Community Pediatrics Flashcards
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Definition of community pediatrics
the practice of promoting and integrating the positive social, cultural, and environmental influences on children’s health as well as addressing potential negative effects that deter optimal child health and development within a community
Goals of the routine well child visit
- Provide surveillance of growth and development
- Conduct age-appropriate evidence based screening
- Administer immunizations
- Provide anticipatory guidance
- Address parental concerns.
What are the factors that influence health outcomes, and how is the percentage distribution ?
Social , environmental and behavioral influence 50-60% of health outcomes
Genetic factors influence 30%
Health care system only 10%
What is the definition of SDH? What are these?
conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
Economic stability Neighborhood and physical environment Education Food Community and social context Healthcare system
Adverse childhood experiences types
3 types:
- Abuse( physical, emotional, sexual)
- Neglecct ( physical and emotional)
- Household dysfunction
- Mental illness
- Incarcerated relative
- Mother treated violently
- Substance abuse
- Divorce
CDC-Kaiser permanent ACE study
largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect and household challenges and later-life health and well-being.
Found that increased ACEs would lead to:
Increased morbidity and mortality
negative outcomes: alcoholism, illicit drug use, COPD, depression, fetal death, ischemic heart disease, liver disease
ACE Pyramid
Bottom to top:
- ACE
- Disrupted Neurodevelopment
- Social, emotional, cognitive impairment
- Adoption of health risk behaviors
- Disease, disability and social problems
- Early death
What do you consider when choosing a tool for screening SDH
The goals of screening in your setting( referral sources, identifying needs, social’s context)
Format used ( paper, electronic, self administered)
Who will respond to positive results
What is advocacy
to offer pubic support for or recommend a cause or policy
ITHELLPS - Screening for social determinants of health
income and food security, transportation, housing/utilities, education, legal status/immigration, literacy, personal safety and support
Four stages of growth
fetal, infant, childhood, and pubertal.
What are the MC parameters to assess growth
weight, height (or length if the child is measured supine), and head circumference.
Which growth chart to use according to age
WHO 0-2 years
CDC >2 years
Why using WHO growth chart in children < 2 years?
- utilize growth of the breastfed infant as the norm for growth.
- The WHO standards are based on high quality data collected for children younger than aged 2 years.
There is a modified CDC version for the WHO growth charts in < 2 years
The WHO growth charts as modified by CDC use the 2nd percentile and the 98th percentile as the outer most percentile cutoff values.
The use of BMI-for-age is not recommended for children younger than aged 2 years at this time
true
Factors that affect Fetal growth
- maternal nutrition
- uterine size
- hormones (including insulin and insulin-like growth factors).
Small for gestational age (SGA) definition
birth weight is below the 10th percentile for the appropriate gestational age.
SGA is different from IUGR
IUGR describes a fetus that has not reached its growth potential
Symmetric vs. Asymmetric IUGR
Symmetric - equally small, early in utero.
chromosomal abnormalities, infections
Asymmetric- spares the head, later onset Uteroplacental insufficiency Malnutrition Smoking hypertension
large for gestational age definition (LGA)
infant whose weight is greater than the 90th percentile for gestational age.
Children with ADHD often have impaired executive function including ______ and difficulty with response inhibition and control of impulsive behaviors
forward planning
abstract reasoning
working memory
mental flexibility
Comorbidities of ADHD
Oppositional defiant disorder Conduct disorder Learning disabilities Tic disorder Depression Bipolar disorder Anxiety OCD Developmental coordination disorder Substance abuse
Etiology ADHD
unclear
catecholamine metabolism in cerebral cortex appears to play a role.
other factors that may contribute: maternal alcohol, tobacco, substance
prematurity
pre and postnatal toxin exposure
FOOD DOESNT IMPACT ADHD