Pediatric Academic Societies' Abstracts

Abstracts for 2007 - Presented at the PAS Meeting in May

• Barkin S, Ip E, Finch S, Steffes J, Scheindlin B, Wasserman R.  The Effect of Office-Based Violence Prevention - A Cluster Randomized Trial. 

• Caspary G, Boulter S, Keels MA, Krol D, Romano-Clarke G. Oral Health Care Training Among Graduating Pediatric Residents.

• Caspary G, O?Connor K, Sharp S. Multiple Approaches To Increasing Pediatrician Survey Response Rates.

• Cull W, Mulvey H, Caspary G, Katcher A. Older Pediatricians Work Part-Time Too.

• Finch S, Steffes J, Weiley V, Barkin S.  But Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Will Clinicians Sustain Use of Intervention Components after Study Completion?

• Frintner MP, Olson L, Radecki L. A Mothers? Reports of Their Own Health and Their Child?s Asthma Health?.Is There a Link?.

• Klein J, Sesselberg T, O?Connor K, Cook S, Johnson M, Washington R, Krebs N, Homer C. Childhood Obesity Practices of US Pediatricians in 2006.

• Kolassa M, Shefer A, O?Connor KG, Wood DL, Kempe A, Varrasso D. Thomas O. A National Survey of Pediatricians: Attitudes and Practices Towards Influenza Vaccination.

• Mulvey H, Cull W, Jewett E, Caspary G, Katcher A. Leave of Absence, Retirement, and Re-entry into the Workforce.

• O?Connor K, Cull W, Sharp S. Trends in Part-Time Employment Among Pediatricians.

• Radecki L, Olson M, Frintner MP. Child Report of Asthma Health Status: A Comparison of Survey Administration Methods.

• Sanders L, Federico S, Abrams MA, Dreyer B, Cull W, Ohone-Frempong J, Davis T. Readability and Suitability of Enrollment Forms for the State Children?s Health Insurance Program.

• Sege R, Flaherty E, Price LL, Slora E and CARES Study Group.  From the Child Abuse Recognition Experience Study (CARES): Expert Review of Primary Care Providers' Reporting of Child Physical Abuse.

• Sigrest T, Stucky E, Szilagyi P, O?Connor K. A Recent Physician-Reported Trends in the Hospitalization of U.S. Children.

• Slora EJ, Steffes, JM, Harris DL, Clegg HW, Norton D, Darden PM, Sullivan SA, Wasserman RC.  Distance-Based QI: Feasible?  Effective?

• Wood D, O?Connor K, Kempe A, Varrasso D, Kolassa M, Thomas O, Shefer A. National Survey of Pediatricians? Willingness to Offer Human Papilloma (HPV) Vaccine to Adolescents.

• Wood D, O?Connor K, Kolassa M, Varrasso D, Thomas O, Shefer A. National Survey Assessing Pediatricians? Adoption of New Tdap (Adacel/Boostrix) and MCV4 (Menactra) Vaccines for Adolescents.