BMC Pediatrics

Section Editors

Shally Awasthi, King George's Medical College
Elena Chiappini, University of Florence
David A Paul, Christiana Care Health Services
Susan E Richardson, The Hospital for Sick Children
Judith Ross, Thomas Jefferson University
Paramala Santosh, King's College London
Gabriel Shaibi, Arizona State University

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Rachel Neilan, BioMed Central

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Hand hygiene instruction reduces absenteeism

Periodically instructing elementary school children in proper hand hygiene during flu season significantly reduces total absences and illness-related absences, suggesting that brief, repetitive instruction in hand hygiene may improve school attendance.

BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:52
Cultural training for asthma care

Pediatricians and nurses report that patient non-adherence is a significant barrier to asthma care in ethnic minority children, suggesting that training is needed to help care providers communicate more effectively with these patients and their families.

BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:47
Recreation delays puberty onset in girls

The availability of neighborhood recreational facilities is significantly associated with a delay in the onset of breast and pubic hair development in African American girls, with this effect being independent of body mass index.

BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:27
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Comments

Errata for Mushtaq et al. BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:114

Comment on: Mushtaq et al. BMC Pediatrics 2012, 11:114
Error in rates of SGA in Table 1

Comment on: Fenton et al. BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:76
dominant effect of protein

Comment on: Krebs et al. BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:4

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BMC Pediatrics is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health care in neonates, children and adolescents, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology and epidemiology.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

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