The Military Child and Adolescent Deployment Support Video Program was developed by military pediatricians and behavioral health specialists to support military children and adolescents during deployment and to sensitize the community to the unique culture and support needs of military children.

The initial program was funded by a grant from the Healthy People 2010 Chapter Grant Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and has been further funded and distributed by the United States Army Medical Command. The videos can be ordered free of charge at Military One Source or by calling 1-800-342-9647

Join AAP practitioners around the country in generating knowledge about the best ways to care for children. Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) is looking for pediatricians to help develop and carry out primary care research in the practice setting. Any pediatric practice or clinic with at least one AAP member is eligible to join PROS. For information on being part of this innovative AAP research effort, e-mail pros@aap.org.

A new $1.3 million project from the AAP Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS)
network seeks to test a leading-edge approach in the offices of primary care providers (PCPs) to promote parent-teen-driving agreements and safe driving. The three-year project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will adapt an evidence-based program called Checkpoints for promotion by PCPs, leading to better parental monitoring of teen driving.

Clinicians’ Description of Factors Influencing Their Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse: Report of the Child Abuse Reporting Experience Study Research Group

• CARES was a prospective observational study to examine primary care clinicians’ decision-making processes about whether injured children were victims of physical child abuse. Quantitative analysis revealed that clinicians did not report all suspected physical child abuse to child protective services (CPS). This qualitative evaluation of study data seeks (1) to identify factors clinicians weighed when deciding whether to report injuries they suspected might have been caused by child abuse; (2) to describe clinicians’ management strategies for children with injuries from suspected child abuse that were not reported; and (3) to describe how clinicians explained not reporting high-suspicion injuries.
 

From Suspicion of Physical Child Abuse to Reporting: Primary Care Clinician Decision-Making

• CARES was a prospective observational study to determine how frequently primary care clinicians reported suspected physical child abuse, the levels of suspicion associated with reporting, and what factors influenced reporting to child protective services (CPS). Clinicians collected data on child injury visits, including information about the injury, child, family, likelihood that the injury was caused by child abuse (5-point scale), and whether the injury was reported to CPS.