Yearly Archives: 2019

Care for Kids Newsletter Focuses on Hearing Screening

Care for Kids Newsletter Focuses on Hearing Screening
New Issue of Care for Kids Newsletter Focuses on Hearing Screening Featured Article: Hearing Screening in the Office Setting The Spring 2019 issue of the EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter is now available online. The featured article by Andrea Reasoner, MD, and Emily Andrews, CCC-A, Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa Hospitals and…
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Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts

Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts
Study Examines Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts Article Discussion Addresses Major Public Health Concern An article in the January 2019 issue of Pediatrics, “Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts,” examines responses of participants in a study related to adolescent suicide. The article notes adolescent suicide is the second leading cause of death among 10- to…
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Meningococcal B Update

Meningococcal B Update
Meningococcal B Update New data published in the January 2019 issue of Pediatrics impacts clinical decision-making associated with the Meningococcal B Vaccine and is an update to an article concerning the vaccine that appeared in the Winter 2019 EPSDT Care for Kids newsletter. The study analyzed data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and…
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