterson; C. Catania; R. Goerge;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, Chapin Hall Center, Chicago, IL, Hamilton Bell Associates,
Chicago, IL
94
USE OF A STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN
CHILD DAY CARE PROGRAMS
R. Amofah; K. J. Kelleher;
General Academic
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
ASTHMA
95
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND COST IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AND
SELECTED CO-MORBIDITIES
J. Grupp-Phelan; P. Lozano; P. Fishman;
Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Center
for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle,
WA
96
INPATIENT ASTHMA TREATMENT: SOME HOSPITALS DO IT BETTER
Z. Huang; M. F. Guagliardo; J. M. Chamberlain; W.
T. Linde-Zwirble; J. G. Joseph;
Center for Health Services
and Clinical Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., Health Process Management, Inc., Doylestown, PA
97
BARRIERS TO COMPLIANCE OF A CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE (CPG) FOR
ACUTE CHILDHOOD ASTHMA IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (PED)
P. V. Scribano; K. McKay; J. F. Wiley; M. M. Cloutier;
Pediatrics, UCONN School of Medicine, CT Children's
Medical Center, Hartford, CT
98
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH SURVEY FOR
ASTHMA (CHSA)
L. Asmussen; L. Olson; K. Weiss; E. Grant; J. Fagan;
Center
for Child Health Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove
Village, IL
INFECTIONS AND VACCINATIONS
99
THE DENVER SCHOOL-BASED HEPATITIS B VACCINATION PROGRAM: COST AND
SUSTAINIBILITY
P. Melinkovich; A. Hammer;
Department of Community Health
Services, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO
100
USE OF HEPATITIS A VACCINE TO CONTROL HEPATITIS A IN AN
INTERMEDIATE RATE COMMUNITY
F. M. Averhoff; T. Malik; C. Shapiro; I. Hyams; L. Burd;
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Health
Department, Butte County Health Department, Butte, CA, CA. Department
of Health Services, Butte, CA
101
THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF BIRTHS TO WOMEN WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B
VIRUS (HBV) INFECTIONS IN THE U.S.: A META-ANALYSIS
M. Wojczynski; H. Yusuf; P. Coleman; F. Averhoff; N. Smith; G. Euler; L. Rodewald;
National Immunization Program, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
102
IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES AMONG PRIVATE PROVIDERS IN THE US IN 1995 AND 1997-8
J. Rosenthal; E. Brink; L. Rodewald;
NIP E-52, CDC,
Atlanta, GA
103
CHANGES IN CLINIC VACCINATION COVERAGE AFTER INSTITUTION OF
MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK IN FOUR STATES AND TWO CITIES
C. W. LeBaron; J. Mercer; M. S. Massoudi; E. Dini; J. Stevenson; W. M. Fischer; H. Loy; L. S. Quick; J. C. Warming; P. Tormey; M. DesVignes-Kendrick;
National Immunization
Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Bureau of Immunization, Missouri Department
of Health, Jefferson City, MO, Immunization Program, Louisiana
Department of Health and Hospitals, New Orleans, LA, Immunization
Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver,
CO, Bureau of Immunization, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des
Moines, IA, CDC Program, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA,
Bureau of Immunization, Houston Department of Health and Human
Services, Houston, TX
104
ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A STATEWIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTRY
VACCINATION REQUIREMENT
K. J. Fogarty; F. M. Averhoff; W. Wattigney; H. Janowski; B. Gallo; H. Yusuf;
National Immunization Program,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, Health, State
of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
105
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CDC GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL PREVENTION
GUIDELINE AT A LARGE WEST COAST HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION: EFFECT
ON NEONATAL LENGTH OF STAY AND TEST ORDERING
R. L. Davis; M. Hasselquist; D. M. Zerr; A. Schuchat;
Center For Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative,
Seattle, WA, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical
Center, Seattle, WA, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
HIV
106
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIVERSAL COMPARED TO VOLUNTARY SCREENING
FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN CHICAGO
L. H. Cheng Immergluck; W. L. Cull; A. Schwartz; A. S. Elstein;
Pediatrics, University of Illinois Chicago,
Chicago, IL, Medical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
OTITIS MEDIA
107
THE EAR INFECTION SURVEY (EIS): PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING OF A
FUNCTIONALSTATUS MEASURE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH OTITIS MEDIA
K. Gupta; L. Asmussen; L. Olson;
Center for Child Health
Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL
108
THE INFLUENCE OF A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER ON UTILIZATION OF OTITIS
MEDIA-RELATED SERVICES
S. Berman; J. Bondy; D. Lezotte; B. Stone; P. J. Byrns;
Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Denver, CO, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, American Medical
Association, Chicago, IL
109
MANAGEMENT OF OTITIS MEDIA IN A PEDIATRIC MEDICAID POPULATION
S. Berman; J. Bondy; P. J. Byrns; L. Dennis;
Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO,
American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
110
COMPLICATIONS OF TONSILLECTOMY: WHAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS?
B. Jacobs; J. Gandhi; A. Basinski; W. S. Crysdale;
Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
Epidemiology, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
COSTS OF ENTEROVIRAL PCR
111
COST ANALYSIS OF ENTEROVIRAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN INFANTS
ADMITTED WITH FEVER AND CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID PLEOCYTOSIS
L. H. Edelberg; V. W. Chiang;
Department of
Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
MANAGED CARE AND MEDICAID
112
INFLUENCE OF MANAGED CARE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (PED)
UTILIZATION
D. Shah-Canning; J. J. Alpert; H. Bauchner; C. A. Degnon;
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
113
DID RECENT EXPANSIONS IN MEDICAID NARROW DIFFERENCES IN
HOSPITALIZATION RATES AND LENGTHS OF STAY BETWEEN POOR AND NON-POOR
INFANTS?
A. D. Racine; R. Kaestner; T. J. Joyce;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine./Montefiore Medical
Center, Bronx, NY, Economics, Baruch College and NBER, New York, NY
114
IMPACT OF MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS' QUALITY ASSURANCE EFFORTS
FOR CHILDREN IN FACILITIES IN NEW YORK CITY
G. L. Fairbrother; S. Friedman; G. C. Butts; S. Boslaugh;
Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical
Center, Bronx, NY, Bureau of Immunization, New York City Department of
Health, New York, NY, Department of Pediatrics and Community Medicine,
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
PSYCHOSOCIAL DIFFERENCES
115
PSYCHOSOCIAL DIFFERENCES IN FAMILIES ACCORDING TO PROVIDER TYPE
F. P. Glascoe;
Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
ADHD
116
UTILIZATION AND COST OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN AN HMO
J. P. Guevara; P. Lozano; L. Mell; T. M. Wickizer; H. Gephart;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School
of Medicine, Seattle, WA, Center for Health Studies, Group Health
Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, Department of Health Services,
University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
HOSPITALIZATIONS
117
COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO DIARRHEA HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG
CALIFORNIA CHILDREN
W. O. Haddock; B. D. Leake; D. M. Carlisle;
Division of GIM & Health Services Research, UCLA School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, CA
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES AND TOPIC SYMPOSIA
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: MEASURES AND OUTCOMES POSTER SYMPOSIA
118
PHYSICIAN REPORT CARDS: ACCESS, USE, AND LIMITATIONS
E. A. Rider; P. D. Cleary; J. M. Perrin;
Office of Educational Development & Department of Pediatrics, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston, MA
119
COMPARISON OF PERINATAL OUTCOMES AMONG TENNCARE MANAGED CARE
ORGANIZATIONS
W. O. Cooper; G. B. Hickson; E. F. Mitchel Jr.; W. A. Ray;
General Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
120
EFFECTIVENESS OF FIREARM SAFETY COUNSELING IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY
CARE
D. C. Grossman; P. Cummings; T. D. Koepsell; J. Marshall; L. D'Ambrosio;
Pediatrics, Harborview Injury Prevention
and Research Center, Seattle, WA, Epidemiology, Harborview Injury
Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, WA, Family Medicine, Group
Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, WA
121
THE INFLUENCE OF OBSTETRICAL FACTORS ON BREASTFEEDING
C. R. Howard; F. M. Howard; S. Eberly; B. Lanphear; E. A. de Blieck; R. Lawrence;
Pediatrics, University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
122
ARE ROUTINE SCREENING CHEST RADIOGRAPHS USEFUL IN ASYMPTOMATIC
CHILDREN AFTER PPD CONVERSIONS?
A. D. Racine; H. S. Goldman; D. Barlev;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical
Center, Bronx, NY, Radiology, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
123
KEEPING CHILDREN OUT OF HOSPITALS: PARENTS' AND PHYSICIANS'
PERSPECTIVES ON HOW PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS CAN BE AVOIDED
G. Flores; M. Abreu; H. Bauchner; A. Feinstein; B. Kastner;
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
124
CAN THE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR IDENTIFYING CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC
CONDITIONS (QUICCC) ACCURATELY IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN?
R. E. Stein; L. J. Bauman; S. G. Epstein; J.
D. Gardner; D. K. Walker;
Department of Pediatrics, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore MC, Bronx, NY, New England
SERVE, Boston, MA, School of Public Health, Harvard University,
Boston, MA, Massachussetts Department of Public Health,
Boston, MA
125
EARLY PREDICTORS OF PROLONGED TREATMENT OR ADMISSION FOR CHILDREN
WITH ACUTE ASTHMA IN THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
T. R. Shope; M. D. Cabana; J. J. Zorc;
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,
PediatricsDivision of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
126
ASTHMA SEVERITY AMONG CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED IN 1990 AND 1995
J. R. Meurer; V. George; S. Subichin; J. Yauck; P. M. Layde;
Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS
POSTER SYMPOSIUM
127
EL NIÑO CALIENTE: FEVER BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF LATINO
PARENTSWHAT ARE THE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS?
E. M. Taveras; L. J. Nelson; S. Durousseau; B. Kastner; G. Flores;
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical
Center, Boston, MA, Department of Medicine, Boston Combined Residency
Program in Pediatrics, Boston, MA
128
A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SCREENING FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN A HIGH
PREVALENCE COMMUNITY
P. O. Ozuah; M. P. Ozuah; R. E. Stein;
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx,
NY
129
INADEQUATE TREATMENT FOR ASTHMA IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF US
CHILDREN
J. S. Halterman; C. Aligne; P. Auinger; P. G. Szilagyi; J. T. McBride;
General Academic Pediatrics,
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, General Academic Pediatrics,
Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
130
LOST IN TRANSLATION: INTERPRETER ERRORS AND THEIR CLINICAL
CONSEQUENCES IN PEDIATRIC ENCOUNTERS
G. Flores; B. Laws; S. J. Mayo; B. Zuckerman; M. Abreu;
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
131
THE IMPACT OF A CLINIC-BASED LITERACY INTERVENTION ON LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT IN INNER-CITY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
A. L. Mendelsohn; L. N. Mogilner; B. P. Dreyer; J. A. Forman; S. C. Weinstein; K. J. Cheng; C. Napier; T. Moore; T. Magloire; M. Broderick;
Pediatrics, NYU
School of Medicine, New York, NY, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, New York, NY
132
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: LITERACY PROMOTION IN PRIMARY CARE
PEDIATRICS
P. C. High; L. LaGasse; S. Becker;
Infant Development
Center, Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants' Hospital,
Providence, RI, Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children's Hospital,
Providence, RI
133
CARING FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: A SURVEY OF
CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPINA BIFIDA
E. J. Rott;
Academic General Pediatrics, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX
134
KNOWLEDGE OF WELFARE REFORM AMONG FAMILIES WITH CHRONICALLY ILL
CHILDREN
L. A. Smith; P. H. Wise; N. Wampler; B. Zuckerman;
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
135
HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND UTILIZATION FOR FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND
LATER GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
A. E. Burgos; L. Dixon; F. S. Mendoza;
General
Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
136
WELFARE REFORM: CHRONIC CHILD ILLNESS AND EMPLOYMENT AMONG
WELFARE RECIPIENTS
L. A. Smith; P. H. Wise; N. Wampler; H. Bauchner;
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
137
COMPARISON OF PREVENTIVE CARE RECEIPT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF LIFE
BY MEDICAID VS PRIVATELY INSURED CHILDREN
S. J. Clark; G. L. Freed;
Division of General
Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES POSTER SYMPOSIUM
138
HELPING AFRICA TO HELP HERSELFEVALUATION OF A ONE YEAR TEACHING
PROGRAMME IN ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA
V. L. Birrell; K. G. Birrell;
Department of
Paediatrics, South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland,
England
139
NIGHT VISION THRESHOLD TEST (NVTT): A NEW, SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE
MEANS OF TESTING FUNCTIONAL VITAMIN A STATUS
A. K. Shrestha; B. Duncan; L. M. Canfield; J. E. Greivenkamp; N. Shrestha; K. K. Shrestha;
Arizona Prevention
Center, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, Optical Sciences,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Surgery, Nepal Eye Hospital,
Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal, Chemistry, Tribhuvan University,
Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE I PLATFORM PRESENTATION
140
HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR SEQUENCES IN ADOLESCENTS BY ETHNICITY
L. M. Guerra; P. S. Romano; S. J. Samuels; P. H. Kass;
Pediatrics, University of California, Davis
Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine,
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
141
IMPACT OF PERCEIVED PARENTAL MONITORING ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH RISK
BEHAVIORS OVER FOUR YEARS
X. Li; B. Stanton; S. Feigelman;
Pediatrics, University of
Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
142
ADOLESCENT SUICIDE ATTEMPTS: PREDICTORS AND PROTECTORS
I. W. Borowsky; M. D. Resnick; M. Ireland;
Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
143
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADOLESCENT-PARENTAL COMMUNICATION AND
THE INITIATION OF FIRST INTERCOURSE BY ADOLESCENTS
P. S. Karofsky; L. Zeng; M. Kosorok;
Pediatrics,
University of Wisconsin-Middleton Clinic, Middleton, WI, Biostatistics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
144
PEDIATRIC RESIDENT PERSONAL SEXUAL HISTORY AND TEEN COUNSELING:
IMPACT ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE
A. Chang; H. J. Binns; R. R. Tanz;
Pediatrics,
Northwestern U/Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
EMERGENCY MEDICINE I PLATFORM PRESENTATION
145
BILIOUS EMESIS IN THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: ETIOLOGY
AND OUTCOME
K. E. Sadow; S. Atabaki; G. S. Segal; J. M. Chamberlain; S. J. Teach;
Pediatrics, Children's National
Medical Center, Washington, DC, Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center,
Boston, MA, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore,
MD
146
PREDICTING LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE IN TRIAGE: THE
RESPIRATORY RATE TO PULSE RATE RATIO
J. M. Chamberlain; M. M. Pollack; K. M. Patel;
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, George Washington
University and Children's Hospital, Washington, DC
147
ARE WE UNDERESTIMATING ASTHMA SEVERITY? THE ROLE OF PEAK FLOW
METERS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
D. J. Gutglass; G. E. Roosevelt; L. C. Hampers; S. E. Krug;
Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, IL
148
PREDICTORS OF SURVIVAL AFTER PEDIATRIC CARDIAC ARREST
C. A. Paris; L. Quan; C. Fahrenbruch; M. K. Copass;
Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Children's Regional
Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Cardiology, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, Neurology, Medicine, Harborview Medical
Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
149
THE EFFECT OF PRICE INFORMATION ON TEST ORDERING BEHAVIOR AND
PATIENT OUTCOMES IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
L. C. Hampers; S. Cha; D. J. Gutglass; S. E. Krug; H. J. Binns;
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
150
TO CULTURE OR NOT TO CULTURE: AT WHAT AGE DOES THE URINALYSIS
BECOME RELIABLE PREDICTOR OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN YOUNG CHILDREN
R. G. Bachur; M. B. Harper;
Division of Emergency
Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
151
IS IT WORTH THE WAIT? COMPARISON OF A CLIA-WAIVED RAPID STREP
TEST IN THE E.D. TO A CLIA-REGULATED RAPID STREP TEST IN THE
MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
G. E. Roosevelt; M. S. Kulkarni; S. T. Shulman;
Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
TOPIC PLENARIES
DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS TOPIC PLENARY
152
THE RELATIONSHIP OF CARETAKER ANXIETY TO SYMPTOM SEVERITY IN
INNER-CITY CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA
E. J. Silver; K. L. Warman; R. E. Stein;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
153
RELATIONSHIP OF DISCLOSURE OF MATERNAL HIV/AIDS TO CHILD MENTAL
HEALTH
L. J. Bauman; S. Camacho;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
154
MOTHERS' DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN'S ACQUISITION
OF LANGUAGE AND MATH SKILLS: A NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY
J. M. Pascoe; R. Lanzi; M. Phillips; S. Ramey;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
155
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AMONG OLD-FOR-GRADE 8TH GRADERS
R. S. Byrd; P. Auinger;
Pediatrics, University of
California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, Pediatrics, Rochester General
Hospital, Rochester, NY
156
SLEEP DISTURBANCE, DAYTIME SLEEPINESS, AND INJURIES IN
PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
J. A. Owens; S. Fernando; M. McQuinn; A. J. Alario;
Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine/Hasbro
Children's Hospital, Providence, RI
157
DETERMINANTS OF RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR AMONG MINORITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS
A. C. Beal; J. Ausiello; J. M. Perrin;
General
Pediatrics Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
158
ARE OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNHAPPY? DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, OVERWEIGHT
CONCERNS, AND OBESITY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
S. J. Erickson; T. N. Robinson;
Stanford Center
for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
EDUCATION TOPIC PLENARY
159
E-MAIL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND STUDENT DOCTORS
IN A TOBACCO PREVENTION PROGRAM: FOSTERING EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY
PEDIATRICS
A. M. Bernhardt; J. D. Sargent; P. Carney; M. A. Dalton; M. Stevens;
Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, Pediatrics, Dartmouth
Medical School, Lebanon, NH
160
DO LOW IN-TRAINING EXAM SCORES RELIABLY PREDICT FAILURE ON THE
AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS CERTIFYING EXAM?
L. C. Garfunkel; P. Auinger; J. Harris; C. Aligne;
Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Pediatrics,
Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, Strong
Children's Research Center
161
PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AMONG PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS
J. R. Knight; J. Palacios; M. Shannon;
Division of
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
162
EVALUATION OF 5 DIFFERENT MODELS FOR RESIDENT CONTINUITY
PRACTICES
S. R. Poole; R. Brayden; J. Stephen;
Department of
Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
163
COMPARING CONTINUITY IN A PEDIATRIC RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC
WITH A PRIVATE PEDIATRIC PRACTICE
W. L. Ector; P. M. Darden; T. G. Quattlebaum; J. B. Fields; D. Davis;
Pediatrics, Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Pediatrics, Charleston Pediatrics,
Charleston, SC
164
THE EFFECT OF A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING CURRICULUM ON
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING AMONG PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS
P. O. Ozuah; J. Curtis; R. E. Stein;
Department
of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore, Bronx,
NY
165
FOURTH-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS AS INSTRUCTORS FOR TEACHING HISTORY
AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION SKILLS TO FIRST-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS
L. M. Pasquinelli; J. A. Ullian; C. C. Matson;
Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School,
Norfolk, VA
166
A COMPARISON OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND LECTURE TO TEACH
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DRAW A PERSON TEST
A. E. Carroll; W. Schwartz;
Department of Pediatrics,
Childrens Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Department
of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA
167
INCREASING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A TWO YEAR EVALUATION OF MINNESOTA'S
FITNESS FEVER PROGRAM
J. S. Geppert; P. Van Zyl; York; S. Ehlinger; C. Kimber; D.
Becker Cutts;
Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center,
Minneapolis, MN, Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit, Minnesota
Department of Health, St. Paul, MN
EPIDEMIOLOGY TOPIC PLENARY
168
DETERMINANTS OF INJURY SEVERITY WITH CHILD EXPOSURE TO PASSENGER
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT
K. B. Arbogast; D. R. Durbin; F. K. Winston;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, TraumaLink, Children's Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA
169
MISUSE OF CHILD SAFETY SEATS: INFLUENCE OF HARNESS TYPE
D. R. Durbin; S. D. Morris; F. K. Winston; K. B. Arbogast;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
170
INCREASING CHILD SAFETY SEAT USE AMONG TAXICABS IN AN URBAN
SETTING
S. D. Berns; S. Duffy; C. Madera; K. Viveiros; C. Hernandez; R. Apsler;
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Hasbro
Children's Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA
171
CHILD PASSENGER DEATHS AND INJURIES INVOLVING DRINKING DRIVERS
K. P. Quinlan; R. D. Brewer; D. A. Sleet; A.
M. Dellinger;
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
CDC, Atlanta, GA, NCCDPHP, CDC-Nebraska HHS System, Lincoln, NE
172
HIGH-RISK PERIODS FOR CHILDHOOD INJURY AMONG SIBLINGS
B. D. Johnston; D. C. Grossman; F. A. Connell; T. D. Koepsell;
Department of Pediatrics, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
173
SURVEILLANCE OF COLONIZATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AMONG HEALTHY CHILDREN IN CHICAGO
L. H. Cheng Immergluck; S. Kanungo; P. C. Schreckenberger; P. S. Diaz;
Pediatrics, University of
Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, Communicable Diseases, Chicago
Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL
174
TRENDS IN OTITIS MEDIA AMONG U.S. CHILDREN
P. Auinger; B. P. Lanphear; H. J. Kalkwarf; M. E. Mansour;
Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester General
Hospital, Rochester, NY, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical
Center, Cincinnati, OH
175
RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-ASSOCIATED MORTALITY AMONG U.S.
CHILDREN, 1979-1995
D. K. Shay; M. J. Clarke; G. E. Roosevelt; R. C. Holman; L. J. Anderson;
Division of Viral and
Rickettisial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
GENERAL PEDIATRICS I TOPIC PLENARY
176
ARE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN GETTING FATTER?
M. A. Wake; R. M. Lazarus; K. D. Hesketh; E.
B. Waters;
Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children's
Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
177
LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF POVERTY AND EARLY CHILD OUTCOMES
R. Kahn; P. Wise; B. Zuckerman; H. Bauchner;
Department of
Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
178
DO CHILD HEALTH PROVIDERS LOCATE NEAR CHILDREN AT RISK?
A. C. Bracken; D. C. Goodman; S. Shipman;
Center
for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth
Medical School, Hanover, NH, Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
179
READINESS FOR POSTPARTUM NURSERY DISCHARGE: DO VARYING
PERCEPTIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
H. Bernstein; C. Spino; A. E. Baker; E. J. Slora; C. Homer; M. McCormick;
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital,
Boston, MA, Bio Statistics & Clinical Data Management, Astra
Pharmacutical, L. P., Westborough, MA, Center For Child Health
Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL,
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
180
DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OVER THE INTERNETUSE OF AN INTERACTIVE
WEB SITE IN PRIMARY PEDIATRIC CARE
D. A. Bishku; C. J. Homer; K. D. Mandl; I.
S. Kohane;
Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of
Medicine, Chicago, IL, Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
181
AN INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE SHARING BOOKS: IMPACT ON LANGUAGE AND
LITERACY IN FAMILIES WITH ENGLISH AS THEIR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
LANGUAGE
T. Duryea Rice;
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, TX
182
VISION SCREENING IN CHILDREN USING A NEW AND OBJECTIVE
COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS SYSTEM
D. B. Granet; A. R. Smith; A. Hoover; S. I. Brown; D. Bartsch; B. L. Brody;
Ophthalmology, University of
California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
183
PREVALENCE AND MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH NON MALIGNANT LIFE
THREATENING CONDITIONS IN CHILDHOOD
S. W. Lenton;
Child Health, B&WCNHST, Bath, Banes, UK
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TOPIC PLENARY
184
PARENTAL LITERACY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO LITERACY SUPPORT AND
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF INNER-CITY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
L. N. Mogilner; B. P. Dreyer; J. A. Forman; A. L. Mendelsohn; M. Broderick; T. Magloire; T. Moore; C. Napier; K. Cheng; S. Weinstein;
Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, New York, NY, Pediatrics, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, NY, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, NY
185
NEONATAL HOME VISITS BY PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS: ARE THEY ASSOCIATED
WITH IMPROVED HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION BY URBAN CHILDREN?
J. R. Serwint; A. Chandran; B. Hall;
Pediatrics, Johns
Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD
186
URBAN PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF NEONATAL HOME VISITS BY THEIR
INFANT'S PEDIATRICIANS
A. Chandran; J. R. Serwint; B. Hall;
Pediatrics, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
187
MEGESTROL ACETATE FOR FAILURE TO THRIVE IN HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN
C. J. Chantry; I. Febo; C. Rivera; J. Benitez;
Pediatrics, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA,
Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
188
EXPOSURE TO THE U.S. AS A HEALTH RISK FACTOR? RESULTS OF A HEALTH
SURVEY AMONG IMMIGRANT DOMINICANS IN NEW YORK CITY
R. D. Vaughan; L. Tiezzi; J. McCarthy;
School of
Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
189
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE: FACTORS INFLUENCING OUTPATIENT MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE USE
L. K. Leslie; J. Landsverk; R. Ezzet-Lofstrom; J. M. Tschann; D. Slymen; A. Garland;
Child & Family Research Group,
Children's Hospital & Health Center, San Diego, CA, Department of
Pediatrics, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
190
MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTION: EFFECTS OF A HOME INTERVENTION,
MATERNAL STRESS, AND ONGOING MATERNAL DRUG USE
M. E. Schuler; P. Nair; M. M. Black;
Pediatrics,
University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
191
PREVALENCE OF MATERNAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
V. J. Palusci; C. E. Pippenger; N. Riahi; S. Rogers; B. Bradley; S. Bierling; G. Sturm; C. Cook;
Child Protection Team,
DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, Cook Institute for
Research and Education, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
192
AN ADOLESCENT PARENTING PROGRAM: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
EVALUATION OF POSITIVE PARENTING OUTCOMES
J. E. Cox; S. Ettinger; M. Sherry; M. Simms; S. Missal;
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
193
QUALITY OF MATERNAL-INFANT INTERACTION AND CHILD COGNITION IN
IUDE INFANTS
A. M. Butz; E. O'Brien; H. E. Belcher; W. E. Kaufmann; M. K. Lears; M. Pulsifer;
General Pediatrics, The
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, School of
Nursing, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, School of Nursing,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
194
PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALIST USE BY MEDICAID-ENROLLED CHILDREN WITH
CHRONIC CONDITIONS
K. A. Kuhlthau; A. C. Beal; T. G. Ferris; S.
L. Gortmaker; J. M. Perrin;
General Pediatric Research Unit,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Department of Behavioral
Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
195
DIFFERENCES IN ASTHMA PREVALENCE AMONG A SAMPLE OF ALASKA NATIVE
AND AMERICAN INDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
J. W. Stout; L. C. White; B. H. Morray; P. Martinez; D. L. Whited; G. J. Redding;
Pediatrics,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Pediatrics/Pulmonology,
University of Washington, Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA,
Pediatrics, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital, Bethel, AK, Chief
Leschi School, Puyallup, WA
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES AND TOPIC SYMPOSIA
EMERGENCY MEDICINE II
PLATFORM PRESENTATION
196
A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL OF IV ANALGESICS IN THE ED MANAGEMENT OF
CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL PAIN
J. L. Beiter; H. K. Simon; R. Chambliss; T. Adamkiewicz; K. Sullivan;
Pediatrics, Emory University and
Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta, GA
197
LOW ARGININE LEVELS AS A MARKER FOR ADMISSION IN SICKLE CELL
DISEASE PATIENTS WITH VASO-OCCLUSIVE CRISIS
C. R. Morris; M. Rutherford; A. Saulys; F. Kuypers; S. Larkin; E. Vichinsky; L. Styles;
Emergency Medicine, Children's
Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA
198
PULSE OXIMETRY IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
R. K. Fitzgerald; A. Johnson;
Pediatrics, Children's
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
199
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS IN THE TREATMENT
OF CROUP: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
T. P. Klassen; M. Ausejo; A. Saenz; B. Pham; J. D. Kellner; D. W. Johnson; M. David;
Research Institute,
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
INSULAD Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Department of Pediatrics, University of
Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
200
A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY COMPARING THE EFFICIACY OF
RACEMIC EPINEPHRINE TO SALBUTAMOL IN ACUTE ASTHMA
A. C. Plint; M. H. Osmond; T. P. Klassen;
Pediatrics, University of Ottawa (Children's Hospital Eastern
Ontario), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
GENERAL PEDIATRICS II
PLATFORM PRESENTATION
201
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA, CAN CLINICAL FINDINGS PREDICT BACTERIAL OR
VIRAL ETIOLOGY?
K. Saeed; D. McCormick; E. Lim-Melia; C. Baldwin; T. Chonmaitree;
Pediatrics, UTMB, Galveston, TX
202
THE PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH
RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN AND IN HEALTHY CONTROLS
C. Macarthur; N. Saunders; M. Ipp; W. Feldman; P. Winders-Lee; S. Roberts; L. Best; P. Sherman; P. Pencharz; S. Veldhuyzen van
Zanten;
Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University
of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Microbiology, Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
203
DETERMINANTS OF SEASONAL VARIATION IN BLOOD LEAD LEVELS
S. J. Schaffer; B. P. Lanphear; C. R. Howard; S. J. Naber;
Strong Children's Research Center, University
of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Division of General
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH,
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH
204
THE MOTHER-CHILD INTERACTION AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT
P. L. McCarthy;
Pediatrics, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT
205
THE PREVALENCE OF MENINGITIS AMONG FEBRILE INFANTS IN
OFFICE-BASED PRACTICE: THE PROS FEBRILE INFANT STUDY
R. H. Pantell; J. Resner;
Division of Pediatrics,
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San
Francisco, CA
206
NON-RESPONDERS: PROLONGED FEVER AMONG INFANTS WITH URINARY TRACT
INFECTIONS
R. G. Bachur;
Division of Emergency Medicine,
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
207
TOOTH ERUPTION, FEVER AND "TEETHING" SYMPTOMS
M. A. Wake; K. D. Hesketh; J. Lucas;
Centre for
Community Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC,
Australia
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY I
PLATFORM
PRESENTATION
208
IMMUNIZATION ENTRY AT THE POINT OF SERVICE IMPROVES QUALITY,
SAVES TIME, AND IS WELL ACCEPTED
W. G. Adams; W. P. Conners; A. M. Mann; S. Palfrey;
General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA
209
IMMUNIZATION REGISTRIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY DATA FROM
CLINICS
D. Shields; C. T. Rust; K. M. Sullivan;
Arisbe
Information Systems, Cleveland, GA, Department of Pediatrics, Emory
University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
210
ASSESSMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED POST-ENCOUNTER FEEDBACK SYSTEM ON
RESIDENT KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE
J. S. Shaw; R. C. Samuels; D. Zurakowski; H. H. Bernstein;
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston,
MA
211
RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A SCHOOL BASED
EDUCATIONAL/PROMOTIONAL PACKAGE TO INCREASE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION OF
ADOLESCENTS
R. Skinner; T. Nolan; A. Imberger; R. A. Lester; G. Bowes;
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit, Royal
Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Immunisation
Program, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia
212
PASSIVE VERSUS ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF ADVERSE EXPERIENCES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF A PRE-LICENSED HEPATITIS A VACCINE
S. L. Sansom; F. M. Averhoff; M. Hoyt; R. Chen; I. Hyams;
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, Health
Department, Butte County Health Department, Butte, CA
213
CHOICE OF POLIO VACCINATION SCHEDULE AND 12 MONTH IMMUNIZATION
LEVELS: FINDINGS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PROSPECTIVE COHORT
STUDY
R. Dunn; D. R. Martin; A. J. Schultz;
Pediatrics/Human Development, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
214
POLIO IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES OF PEDIATRICIANS
P. M. Darden; J. A. Taylor; D. A. Brooks; A.
E. Baker; K. G. O'Connor; A. B. Bocian;
Department of
Pediatrics, MUSC, Charleston, SC, Department of Pediatrics, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Research in Office Settings,
Center for Child Health Research, AAP, Elk Grove Village, IL, Division
of Health Policy Research, Department of Pediatric Practice, AAP, Elk
Grove Village, IL
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: ORGANIZATION & POLICY
PLATFORM
PRESENTATION
215
IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR INTUSSUSCEPTION AT PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY
HOSPITALS
J. M. Chamberlain; Z. Huang; M. G. Guagliardo; W.
T. Linde-Zwirble; J. G. Joseph;
Pediatrics and Emergency
Medicine, George Washington University and Children's Hospital,
Washington, DC, Center for Health Services and Clinical Research,
Children's Hospital, Washington, DC, Health Process Management, Inc.,
Doylestown, PA
216
ARE MINORITY CHILDREN THE LAST TO BENEFIT FROM A NEW TECHNOLOGY?
T. G. Ferris; J. C. Ausiello; K. A. Kuhlthau; R. S. Kahn; S. L. Gortmaker; J. Perrin;
Institute for
Health Policy, MGH/Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA, Division of General
Pediatrics, MGH, Boston, MA, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston
Medical Center, Boston, MA, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,
MA
217
APPLYING HEDIS PEDIATRIC IMMUNIZATION CRITERIA TO
POPULATION-BASED SURVEY DATA
E. F. Maes; L. Rodewald; V. G. Coronado; M. P. Battaglia;
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease
Control, Atlanta, GA, Abt Associates, Inc, Cambridge, MA
218
PEDIATRICIANS IN MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUPS EXPERIENCE LESS MANAGED
CARE IMPACT WHEN REFERRING TO SPECIALISTS: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL
SURVEY
A. B. Bocian; C. B. Forrest; A. E. Baker; R.
C. Wasserman;
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), Center
for Child Health Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove
Village, IL, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
NUTRITIONAL ISSUES IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS PLATFORM
PRESENTATION
219
GROWTH AND NUTRITION OF REFUGEE CHILDREN RESETTLED IN
MASSACHUSETTS (MA), 1995-1998
P. L. Geltman; M. Radin; E. D. Barnett; J. Cochran; Z. Zhang;
Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Jamaica
Plain, MA, Refugee and Immigrant Health, Massachusetts Department of
Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA
220
A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF DAILY MULTIVITAMINS WITH IRON TO
PREVENT IRON DEFICIENCY AND ANEMIA IN INFANCY
P. L. Geltman; J. Kasper; A. F. Meyers; M. Foureau; S. Theodore; H. Bauchner;
General Pediatrics, Boston University
School of Medicine, Jamaica Plain, MA
221
FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER AMONG LEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN CALIFORNIA,
TEXAS, AND ILLINOIS
J. Kasper; A. Meyers; S. Gupta; P. Tran; J. Cook; S. Sirkin;
General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA,
Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA, Weiss Health Center, Chicago,
IL, Physicians for Human Rights, Boston, MA
222
TEASING, BODY DISSATISFACTION, AND SELF-ESTEEM IN OVERWEIGHT LOW
SES TEENAGERS
M. Messito; L. Levinson-Gal; C. M. Rosen; A. L. Mendelsohn; C. Brummer; N. Agrawal; M. S. Faith;
Pediatrics,
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, Pediatrics, St
Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
POSTER SESSION III
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: CPR
223
COMMUNITY CLINIC PREPAREDNESS FOR PEDIATRIC RESUSCITATION
M. A. Ferguson; M. E. Anderson; M. G. Roback;
Pediatrics/Division of Critical Care, Denver Health
Medical Center/The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO, Pediatrics, Denver
Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, Pediatrics/Division of Emergency
Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
224
PEDIATRIC INTUBATION: IS PRETREATMENT WITH ATROPINE REQUIRED?
R. K. Fastle; M. G. Roback;
Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, The Children's Hospital, University of Colorado/HSC, Denver,
CO
TRAUMA AND TOXICOLOGY
225
TRAUMA TRIAGE CRITERIA: DO THEY PREDICT SEVERE INJURY IN
CHILDREN?
R. J. Forti; J. R. Avner; E. F. Crain;
Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine/Jacobi, Bronx, NY
226
"CAN WE ORDER FEWER TRAUMA SERIES RADIOGRAPHS?"
K. A. Kevill; A. D. Wong; H. S. Goldmann; J.
C. Gerschel;
Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
227
HOW GOOD ARE CLINICIANS AT PREDICTING INTRACRANIAL INJURIES?:
RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
S. Atabaki; J. M. Chamberlain; J. Bazarian; S. Berns; M. Camarca; K. Sadow; B. Kastner; H. Bauchner;
Pediatrics, Division
of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, BU School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center,
Washington, DC, Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, NY, Emergency Medicine, Hasbro Children's Hospital,
Providence, RI, Emergency Medicine, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA,
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
228
INSTITUTIONAL VARIATION IN USE OF CT SCAN IN MILD TO MODERATE
PEDIATRIC HEAD INJURY AT A SUBURBAN AND INNER CITY HOSPITAL
M. A. Camarca; J. B. Orenstein; S. M. Atabaki; J. M. Chamberlain;
Emergency Medicine, Inova Fairfax
Hospital, Falls Church, VA, Emergency Medicine, Boston City Hospital,
Boston, MA, Emergency Medicine, George Washington University and
Children's Hospital, Washington, DC
229
SERUM NEURON-SPECIFIC-ENOLASE AS PREDICTOR OF INTRACRANIAL
LESIONS IN CHILDREN WITH HEAD TRAUMA; A PILOT STUDY
T. Fridriksson; N. Kini; C. Walsh-Kelly; H. Hennes;
Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
230
REMOVING THE PEDIATRIC CERVICAL COLLAR: CURRENT PRACTICE PATTERNS
H. A. Omran; M. Dowd; J. F. Knapp;
Division of
Emergency Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
231
CLINICAL PREDICTORS FOR THE SELECTIVE USE OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHS IN
PEDIATRIC BLUNT TRAUMA EVALUATIONS
M. A. Gittelman; A. S. Brody; G. A. DiGiulio; J. A. Gonzalez-del-Rey;
Division of Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
232
CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF PEDIATRIC PELVIC FRACTURES: AN UNMATCHED
PAIRS STUDY
E. P. Junkins; R. Furnival; R. Bolte;
Department of
Pediatrics, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah
School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
233
PEDIATRIC SCAPHOID FRACTURESA REVIEW AND CASE SERIES
L. D. Harrington; S. Khattak;
Paediatrics, Division of
Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
234
THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE AXIAL LOAD EXAM IN CHILDREN WITH
SUSPECTED LONG BONE FRACTURES
M. R. Sills; S. Teach; J. Chamberlain;
Department
of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington,
DC
235
FINGERTIP INJURIES IN CHILDREN
A. Manikian; S. L. Platt;
Pediatrics, New York
University School of Medicine, New York, NY
236
TISSUE ADHESIVE (OCTYLCYANOACRYLATE): USE AND CONSEQUENCES OF
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT APPLICATION
S. J. Kharasch; B. Kastner; R. Vinci;
Pediatrics,
Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, BUSM,
Boston, MA
237
PREDICTABILITY OF CRYSTALLOID HEMODILUTION IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
PATIENTS
S. H. Abbey; W. L. Biffl; M. A. Ferguson;
Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital/University of Colorado, Denver,
CO, Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
SEDATION AND ANALGESIA
238
VARIATIONS IN LIKELIHOOD OF ANALGESIA AND SEDATION AMONG
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS
M. A. Hostetler; P. G. Szilagyi; P. Auinger;
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester,
NY
239
THE EFFICACY OF ETHYL CHLORIDE AS A LOCAL ANESTHETIC FOR
VENIPUNCTURE IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM SETTING
C. A. Ramsook; C. Kozinetz; D. Moro-Sutherland;
Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX
240
REDUCING DISTRESS ASSOCIATED WITH PEDIATRIC IV INSERTION
J. D. Luhmann; A. H. Kennedy; R. M. Kennedy;
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St.
Louis, MO
241
IV SEDATION FOR PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS I & D IN THE PEDIATRIC
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
J. D. Luhmann; R. M. Kennedy; J. D. McAllister; D. M. Jaffe;
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
FEVER AND INFECTIONS
242
FUSSY INFANTS WITHOUT FEVER: THE INCIDENCE OF CORNEAL ABRASION
AND URINARY TRACT INFECTION
D. I. Magilner; S. R. Poole;
Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Denver, CO
243
ARE CHILDREN WITH SIMPLE FEBRILE SEIZURES AT INCREASED RISK FOR
SERIOUS BACTERIAL ILLNESS?
J. L. Trainor; L. C. Hampers; S. E. Krug; R. Listernick;
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of
the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA, Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
244
PRACTICE PATTERNS OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MANAGING
CHILDREN WITH FEVER AND NO SOURCE
P. H. Davis; H. S. Spraker; D. J. Isaacman;
Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
245
OUTCOMES OF FEBRILE CHILDREN PRESUMED TO BE IMMUNOCOMPETENT WHO
PRESENT WITH NEUTROPENIA OR LEUKOPENIA
J. R. Serwint; M. M. Dias; H. Chang; M. Sharkey; A. R. Walker;
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Children's Center,
Baltimore, MD, Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
246
IS ROUTINE SALINE WELL PLACEMENT BENEFICIAL IN THE EVALUATION AND
TREATMENT OF FEBRILE CHILDREN?
E. Mahabee-Gittens; J. Grupp-Phelan; J. Gonzalez-del-Rey; J. Luria;
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital
Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
247
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA IN CHILDREN WITHOUT PRE-EXISTING
MEDICAL PROBLEMS
V. J. Wang; M. B. Harper;
Medicine, Children's
Hospital, Boston, MA
248
CLINICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF OUTPATIENT
PARENTERAL TREATMENT OF SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS WITH
CEFTRIAXONE
G. E. Dougherty; F. Faucher; J. Traversy; G. Belanger;
Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
249
RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS IN CHILDREN: CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND
UTILITY OF IMAGING STUDIES
F. W. Craig; J. E. Schunk;
Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
250
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CALL BACK PROGRAM AT INCREASING HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) TESTING IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT (PED)
K. R. Beckmann; P. L. Havens; B. E. Cuene; M. Dietz; M. Melzer-Lange;
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, HIV Primary Care Support Program,
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
251
HOW DO REPORTS OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PEDIATRIC ASTHMA PRACTICE
COMPARE WITH ACTUAL PRACTICE?
E. F. Crain; S. Clark; C. A. Camargo Jr.; P. G. Woodruff;
Department of Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Department of Emergency
Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
252
INTERRATER AGREEMENT IN THE EVALUATION OF ASTHMA SEVERITY
M. W. Stevens; M. H. Gorelick;
Division of
Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA, Division of Emergency Medicine, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children,
Wilmington, DE
253
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM CHEST RADIOGRAPHS IN HYPOXIC ASTHMATICS?
S. Tsai; H. S. Goldman; E. J. Silver; E. F. Crain;
Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobi
Hospital, Bronx, N.Y.
254
NEBULIZED VERSUS ORAL DEXAMETHASONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO
MODERATE CROUP
M. Madhok; S. I. Kost; S. P. Laffey; S. M. Tejani; W. Norbury; U. Nanda;
Emergency Medicine, Cardinal Glennon
Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO, Emergency Medicine, duPont Hospital
for Children, Wilmington, DE
255
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF MODERATE CROUP WITH DEXAMETHASONE:
INTRAMUSCULAR VERSUS ORAL DOSING
K. Rittichier; A. Cotter; C. Ledwith;
Emergency Department,
Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: HEALTH SERVICES
256
FORMAL TEAMWORK TRAINING IMPROVES TEAMWORK AND REDUCES EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT ERRORS: RESULTS FROM THE MEDTEAMS PROJECT
S. D. Berns; G. D. Jay; J. C. Morey; D. T. Risser; S. J. Perry; R. Simon;
Pediatrics and Emergency
Medicine, Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI,
Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence,
RI, Crew Performance Group, Dynamics Research Corporation, Andover, MA,
Emergency Medicine, University of Florida HSC-Jacksonville,
Jacksonville, FL
257
IMPROVED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENT SATISFACTION FOLLOWING
FORMAL TEAMWORK TRAINING: RESULTS FROM THE MEDTEAMS PROJECT
S. D. Berns; G. D. Jay; J. C. Morey; D. T. Risser; R. Simon;
Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Hasbro
Children's Hospital/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, Emergency
Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI, Crew
Performance Group, Dynamics Research Corporation, Andover, MA
258
PROBLEMATIC PARENT-STAFF INTERACTIONS IN AN URBAN ACADEMIC
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: FREQUENCY, SEVERITY, AND CONSEQUENCES
J. G. Joseph; M. Sivapalasingam; S. Joshi; M. Rosenberg; A. Walker; E. Crain;
Health Services and Clinical Research,
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
259
PHYSICIAN PRODUCTIVITYCAN IT BE ENHANCED WITHOUT IMPACTING
PATIENT SATISFACTION AND TURNAROUND TIMES?
N. S. Khan; H. K. Simon;
Pediatrics, Division of
Emergency Medicine, Emory University and Egleston Children's Hospital,
Atlanta, GA
260
CAN PRIOR TRENDS BE USED TO PREDICT FUTURE PHYSICIAN STAFFING IN
AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT?
N. S. Khan; H. K. Simon;
Pediatrics, Division of
Emergency Medicine, Emory University and Egleston Children's Hospital,
Atlanta, GA
261
THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE AND PEDIATRIC
EMERGENCY CARE
M. D. Baker; S. D. Dibs;
Pediatrics, Section of
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT
262
APPOINTMENT-KEEPING FOLLOWING REFERRAL TO PRIMARY CARE FROM AN
URBAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: WHAT FACTORS MATTER?
S. M. Lee Chan; S. J. Cunningham; E. J. Silver; E. F. Crain;
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
263
RETURN VISITS WITHIN 48 HOURS TO A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
E. A. Alessandrini; J. M. Lavelle; S. Grenfell; K. N. Shaw;
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
264
OFFICE EMERGENCIES IN THE URBAN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE CLINICS:
WHO GETS REFERRED TO THE ED?
K. G. Reichard; Y. D. Senturia;
Pediatrics,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
265
NONTRAUMATIC DENTAL COMPLAINTS IN THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT: ACCESS BARRIERS TO DENTAL CARE
D. H. Dorfman; B. Kastner;
Pediatrics, Division of
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/BUSM, Boston, MA,
Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center/Boston University, Boston, MA
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: GENERAL
266
RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION FOR SUSPECTED CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)
SHUNT OBSTRUCTION
J. J. Zorc; S. D. Krugman; J. Ogborn; J. Benson;
Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA, Pediatrics, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD,
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Radiology, Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
267
PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN: ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS AND THE
UTILITY OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHS
D. C. Hsu; C. G. Macias; E. E. Endom;
Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
268
USE OF ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY BY PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
FELLOWSHIP DIRECTORS
G. P. Conners; J. G. Goepp;
Departments of
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, NY
269
THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF HOPPING IN ASSESSING CHILDREN FOR
APPENDICITIS
D. M. Moro-Sutherland; C. G. Macias;
Pediatrics,
Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
270
HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG TEENS PRESENTING TO A PEDIATRIC
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: WHAT AREN'T WE BEING TOLD?
B. Kastner; D. H. Dorfman; E. Bernstein;
Pediatrics,
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
271
SELF ASSESSMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN
EVALUATING PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE
A. Wagh; D. Heon;
Pediatrics, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, NY
DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
272
DIFFERENCES IN EXPERIENCE, BELIEFS, AND USE OF CHILD DISCIPLINE
BETWEEN LOW INCOME HISPANIC, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WHITE MOTHERS
E. C. Allen; K. I. Santamaria; A. S. Carter; C. S. Jenkins; T. D. McMillian;
Pediatrics, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
273
WHAT TOILET TRAINING TECHNIQUES ARE USED AND HOW EFFECTIVE ARE
THEY?
T. R. Schum; T. L. McAuliffe; T. M. Kolb;
Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Child Care
Section, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI
274
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TOILET TRAINING PROGRESS
T. R. Schum; T. L. McAuliffe; T. M. Kolb;
Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Child Care
Section, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI
275
COMMON PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN
PARENT AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
L. M. Vaughn; K. Burklow; L. Bradbury; R. Alves; M. Foti; K. Valerius; J. Schultz;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical
Center, Cincinnati, OH
276
RESIDENTS' RESPONSES TO PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS DURING
WELL-CHILD VISITS
C. C. Weitzman; K. J. Freudigman;
Pediatrics,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
277
PREDICTING RESILIENCE IN PRESCHOOLERS: A NEW INTEGRATIVE MODEL
K. Pothier; A. Alkon; W. Boyce;
Health and Medical
Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA,
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF School of Nursing, San
Francisco, CA
278
USE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE HOME FOR IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES
(SHIF) FOR PREDICTING DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN POVERITY
K. A. Freudigman; B. C. Forsyth; J. Lopez; S. Salloum; I. O. Ertem; P. L. McCarthy;
Pediatrics, Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Pediatrics, Anakara University,
Anakara, Turkey
279
BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATES OF POOR
DEVELOPMENTAL ATTAINMENT IN CANADIAN CHILDREN AGED 0-23 MONTHS
T. To; P. T. Dick; P. Parkin; J. D. Rosenfield; A. Guttmann; S. M. Cadarette;
Population Health Sciences,
Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
280
SIMPLE EXAM OF BALL SKILLS AS A QUICK AND RELIABLE SCREEN OF
MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
J. D. Andal; T. A. Blondis;
Psychology
Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, Department
of Pediatrics, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
281
UNDERREPORTING OF PEDIATRIC SLEEP COMPLAINTS: ROLE OF PARENTS AND
PEDIATRICIANS
C. A. Pohl; S. L. Schutte; M. L. Epstein; K. Doghramji;
Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA
282
PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS IN CHILDREN AGES TWO TO FOUR
M. D. Rappley; P. B. Mullan; I. U. Eneli; F. Alvarez; J. Wang; J. C. Gardiner;
Pediatrics and Human
Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
283
PATTERNS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ATTENTION DEFICIT
HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) IN AFRICAN AMERICANS
I. U. Eneli; P. B. Mullan; J. C. Gardiner; J. Q. Wang; J. F. Alvarez; M. D. Rappley;
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
284
CONVERGENCE OF THE CBCL AND THE DSM IN THE ASSESSMENT OF GIRLS
WITH COMORBID AND NON-COMORBID ADHD
L. C. Huffman; P. M. Kato; A. S. Kerivan; M.
L. Nichols;
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University & The
Children's Health Council, Palo Alto, CA, The Children's Health
Council, Palo Alto, CA
285
CHILDREN'S AND PARENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE, CAUSES AND
TREATMENT OF ADHD
J. McMenamy; E. C. Perrin;
Pediatrics, UMASS Memorial
Medical Center, Worcester, MA, Pediatrics, UMASS Memorial Health Care,
Worcester, MA
286
STRIKINGLY HIGH INCIDENCE OF MATH DISORDER IN A BIRTH COHORT,
1976-1982, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA: THE MAYO EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEARNING
DISABILITY STUDY
W. J. Barbaresi; S. K. Katusic; R. C. Colligan; D. J. Schaid; S. J. Jacobsen;
Pediatric and Adolescent
Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
287
READING DISORDER IN A BIRTH COHORT, 1976-1982, ROCHESTER,
MINNESOTA: THE MAYO EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEARNING DISABILITY STUDY
S. K. Katusic; W. J. Barbaresi; R. C. Colligan; D. J. Schaid; S. J. Jacobsen;
Health Sciences Research,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
288
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANCER PREVENTION EDUCATION
D. J. Schonfeld; H. Bases; M. Quackenbush; S. Mayne; D. Cicchetti;
Pediatrics, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, ETR
Associates, Santa Cruz, CA
289
ADOLESCENTS' INTERPRETATIONS OF CONDITIONAL CONFIDENTIALITY
ASSURANCES
C. A. Ford; S. L. Thomsen; B. Compton;
Pediatrics
and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC
290
ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER GENDER PREFERENCE
W. R. Graessle; L. C. Yates; D. A. Sandrock; L. P. Willis; J. A. Foster;
Pediatrics, Medical College
of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Pediatrics, St.
Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
291
MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE
J. L. Rushton; G. L. Freed; S. J. Clark;
RWJ Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC, Division of General Pediatrics, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
292
RAPP FOR YOUTH: EFFECT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERVENTION ON
ABSTINENCE MAINTENANCE
M. J. Aten; D. M. Siegel; M. Enaharo; P. Auinger;
School of Nursing and Department of Pediatrics, University of
Rochester, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
293
POSTPARTUM DEPO-PROVERA USE AND WEIGHT CHANGE IN LATINA
ADOLESCENTS
L. A. Legano; M. M. McHugh; N. Meckler; A. L. Mendelsohn; A. H. Fierman; B. P. Dreyer;
Pediatrics, New
York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
294
OVERWEIGHT CONCERNS, BODY DISSATISFACTION, AND DESIRED BODY SHAPE
AMONG 3RD GRADE CHILDREN: THE IMPACT OF ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
(SES) AND ACCULTURATION
J. Y. Chang; T. N. Robinson;
School of Medicine,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
295
STABILITY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN 3 AND 5 YEARS OF AGE
L. D. Hammer; B. Ko; W. Agras;
Pediatrics, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA
296
THE CORRELATION OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND OVERWEIGHT AMONG
ADOLESCENTS AGE 11-19 YEARS
M. S. Barratt; E. A. Keeler;
Pediatrics,
University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX
297
HEALTH FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS
A. E. Bonny; M. T. Britto; B. K. Klostermann; G. B. Slap;
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Institute for Health Policy & Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
RESIDENT EDUCATION
298
TRACKING RESIDENT MEDICAL PROCEDURES
M. E. Anderson; M. P. Glode;
Community
Health/Pediatrics, Denver Health, Denver, CO, Pediatrics, University of
Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
299
IMMUNIZATION KNOWLEDGE: COMPARING PRECEPTORS AND RESIDENTS IN
ACADEMIC VERSUS COMMUNITY SETTINGS
J. A. Boom; J. L. Paukert; C. A. Kozinetz; J. E. Drutz;
Academic General Pediatrics, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, TX, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education,
University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX
300
THE STATUS OF SCHOOL HEALTH IN PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING
B. J. Bradford;
Department of Pediatrics, Mercy
Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
301
PEDIATRIC JEOPARDY! INCREASES RESIDENTS' MEDICAL READING
D. L. Ellsbury; D. M. D'Alessandro; C. Kreiter;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Office of
Research in Medical Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
302
RESIDENCY EDUCATION ISSUES ON THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY TRANSPORT
TEAM
A. P. Giardino; D. R. Durbin; G. A. Woodward;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
303
PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS' BREASTFEEDING KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT
SKILLS
P. R. Hannon; C. Chandel; L. G. Niederman;
Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
304
RE-ENGINEERING MORNING REPORT FOR INCREASED INTEREST AND UTILITY
S. A. Holliday; T. E. Lotze; D. Coury;
Department
of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
305
THE PEDIATRIC LINKS WITH THE COMMUNITY (PLC) PROGRAM:
COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION INVOLVING UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
J. M. Kaczorowski; L. Shipley;
Pediatrics, University
of Rochester, Rochester, NY
306
THE PEDIATRIC PARTNERS PROJECT: A LONGITUDINAL CURRICULUM IN
SCHOOL HEALTH FOR PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS
A. E. Lacroix;
Department of Pediatrics, University of
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
307
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AFFECTS PEDIATRIC IN-TRAINING
EXAMINATION SCORES
E. H. Millis; J. H. Grigsby; S. S. Caudle;
Pediatrics, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
308
LET'S GO SHOPPING: A TOOL FOR RESIDENT EDUCATION
R. Y. Moon; B. A. Gitterman;
Department of
General Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
309
DEVELOPING A CONTINUITY CLINIC CURRICULUM: BEYOND "WHAT SHOULD
WE TALK ABOUT TODAY?"
M. M. Moran; B. Moughan;
General Pediatrics, St.
Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
310
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PEDIATRIC RESIDENT
PERFORMANCE
M. H. Nirken; M. I. Lorin;
Pediatric Emergency
Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
311
TEN YEARS LATER: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF A STATE LAW RESTRICTING
RESIDENT WORK HOURS?
P. O. Ozuah; D. Neuspiel; S. P. Shelov;
Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY,
Department of Pediatrics, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY,
Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn NY
312
CAN A RESIDENT SELECTION COMMITTEE PREDICT RESIDENTS' CLINICAL
AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCES?
P. O. Ozuah; J. Curtis; H. M. Adam; R. E. Stein;
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical
Center Bronx, NY
313
DOES EDUCATING RESIDENTS ABOUT INJECTION PAIN REDUCTION IMPROVE
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ADMINISTER MULTIPLE IMMUNIZATIONS?
E. C. Reis; H. M. Lin;
Pediatrics, University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
314
EFFECTS OF A TOBACCO INTERVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM ON RESIDENTS'
CLINICAL BEHAVIOR
J. V. Schwab; N. Hymowitz; H. M. Eckholdt;
Pediatrics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, Neurology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
315
EXIT SURVEY OF SENIOR RESIDENTS: A METHOD OF EVALUATION FOR
CURRICULAR CHANGE IN A RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM
T. C. Sectish; D. R. Kaleba; E. Wiley;
Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA,
School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
316
FINANCING PEDIATRIC POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: A SURVEY OF UNIVERSITY
PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES (U.S.)
J. Walburn; G. Beck; J. Kollath; K. Fullmer; J. Harper; F. McCurdy;
Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha,
NE
317
K.I.D.S.: A NOVEL APPROACH TO TEACHING CHILD DEVELOPMENT
J. F. Williams; C. D. Roberts; C. P. Johnson;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio, TX, Department of Pediatrics, Marshall
University, Huntington, WV
MEDICAL STUDENTS
318
MEDICAL STUDENTS IDENTIFY PHYSICIAN ROLE MODELS BEFORE MAKING
THEIR SPECIALTY CHOICES
W. T. Basco Jr.; J. Reigart;
Pediatrics, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
319
EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE OF A PEDIATRIC PATHWAY FOR SENIOR
MEDICAL STUDENTS
J. A. Foster; M. C. Fisher;
Pediatrics, MCP
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA
320
A CLINICAL ENCOUNTER CARD (CEC) ENHANCES FEEDBACK IN THE
AMBULATORY SETTING
L. W. Greenberg;
Office of Medical Education,
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
321
THIRD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT SURVEY OF OFFICE PRECEPTORSHIPS DURING
THE PEDIATRIC CLERKSHIP
N. Jospe; P. B. Kaplowitz; F. A. McCurdy; R. P. Gottlieb; M. A. Harris;
Strong Children's Research Center,
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Department
of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Department of
Pediatrics, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, Department of
Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, Department of
Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University,
Indianapolis, IN
322
EXPANDING THE TEACHING SITES FOR THE THIRD-YEAR PEDIATRIC
CLERKSHIP IN A TIME OF DECREASING INPATIENT CENSUS: BARRIERS AND
SOLUTIONS?
N. Jospe; P. Algranati; S. Chartrand;
Strong Children's
Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine
323
VERTICALLY INTEGRATED CURRICULA: A ONE WAY STREET?
W. V. Raszka; P. B. Patterson;
Pediatrics,
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, Pediatrics,
Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
324
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE THIRD YEAR MEDICAL SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
J. R. Roberts; J. R. Reigart;
Pediatrics, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
RESIDENTS AS TEACHERS
325
RESIDENTS ARE TEACHERS: A TEACHING RETREAT FOR RESIDENTS
M. M. Cannon Bessler; K. L. Joyce;
Pediatrics,
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
326
PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE AND SUBSTANCE USE IN ADOLESCENTS
M. M. Davis; J. D. Lantos;
Robert Wood Johnson
Clinical Scholars Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
327
CASE-BASED TEACHING BY PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS
J. R. Knight; C. H. Frazer; E. Goodman; G. S. Blaschke; T. D. Bravender; M. Luoni; M. Hall; S. J. Emans;
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
328
SENIOR RESIDENTS AS PRECEPTORS IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS
A. A. Kuo; G. S. Blaschke; H. H. Bernstein; J. P. Hafler;
Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Medicine, General
Pediatrics Division, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, Department of
Medicine, General Pediatrics Division, Children's Hospital-Pediatric
Health Associates, Boston, MA, Office of Educational Development,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
329
BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION: ARE WE TEACHING WHAT NEEDS TO BE
TAUGHT?
L. M. Noble; I. L. Hand; L. Adler; D. Goffman;
Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, NY
330
IMPACT OF PEDIATRICIANS' PROMOTION OF EARLY LITERACY ON
BOOK-SHARING ACTIVITIES AMONG FIRST-GENERATION LATINA IMMIGRANT MOTHERS
L. M. Sanders; T. D. Gershon;
Pediatrics,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
331
RESIDENT TEACHING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TOBACCO HAZARDS
M. D. Wolf; M. E. Bradshaw; C. W. French; B.
A. Gitterman;
Children's National Medical Center, Department of
Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine,
Washington, DC, District of Columbia Community & School Health Program,
Washington, DC
FACULTY
332
ASSESSING THE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF PRIMARY
CARE PRECEPTORS IN THE COMMUNITY
C. D. Baldwin; H. G. Levine; V. N. Niebuhr;
Department of Pediatrics, University of TX Medical Branch, Galveston,
TX, Department of Pediatrics, UTMB, Galveston, TX
333
TEACHING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE TO COMMUNITY-BASED CLINIC
PRECEPTORS
J. G. Frohna; S. Gahagan; K. Pituch; T. C. Shope;
Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
334
PREDICTORS OF FACULTY COMPLIANCE WITH HCFA REGULATIONS IN THE
CONTINUITY CLINIC
K. J. Pituch; R. M. Anderson; P. C. Burghardt; L. D. Gruppen; A. C. Patel;
Pediatrics and Communicable
Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
335
IT AIN'T MONEY, CLINICIANS TEACH FOR SATISFACTION
A. Kumar; T. Mathew; D. J. Kallen;
Pediatrics and
Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
336
USING THE STANDARDIZED LEARNER AS AN EVALUATION INSTRUMENT FOR
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
L. M. Vaughn; T. G. DeWitt;
General and Community
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
EDUCATION: MISCELLANEOUS
337
ENHANCED DELIVERY OF PEDIATRIC EDUCATION TO RURAL COMMUNITIES
THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION
D. J. Treloar; M. J. Winchester; L. Gruppen; A. Reed;
Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
338
ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: THE
CASE OF THE SECRETIN DISCUSSION ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL
PEDIATRICS LIST
H. L. Shapiro; D. L. Coury;
Pediatrics,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, Pediatrics, Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
339
PEDIATRIC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: NEEDS FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
A. D. Woolf; M. W. Shannon; R. Goldman;
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA
340
PROCEDURAL PRACTICE PATTERNS OF NON-SPECIALTY TRAINED COMBINED
MEDICINE-PEDIATRICS GRADUATES
M. Johannessohn; M. Ciccarelli; D. Litzelman; K. Kroenke;
Department of Medicine, Indiana University/Regenstrief Institute,
Indianapolis, IN
341
SELF-EFFICACY AND PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY EDUCATION
M. J. Winchester; D. Treloar; L. Gruppen; A. Reed;
Children's Emergency Services, University of Michigan Health System,
Ann Arbor, MI
342
EFFICACY OF ADVANCED PEDIATRIC LIFE SUPPORT (APLS) TRAINING ON
SKILL ACQUISITION IN PRACTICING EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
D. J. Treloar; M. Winchester; L. Gruppen;
Pediatrics,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
343
RESEARCH TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIPS: A
NATIONAL SURVEY
M. A. Hostetler; C. O. Davis;
Emergency Medicine
and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
ANTIBIOTICS
344
DOES EXCESSIVE ANTIBIOTIC USE BEGIN AT HOME? RESULTS OF A
RESIDENT SURVEY OF SELF-PRESCRIPTION BEHAVIOR
P. M. Schwartzberg; S. Mendes; A. J. Thosani; Lakhiani; P. Vivier; G. Peter; A. J. Alario;
Pediatrics,
Brown University School of Medicine/Hasbro Children's Hospital,
Providence, RI, Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine,
Providence, RI
ASTHMA IN NATIVE AMERICANS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN
345
CHILDHOOD ASTHMA TRENDS IN A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE: 1969 TO 1994
T. M. Ball; D. Bowe; W. B. Mason; L. Steele;
Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Indian Health Services,
Tucson, AZ
346
ASTHMA AND BRONCHIOLITIS HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN
CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON STATE
L. L. Liu; J. W. Stout; M. Sullivan; D. Solet; D.
K. Shay; D. C. Grossman;
Pediatrics, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, Epidemiology, Planning and Evaluation Unit,
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Seattle, WA,
Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA
347
ASTHMA EPIDEMIC AMONG HOMELESS CHILDREN
D. E. McLean; M. Jones; S. K. Bowen; A. Rowe; K.
M. Drezner; P. Sherman; K. Coutrier; K. B. Redlener; I. Redlener;
Division of Community Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical
Center/AECOM, NY, NY
CHILD CARE CENTERS
348
EVALUATION OF A MODEL TO PROVIDE ON SITE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO
CHILDREN ENROLLED IN CHILD CARE CENTERS
S. Berman; P. Melenkovich; K. Henderson; S. Johnson;
Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO,
Pediatrics, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
DATABASES
349
A RELATIONAL DATABASE: A UNIQUE TOOL FOR RESEARCH ON COMPLEX
POPULATIONS
R. R. Dixon; J. S. Shaw; M. K. Sherry; A. J. Butte; J. E. Cox;
Department of Medicine, Children's
Hospital, Boston, MA
ABUSE/VIOLENCE
350
PATTERNS OF INJURY IN CHILD ABUSE: ARE THEY CHANGING?
J. V. Edwards; J. Stamatiadis; A. De Jong;
Department
of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
351
A PROFILE ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
J. M. Journeycake;
Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma,
College of Medicine, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
352
IDENTIFICATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE
K. Mattocks; S. M. Horwitz;
Epidemiology & Public
Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
LITERACY
353
FAMILIES MATTER: LITERACY AND THE HOME ENVIRONMENT
S. E. Gottlieb;
Pediatrics, Brooklyn Hospital Center,
Brooklyn, NY
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
354
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN CANADA: NUMBER OF FAMILY PHYSICIAN CONTACTS
AND MARKERS OF UTILIZATION
A. Guttmann; T. To; P. Dick; N. Liu;
Department of
Pediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
355
A STUDY OF AMONG WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS
RELATED TO BREAST- AND BOTTLE-FEEDING
R. C. Lussky; J. R. Bertrand; D. M. Thompson; J. S. Geppert;
Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center and
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
NUTRITION/OBESITY
356
OBESITY IN URBAN, LOW INCOME, LOS ANGELES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHILDREN
W. Slusser; B. Browdy; C. Neumann;
Departments of Medicine
and Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA
357
NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN HOMELESS SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
S. M. Stephens-Groff; P. K. Simmonds; R. C. Bay; A. Shoptaugh; A. E. Christensen; K. M. Brzostek;
Medical
Director, Health Choice of Arizona, Tempe, AZ, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, TX, Academic Affairs, Maricopa Medical Center,
Phoenix, AZ, Private Practice, Phoenix, AZ
APA PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
358
ASSESSING AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE PHYSICIAN
VIOLENCE SCREENING SKILLS
A. A. Abraham; T. Cheng; L. Greenberg; J. Wright; I. Addlestone;
Young Adult and Adolescent Medicine, Children's
National Medical Center, Washington, DC
359
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE AMONG CHILDREN IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C.
AREA
M. C. Ottolini; E. Hamburger; J. Loprieato; R. Madden; H. Sachs; R. Coleman; C. Brasseux;
General Pediatrics, Children's
National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Health Care Science, George
Washington University, Washington, DC, Pediatrics, National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
360
EFFECTS OF A VIDEO TO INCREASE USE OF POISON CONTROL CENTERS
AMONG LOW-INCOME AND SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES: A RANDOMIZED,
CONTROLLED TRIAL
N. R. Kelly; T. N. Robinson; L. C. Huffman; F. S. Mendoza;
Pediatrics, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
361
ORAL VERSUS INITIAL INTRAVENOUS THERAPY FOR URINARY TRACT
INFECTIONS IN YOUNG FEBRILE CHILDREN
A. Hoberman; E. R. Wald; R. W. Hickey; M. Baskin; M. Charron; M. Majd; D. H. Kearney; E. A. Reynolds; J. Ruley; J. E. Janosky;
Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, Pediatrics, Harvard School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center,
Washington, DC, Pediatric Kidney Center, Fairfax Hospital for Children,
Annandale, VA
362
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEROIDS FOR CHILDREN WITH MILD TO MODERATE
CROUP
J. W. Luria; J. A. Gonzalez-del-Rey; G. A. DiGiulio; C. M. McAneney; J. Olson; R. M. Ruddy;
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH, Section of Emergency Medicine, Children's
Hospital, Columbus, OH
363 (1999 Helfer Award Winner)
CAN A PRIMARY CARE BASED ASTHMA INTERVENTION AFFECT SERVICE USE,
HOME MANAGEMENT AND MORBIDITY FOR INNER-CITY CHILDREN?
K. L. Warman; E. J. Silver; N. Esteban-Cruciani; M. P. McCourt; L. J. Bauman; R. E. Stein;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
364
REDUCING CHILDREN'S TELEVISION VIEWING TO PREVENT OBESITY: A
CONTROLLED TRIAL
T. N. Robinson;
Pediatrics & Center for Research in
Disease Prevention, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
365
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? THE CONTRIBUTION OF MILD AND MODERATE
PRETERM BIRTH TO INFANT MORTALITY
M. S. Kramer; R. Platt; H. Yang;
Pediatrics/Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University Faculty of
Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
366
ACCESS TO CARE: CAN HEALTH INSURANCE REALLY REDUCE RACIAL
DISPARITIES? IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHIP
L. Pollard Shone; S. A. Ryan; J. Klein; P. Auinger; P.
G. Szilagyi;
Strong Children's Research Center, U. Rochester Med,
School, Student Public Health Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor,
Rochester, NY, Strong Children's Research Center, University of
Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
367 (1999 International Health Award Winner)
REDUCTION IN MORTALITY AMONG SEVERLY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN WITH
DIARRHEA BY FOLLOWING A STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
T. Ahmed; M. Ali; M. A. Salam; G. H. Rabbani; R. Suskind; R. Fuchs;
Clinical Sciences Division, International
Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
POSTER SESSION IV
GENERAL PEDIATRICS: NEWBORN
368
MATERNAL EXPERIENCE WITH NEONATAL JAUNDICE
P. R. Hannon; S. K. Willis; S. C. Scrimshaw;
Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
369
HOW GOOD IS THE EVIDENCE LINKING BREASTFEEDING AND INTELLIGENCE?
A. Jain; J. Concato; J. M. Leventhal;
Pediatrics,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Clinical Scholars Program, West
Haven VAMC, West Haven, CT, Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
370
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY RICKETS IN BREASTFED INFANTS: A NEW
"OLD" DISEASE
S. R. Kreiter; R. P. Schwartz; H. N. Kirkman Jr.;
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of
Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, Department of
Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel
Hill, NC
371
HOSPITAL BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES IN NEW YORK
E. J. Saturno; M. S. Applegate; M. A. Kacica;
Pediatrics, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, Preventive
Medicine, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES
372
CSF FINDINGS IN ASEPTIC VS BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
B. J. Negrini; K. J. Kelleher; E. R. Wald;
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
373
SHOULD THE LATERAL CHEST RADIOGRAPH BE ROUTINE IN THE DIAGNOSIS
OF PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
T. Lynch; S. Gouin; C. Larson; Y. Patenaude;
Department of
Pediatrics, Epidemiology & Radiology, Montreal Children's Hospital,
McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
374
SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE POST-APPENDECTOMY ABDOMEN IN
CHILDREN: WHAT IS NORMAL?
D. A. Rauch; H. S. Goldman; D. M. Barlev;
Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, NY
375
INFRARED AXILLARY AND AURAL THERMOMETERS IN A PEDIATRIC
OUTPATIENT POPULATION: ARE THEY ACCURATE?
M. Meyersohn; J. DiCanzio; H. Bernstein;
General
Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
376
ACUPUNCTURE FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
Y. Lin;
Anesthesia, Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA
377
PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMEOPATHS AND NATUROPATHS IN
MASSACHUSETTS
K. J. Kemper; A. C. Lee; C. B. Berde;
Center
for Holistic Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, Center for
Holistic Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital,
Boston, MA
378
PRACTICE AND PEDIATRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ACUPUNCTURISTS IN
BOSTON, MA
K. J. Kemper; A. C. Lee; E. S. Highfield; C.
B. Berde;
Center for Holistic Pediatrics, Children's Hospital,
Boston, MA, Center for Holistic Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School,
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
379
PRACTICE AND PEDIATRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHIROPRACTORS IN
BOSTON, MA
K. J. Kemper; A. C. Lee; C. B. Berde;
Center
for Holistic Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, Center for
Holistic Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital,
Boston, MA
380
PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF PARENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION REGARDING
COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE IN CHILDRENA PRELIMINARY
QUALITATIVE STUDY
E. M. Sibinga; A. K. Duggan; M. H. Wilson;
Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
381
BIOFEEDBACK AND VOIDING DYSFUNCTION: EFFECTIVENESS AND COMPARISON
OF TWO METHODS
S. L. Schulman; F. C. von Zuben; C. Kodman-Jones; N. Plachter; A. B. McGinley; R. Schniepp;
Pediatrics and
Urology, CHOP/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, Urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
GENERAL PEDIATRICS: UNDERSERVED
382
FREQUENCY OF MISSED APPOINTMENTS AMONG MEDICAID CHILDREN
S. J. Clark; G. L. Freed;
Division of General
Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
383
PATHWAYS FROM POVERTY TO CHILD HEALTH: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF
MATERNAL HEALTH
R. Kahn; B. Zuckerman; N. Wampler; H. Bauchner; P. Wise;
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston,
MA
384
RELATIONSHIP OF ASTHMA MORBIDITY AMONG INNER-CITY CHILDREN TO
NONADHERENCE
L. J. Bauman; L. Wright; F. E. Leickly; E. Crain; D. Kruszon-Moran; S. L. Wade;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, New England Research Institute, Inc.,
Watertown, MA, Pediatric Pulmonology, Indiana University School of
Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, NCHS, DHES, Hyattsville, MD, Rainbow Babies
and Children's Hospital, Oxford, OH
385
RACE/ETHNICITY DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND
PEDIATRICIANS
J. I. Takayama; J. B. Bernzweig; E. C. Finger; J. Uyemoto; R. H. Pantell;
Pediatrics, University of California
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Cornell University Medical College,
New York, NY, Agricultural Sciences, California Polytechnic Institute,
San Luis Obispo, CA
386
PREVENTIVE SERVICES: BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AT WELL CHILD
VISITS
C. M. Moran; V. M. Panzarino; P. M. Darden;
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC
387
PHYSICIAN COMPLIANCE WITH EARLY ONSET GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL
DISEASE PREVENTION GUIDELINES
L. Chandran; S. Batra; H. Bayir; M. Navaie-Waliser; N. Qureshi; M. Shah;
Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, N.Y.
ASTHMA
388
FACTORS PEDIATRICIANS USE TO MAKE THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA
L. N. Werk; S. Steinbach; W. Adams; H. Bauchner;
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA
389
INFANTS EXPOSED TO MORE CHILDREN IN DAYCARE OR AT HOME ARE AT
LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING ASTHMA
T. M. Ball; M. D. Martinez; C. J. Holberg; F. D. Martinez; A. L. Wright;
Department of Pediatrics,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
390
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEBULIZER USE IN URBAN MINORITY CHILDREN
WITH ASTHMA
A. M. Butz; P. Eggleston; K. Huss; K. Kolodner; C. S. Rand;
General Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD, Research, Innovative Medical Company, Towson, MD
391
PREDICTING LENGTH OF ASTHMA HOSPITALIZATIONS
Y. D. Senturia; J. Garner; W. B. Caspe;
Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, NY
NUTRITION/OBESITY
392
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY RICKETS: AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN TORONTO?
A. Ornstein; J. N. Friedman;
Department of
Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
393
SCREENING FOR IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA BY DIETARY HISTORY
D. L. Bogen; A. K. Duggan; G. Dover; M. H. Wilson;
Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
Pittsburgh, PA, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD
TREATMENT ISSUES
394
CROSS-OVER STUDY COMPARING EFFECTIVENESS AND INFANT ACCEPTANCE OF
THE RX MEDIBOTTLE® VERSUS ORAL SYRINGE
D. M. Kraus; L. A. Stohlmeyer; P. R. Hannon;
Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pediatrics, University of Illinois
at Chicago, Chicago, IL
395
ORAL DESMOPRESSIN AS TREATMENT FOR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN PEDIATIC
SICKLE CELL PATIENTS
L. T. Schwab; V. M. Panzarino; S. Jackson;
Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
396
ALTERNATING ANTIPYRETICS: IS THIS AN ALTERNATIVE?
M. E. Clara; R. V. Marino; W. Rosenfeld;
Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
397
EFFECT OF 50% SUCROSE ON PAIN RESPONSE IN FULL TERM MALE INFANTS
DURING CIRCUMCISION
M. Naqvi; E. K. Biskinis; A. Khattak;
Pediatrics,
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX
ANTIBIOTICS
398
HOW MUCH ANTIBIOTIC SUSPENSION IS ENOUGH?
L. B. Dusdieker; G. Milavetz; J. R. Murph;
Department of Pediatrics/JCP, University of Iowa College of Medicine,
Iowa City, IA
399
ANTIBIOTIC RECEIPT DURING THE FIRST 20 MONTHS-OF-LIFE IN A
TRIETHNIC POPULATION
T. L. Turner; J. C. Hoyle;
Pediatrics, Baylor
College of Medicine, Friendswood, TX, Pediatrics, Kelsey-Seybold
Clinic, Houston, TX
400
ATTITUDES, BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS OF PARENTS TOWARDS ANTIBIOTIC
USE BY THEIR CHILDREN
S. M. Bagshaw; J. D. Kellner;
Pediatrics,
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Pediatrics, Alberta
Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada
401
HAVE THE CDC-AAP GUIDELINES ON JUDICIOUS USE OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES MADE ANY CHANGES IN PRACTICE HABITS OF GENERAL
PEDIATRICIANS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA?
S. Nambiar; R. H. Schwartz; M. Ziai;
Pediatrics, Inova
Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA
FEBRILE INFANTS
402
A CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE (CPG) FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE FEBRILE
INFANT
S. J. Alter; H. Collins;
Department of Pediatrics, The
Children's Medical Center, Dayton, OH
403
AN EXAMINATION OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE RULE OUT
SEPSIS EVALUATION: A PARENTAL PERSPECTIVE
R. D. Paxton; C. L. Byington;
School of Medicine,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
404
TIME TO POSITIVE CULTURE IN INFANT SEPSIS
J. C. Brown; M. A. Del Beccarro; C. R. Clausen;
General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional
Medical Center, Seattle, WA
405
PEDIATRICIANS' MANAGEMENT OF FEBRILE INFANTS: A NATIONAL SURVEY
S. A. Finch; A. B. Bocian; R. H. Pantell;
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), Center for Child Health
Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL,
General Pediatrics, University of CA at San Francisco, San Francisco,
CA
SMOKING
406
TOBACCO SMOKE, DAY CARE, MIDDLE EAR SURGERY, AND COSTS IN YOUNG
CHILDREN
D. McCormick; T. Uchida;
Pediatrics, UTMB, Galveston, TX
407
THE IMPACT OF A BRIEF CESSATION INTERVENTION ON MATERNAL SMOKING
J. A. Groner; K. Ahijevych; L. K. Grossman; L. N. Rich;
Children's Hospital, Section of Ambulatory Pediatrics, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Department of Pediatrics, Medical
College of VA, Division of General Pediatrics/Emergency Care, Richmond,
VA, Partners in Marketing, Worthington, OH
408
PEDIATRICIANS' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICE PATTERNS
REGARDING SMOKING IN FAMILIES
S. Dabrow; C. Meade; L. Nelson; A. Unterberger;
Pediatrics,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center,
Tampa, FL
GENERAL PEDIATRICS: MISCELLANEOUS
409
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SCHOOL INJURIES IN UTAH: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
E. P. Junkins; S. Knight; A. Lightfoot; C. Cazier; J.
M. Dean; H. Corneli;
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah
& Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT
410
PARENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH DOSE THREE OF THE SEQUENTIAL POLIO
IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE
S. T. Melman; P. Julius; R. Dalope; R. D. Anbar;
Pediatrics, MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA,
Biomedical Science, MCP-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA,
Pediatrics, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
411
PARENTAL AWARENESS OF COMMON HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS AND PREFERENCE IN
TEACHING MATERIALS
A. E. Greene; K. Lindner Choset; P. J. Meinwald;
Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
412
MODERATE LEAD (PB) POISONING IS NOT AN ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE
M. E. Markowitz; J. Leighton; T. Matte; J. Rosen;
Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Department of Health,
Lead Bureau, New York City Department of Health, NY, NY, CDC, NY, NY
413
EVALUATING CHILD TEMPERAMENT AND FAMILY FACTORS AS MARKERS OF
FREQUENT UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
P. T. Dick; T. To; A. Guttmann;
Department of
Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
414
HAIR GROOMING PRACTICES AND DERMATOPHYTE SCALP COLONIZATION AMONG
CHILDREN IN AN URBAN PEDIATRIC CLINIC
R. A. Dalope; S. T. Melman;
Pediatrics,
MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
SUBSPECIALTIES/THEMES AND TOPIC SYMPOSIA
GENERAL PEDIATRICS III
PLATFORM PRESENTATION
415
USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN PEDIATRIC PAIN
SERVICES
Y. Lin; A. C. Lee;
Anesthesia, Children's Hospital,
Boston, Boston, MA
416
ACUPUNCTURE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC PAIN
Y. Lin; A. C. Lee;
Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School,
Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, MA
417
THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE:
AN OVERLOOKED CAUSE OF MISSED MEDICAL VISITS
K. R. Acharya; G. Flores; L. Xanthopoulos;
Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, Department of Pediatrics,
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
418
EFFECT OF MONETARY INCENTIVES ON A SURVEY OF PEDIATRICIANS
K. G. O'Connor; S. Sharp; L. M. Olson;
Division
of Health Policy Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove
Village, IL
419
PEDIATRIC TELEPHONE TRIAGE SERVICES: IMPROVEMENT IN PHYSICIANS'
LIFESTYLES AND DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS
C. O. Davis; R. W. Kouides; T. M. Herbert; K. McConnochie; P. G. Szilagyi;
Departments of Emergency
Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: ACCESS, ORGANIZATION, POLICY PLATFORM
420
COORDINATION OF THE PRIMARY-SPECIALTY CARE INTERFACE AND REFERRAL
OUTCOMES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
C. B. Forrest; G. B. Glade; A. E. Baker; B. Starfield; A. B. Bocian;
Health Policy and Management, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Research in Office
Settings (PROS), Center for Child Health Research, American Academy of
Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL
421
HOW PRIMARY CARE VISITS AT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS DIFFER FROM
OTHER PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS
E. Whelan; C. B. Forrest;
Department of Health Policy
Management, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD
422
THE PEDIATRIC WORKFORCE: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?
S. A. Shipman; D. C. Goodman; J. D. Lurie; A. Bracken;
Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon,
NH, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical
School, Hanover, NH
423
INSURANCE AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE FOR CHILDREN WITH ACUTE
ASTHMA: ARE HMOS GETTING IT RIGHT?
T. G. Ferris; E. Oken; L. Wang; E. F. Crain; C.
A. Camargo;
Institute for Health Policy, MGH, Boston, MA Jacobi
Hospital, Bronx, NY
424
PATTERNS OF CARE, EXPENDITURES, AND HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT USE BY CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
J. M. Perrin; K. A. Kuhlthau; S. L. Gortmaker; T. G. Ferris; A. C. Beal;
Division of General
Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Department of
Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
425
A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING STRATEGIES
A. R. Kemper; S. M. Downs;
Children's Primary
Care Research Group, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC
426
ARE PEDIATRICIANS AND MOTHERS WILLING TO ADDRESS MATERNAL MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES IN A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC?
A. M. Heneghan; E. J. Silver; L. J. Bauman; R. K. Stein;
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, NY
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY II
PLATFORM
PRESENTATION
427
PHYSICIANS ARE FROM PLUTO, NURSES ARE FROM JUPITER, AND PARENTS
ARE FROM MERCURY: FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES
J. T. Cross Jr.; T. C. Davis; C. Arnold; J. Bocchini; K. Green; D. Fredrickson; S. Humiston;
Medicine/Pediatrics, LSU
Medical School in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, Preventative Medicine,
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
428
PARENT-PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO IMMUNIZATION IN SELECTED UNDERSERVED
AREAS IN THE US, 1997-98
H. Yusuf; J. Santoli; L. Rodewald; P. Gargiullo;
Immunization Services Division, National Immunization Program, CDC,
Atlanta, GA
429
PERCEIVED BARRIERS, PARENTAL PREFERENCES, AND IMMUNIZATION RATES:
A STUDY FROM PROS AND THE NMA
J. A. Taylor; P. M. Darden; D. A. Brooks; K.
R. Ahlstrand; K. A. Rohder;
Pediatrics, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, Pediatrics, Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, SC, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), Center for
Child Health Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove, IL
430
CHILDREN RECEIVING CARE WITHIN A MEDICAL HOME IN SELECTED
UNDERSERVED AREAS, 1997-1998
J. M. Santoli; H. R. Yusuf; L. E. Rodewald; P. Lu;
National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA
431
IMPROVING IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE LEVELS AMONG CHILDREN: A REVIEW
OF THE EVIDENCE
L. Rodewald; P. Briss; A. Shefer; R. Bernier; R. Strikas; H. Yusuf; A. Hinman;
National Immunization Program, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, Task Force for Child
Survival and Development, Atlanta, GA
Pediatrics (ISSN 0031 4005). Copyright ©1999 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
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