A special issue of Pediatrics contains 15 articles whose new findings result from closer examination of data collected by the National Survey of Children's Health, conducted during 2003 and 2004.
The articles focus on timely epidemiologic and public health issues at the national level as well as state-specific analyses that highlight elements of children's health in Alabama, Florida and Rhode Island.
Included in the supplement are studies examining the health and well-being of adopted children, the prevalence of violent disagreements in families, disparities in dental insurance coverage among children, the impact of immigrants on breastfeeding practices, and the effect of inadequate sleep on children.
The National Survey of Children's Health is one of the largest ever done on the health of U.S. children, with a sample size of parents or guardians of more than 102,000 children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It was funded and developed by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey can be accessed online at: www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/nsch.htm.
A limited number of paper copies of the journal supplement will be available through the HRSA Information Center on-line at: www.ask.hrsa.gov or by phone at 1-888-Ask-HRSA. You can also request a paper copy by e-mailing Steph Toomer at stoomer@hrsa.gov. To read abstracts of each of the articles contained in the supplement please visit the American Academy of Pediatrics web site at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol119/Supplement_1/
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