Official Journal of the Academic Pediatric Association

Academic Pediatrics, the official journal of the Academic Pediatric Association, is a peer-reviewed publication whose purpose is to strengthen the research and educational base of academic general pediatrics. The journal provides leadership in pediatric education, research, patient care and advocacy. Content areas include pediatric education, emergency medicine, injury, abuse, behavioral pediatrics, holistic medicine, child health services and health policy,and the environment. The journal provides an active forum for the presentation of pediatric educational research in diverse settings, involving medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing professionals. The journal also emphasizes important research relating to the quality of child health care, health care policy, and the organization of child health services. It also includes systematic reviews of primary care interventions and important methodologic papers to aid research in child health and education.

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Editor-in-Chief
Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH
Los Angeles, California, United States
Senior Editors
Marie C. McCormick, MD,ScD
Boston, Massachusetts
Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Associate Editors
Gerry Fairbrother, PhD
Santa Fe, NM
James Guevara, MD, MPH
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Melissa Klein, MD, MEd
Cincinnati, Ohio
Su-Ting Li, MD, MPH
Davis, California
Editors for In The Moment
Terry Kind, MD, MPH
Washington, DC
Associate Editors for Perspectives
Paul J. Chung, MD, MS
Los Angeles, California
Paul C. Young, MD
Salt Lake City, Utah
Associate Editor for Systematic Reviews
Robert M. Jacobson, MD
Associate Editor for Association of Pediatric Program Directors
Michael Pitt, MD
Minneapolis, MN
Online Editor
Margaret Trost, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Statistical Editor
R. Christopher Sheldrick, PhD
Medford, Massachusetts
Managing Editor
Sheila R. Bloom, MS
Editorial Board
Jay G. Berry, MD, MPH
Boston, MA
Esther Chung, MD, MPH
Philadelphia, PA
Tumaini R. Coker, MD, MBA
Los Angeles, CA
Eve R. Colson, MD
New Haven, CT
Charles R. Feild, MD, MPH
Little Rock, AR
Evan Scott Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP
Philadelphia, PA
Janice L. Hanson, PhD, EdS
Aurora, CO
Robert I. Hilliard, MD, EdD, FRCPC
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Harriet Hiscock, MB, BS, MD
Melbourne, Australia
Dennis Z. Kuo, MD, MHS
Little Rock, AR
Stephen T. Lawless, MD, MBA
Wilmington, DE
Suzanne Lazorick, MD, MPH
Greenville, NC
Julie C. Lumeng, MD
Ann Arbor, MI
David McCormick, MD
Galveston, TX
Kamila B. Mistry, MPH, PhD
Rockville, MD
Rakesh D. Mistry, MD, MS
Aurora, CO
Susmita Pati, MD, MPH
Stony Brook, NY
Michael J. Potts, MD
Rockford, IL
Jean L. Raphael, MD, MPH
Houston, TX
Iman Sharif, MD, MPH
Wilmington, DE
Laura P. Shone, DrPH, MSW
Rochester, NY
Ellen Johnson Silver, PhD
Bronx, NY
Christopher Stille, MD, MPH
Aurora, CO
Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH
New York, NY
Jeanne Van Cleave, MD
Aurora, CO
H. Shonna Yin, MD, MPH
New York, NY
Katharine Zuckerman, MD, MPH
Portland, OR
Founding Editor-in-Chief
James M. Perrin, MD