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Chronic Diseases of Children/Index Issue

This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

Original Contributions

  • Effects of a Weight Management Program on Body Composition and Metabolic Parameters in Overweight Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Mary Savoye,
    • Melissa Shaw,
    • James Dziura,
    • William V. Tamborlane,
    • Paulina Rose,
    • Cindy Guandalini,
    • Rachel Goldberg-Gell,
    • Tania S. Burgert,
    • Anna M. G. Cali,
    • Ram Weiss,
    • Sonia Caprio
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2697-2704.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2697

  • Medical Assessment of Adverse Health Outcomes in Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    • Maud M. Geenen,
    • Mathilde C. Cardous-Ubbink,
    • Leontien C. M. Kremer,
    • Cor van den Bos,
    • Helena J. H. van der Pal,
    • Richard C. Heinen,
    • Monique W. M. Jaspers,
    • Caro C. E. Koning,
    • Foppe Oldenburger,
    • Nelia E. Langeveld,
    • Augustinus A. M. Hart,
    • Piet J. M. Bakker,
    • Huib N. Caron,
    • Flora E. van Leeuwen
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2705-2715.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2705

  • Incidence of Diabetes in Youth in the United States

    • The Writing Group for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2716-2724.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2716

  • Shifting Place of Death Among Children With Complex Chronic Conditions in the United States, 1989-2003

    • Chris Feudtner,
    • James A. Feinstein,
    • Marlon Satchell,
    • Huaqing Zhao,
    • Tammy I. Kang
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2725-2732.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2725

  • Changes in the Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy for Children Born Very Prematurely Within a Population-Based Program Over 30 Years

    • Charlene M. T. Robertson,
    • Man-Joe Watt,
    • Yutaka Yasui
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2733-2740.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2733

Review

  • Definitions and Measurement of Chronic Health Conditions in Childhood: A Systematic Review

    • Johanna H. van der Lee,
    • Lidwine B. Mokkink,
    • Martha A. Grootenhuis,
    • Hugo S. Heymans,
    • Martin Offringa
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2741-2751.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2741

Commentaries

  • Growing Up in the Hospital

    • Maryland Pao,
    • Elizabeth D. Ballard,
    • Donald L. Rosenstein
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2752-2755.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2752

  • The Increase of Childhood Chronic Conditions in the United States

    • James M. Perrin,
    • Sheila R. Bloom,
    • Steven L. Gortmaker
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2755-2759.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2755

Editorials

  • Incidence of Diabetes in Children and Youth—Tracking a Moving Target

    • Rebecca B. Lipton
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2760-2762.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2760

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors, Late Effects, and a New Model for Understanding Survivorship

    • Kevin C. Oeffinger,
    • Leslie L. Robison
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2762-2764.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2762

  • Pediatric Chronic Diseases—Stealing Childhood

    • Jody W. Zylke,
    • Catherine D. DeAngelis
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2765-2766.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2765

The Cover

Poetry and Medicine

  • Morning Glory

    • Joannie Kervran Stangeland
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2674.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2674

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing May Spur Behavioral, Learning Problems in Children

    • Lynne Lamberg
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2681-2683.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2681

  • Study Tracks Children’s Brain Development

    • Tracy Hampton
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2683.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2683

  • Improved Use of BMI Needed to Screen Children for Overweight

    • Rebecca Voelker
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2684-2685.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2684

Health Agencies Update

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Children With Asthma—United States, 2004-05 Influenza Season

    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2687-2689.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2687

  • Prevalence of Actions to Control High Blood Pressure—20 States, 2005

    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2689-2690.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2689

Letters

  • The Stage Theory of Grief

    • Roxane Cohen Silver,
    • Camille B. Wortman
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2692.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2692-a

  • The Stage Theory of Grief

    • Joseph S. Weiner
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2692-2693.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2692-b

  • The Stage Theory of Grief

    • George A. Bonanno,
    • Kathrin Boerner
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2693.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2693-a

  • The Stage Theory of Grief—Reply

    • Paul K. Maciejewski,
    • Baohui Zhang,
    • Susan D. Block,
    • Holly G. Prigerson
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2693-2694.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2693-b

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    • Glen I. Spielmans,
    • Éowyn T. Gatlin
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2694-2695.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2694

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy—Reply

    • Paula P. Schnurr,
    • M. Tracie Shea,
    • Matthew J. Friedman,
    • Charles C. Engel
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2695.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2695

  • Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Coronary Revascularization Rates

    • Jeffrey Stensland,
    • Julian Pettengill,
    • Ariel Winter,
    • Mark Miller
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2696.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2696-a

  • Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Coronary Revascularization Rates—Reply

    • Brahmajee K. Nallamothu,
    • John D. Birkmeyer
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2696.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2696-b

Book and Media Reviews

  • The End of Polio: Behind the Scenes of the Campaign to Vaccinate Every Child on the Planet

    • Bruce Aylward
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2767-2768.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2767

  • Child Health in America: Making a Difference Through Advocacy

    • Bryan R. Fine
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2768-2769.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2768

  • State of Immunity: The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-Century America

    • Mark K. Slifka,
    • Ian J. Amanna
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2769-2770.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2769

  • The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach Us About Living

    • Susan Arjmand
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2770-2771.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2770

  • Charles A. Janeway: Pediatrician to the World’s Children

    • David G. Nathan
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2771-2772.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2771

Literatim

  • Getting the Lead Out: The Rhode Island Lead Paint Trials and Their Impact on Children's Health

    • Howard Markel
    JAMA. 2007;297(24):2773-2775.doi:10.1001/jama.297.24.2773

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