JAMA Pediatrics Editors' Summary – Details, episodes & analysis

A new study examines how conditional and unconditional cash transfers affect exclusive breastfeeding rates. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH, discuss how cash transfers can be designed to improve the health and well-being of children and families with Meg Parker, MD, MPH, of the UMass Chan Medical School.

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A new study explores how early childhood education and care services can reduce disparities in school readiness for dual language learners. Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, and Philip Fisher, PhD, of Stanford University discuss strategies to improve school readiness with JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison Galbraith, MD, MPH.

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• School Readiness and Early Childhood Education and Care Services Among Dual Language Learners

Two recent studies find that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is safe for infants and effective for children aged 1-4 years. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison Galbraith, MD, discuss clinical and policy implications with Grace Lee, MD, MPH, professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.

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Screen use by children is common and can affect child development, with effects varying by age and developmental domain. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison A. Galbraith, MD, discuss evidence about screen use across childhood and strategies to reduce negative impacts with Sheri Madigan, PhD, RPsych, of the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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• Screen Time at Age 1 Year and Communication and Problem-Solving Developmental Delay at 2 and 4 Years

Firearm suicide takes the lives of thousands of US youths annually, and the economic burden of youth violence is high, especially from male firearm homicides. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison A. Galbraith, MD, discuss the burden of gun violence and prevention of firearm-related injuries with JAMA Network Open Editor Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, of the Seattle Children’s Hospital.

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• Years of Life Lost to Firearm Suicide Among Young People in the US
• Economic Burden of US Youth Violence Injuries

Treatment with buprenorphine is approved and effective for adolescents with opioid use disorder (OUD) but is underused. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison A. Galbraith, MD, discuss diagnosis and treatment of OUD with Scott Hadland, MD, Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and an expert in adolescent OUD. 

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• Out-of-Pocket Costs and Payer Types for Buprenorphine Among US Youth Aged 12 to 19 Years

Conflict of Interest disclosures:

Dr Hadland has received honoraria from the American Academy of Pediatrics for speaking on the topic of adolescent opioid use disorder treatment.

JAMA Pediatrics Editors’ Summary by Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, and Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, for the September 5, 2023, issue.

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• Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Childhood Development
• Community Health Worker Home Visiting, Birth Outcomes, Maternal Care, and Disparities Among Birthing Individuals With Medicaid Insurance

JAMA Pediatrics Editors’ Summary by Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, and Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, for the August 7, 2023, issue.

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• Short-Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children
• Prospective Associations of Childhood Housing Insecurity With Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During Childhood and Adulthood

JAMA Pediatrics Editors’ Summary by Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, and Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, for the June 6, 2023, issue.

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• Association Between Early Prostacyclin Therapy and Extracorporeal Life Support Use in Patients With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

JAMA Pediatrics Editors’ Summary by Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, and Alison A. Galbraith, MD, MPH, Associate Editor, for the May 1, 2023, issue.

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• Effectiveness of Structured Care Coordination for Children With Medical Complexity
• Out-of-Pocket Spending for Non–Birth-Related Hospitalizations of Privately Insured US Children, 2017 to 2019