Chapter 29

Question 1

Abusive Head Trauma

Answer 1

also known as shaken baby syndrome, results from violent shaking or shaking and impacting of the head of an infant or young child

Question 2

Affordable Care Act

Answer 2

since implementation, the number of children covered by government health insurance programs has been increasing.

Question 3

Body Mass Index

Answer 3

a ratio of weight to height used as an indicator used as an indicator of obesity and underweight

Question 4

Built Environment

Answer 4

defined as the person’s man-made or modified surroundings in which they live, work, and partake in recreation

Question 5

Child Feeding Practices

Answer 5

include the level of control the parent or caregiver exerts over the type and amount of food the child eats, the role modeling of eating behaviors, the feeding cues given to the child, and the actual mealtime environment and routine

Question 6

Child Maltreatment

Answer 6

defined as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by an adult that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child

Question 7

Children’s Health Insurance Plan

Answer 7

the result of federally mandated legislature passed in 1997 to expand health insurance to the nation’s uninsured children

Question 8

Cognitive Development

Answer 8

the progressive process of acquisition of skills for thinking, reasoning, and language use

Question 9

Development

Answer 9

increase in complexity of the function and progression of physical, social, and mental skills throughout life

Question 10

Developmental Screening

Answer 10

a process designed to identify children who should receive more intensive assessment or diagnosis of potential developmental delays. These delays may be in any of the developmental domains: gross motor, fine motor, language, or social skills. Developmental screening promotes early detection of delays and improves child health and well-being for identified children

Question 11

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)-

Answer 11

exhaled smoke, smoke from burning tobacco, or smoke from the mouthpiece or filter end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe

Question 12

Family-Centered Medical Home

Answer 12

a partnership between a child or adolescent, the child or adolescent’s family, and the pediatric team who oversees the child or adolescent’s health and well-being within a community-based system that provides uninterrupted care to promote optimal health outcomes

Question 13

Food Deserts

Answer 13

having limited access to affordable and nutritious foods

Question 14

Food Landscape

Answer 14

evaluates the accessibility and availability of healthy foods

Question 15

Growth

Answer 15

increase in size of the whole or parts of an organism

Question 16

Human Ecology Theory

Answer 16

emphasizes the complex relationship between the growing child and his/her immediate environment

Question 17

Immunization

Answer 17

a process of protecting an individual from a disease through introduction of a live, killed, or partial component of the invading organism into the individual’s system

Question 18

Low Food Security

Answer 18

a lack of available food and access to food on a regular basis

Question 19

Media

Answer 19

in addition to television and movies, media now includes the Internet, video and computer games, and cell phones

Question 20

Medicaid

Answer 20

a jointly sponsored state and federal program established by the Social Security Act in 1965 that pays for medical services for the aged, poor, blind, disabled, and families with dependent children

Question 21

Medical Home

Answer 21

incorporates preventive, acute, and chronic care from birth through transition to adulthood. The medical home emphasizes an integrated health system with collaboration of care from an interprofessional team of primary care physicians, specialists and subspecialists, other health professionals, hospitals and health care facilities, public health, and the community working with children and families

Question 22

Motivational Interviewing

Answer 22

a focused communication strategy in which the parents are encouraged to set goals, identify personal barriers, and identify potential mechanisms to overcome the barriers to make safety and health promotion changes for their child

Question 23

Obesity

Answer 23

defined as a body mass index at or above the ninety-fifth percentile for children of the same age and sex when plotted on the CDC growth charts

Question 24

Overweight

Answer 24

defined by the CDC as a body mass index at or above the eighty-fifth percentile and lower than the ninety-fifth percentile

Question 25

Psychosocial Development

Answer 25

combination of emotional and social development

Question 26

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Answer 26

defined as the sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history

Question 27

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

Answer 27

any sudden and unexpected death that occurs in infancy; this includes both explained (i.e., suffocation, infection, trauma) and unexplained cases (SIDS)

Question 28

Unintentional Injuries-

Answer 28

any injuries sustained by accident such as falls, drowning, or motor vehicle accidents