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Dr Hallas says: Be a health literacy catalyst

Pediatric providers need to help patients and their parents develop critical thinking about their personal healthcare and the long-term outcomes from their decisions.

3 steps to boost health literacy

What do patients and their families really understand about their healthcare and what can pediatricians do about it?

When parents say “no” to newborn nursery protocols

Parental refusals of protocols in the newborn nursery do happen. Providers need to know how to respond to parents with patient-centered yet medically safe care for their newborns.

Suspicious fever of unknown origin

A 5-month-old Hispanic boy, previously healthy, presents to the emergency department (ED) for 5 days of fever, 3 days of diarrhea and rash, and 2 days of vomiting. The parents brought their son to the ED because of his persistent fever up to 104°F and decreased oral intake. He has no recent travel and no known sick contacts. His immunizations are up to date and he has never been hospitalized.

More in this issue

Ideal pain relief for musculoskeletal injury remains elusive

Seeing movies with guns piques kids' interest in using them

Health literacy: A challenge in diverse populations

Breastfeeding for at least 2 months provides SIDS protection

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