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Updates in back-to-school health emphasize importance of vaccines, health education
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The new academic year has health professionals preparing for issues that typically present during this time, including vaccines and health education, as well as determining how to coordinate care between a patient’s primary health care provider and in-school care.
The publishers of Infectious Diseases in Children have compiled an interactive online supplement highlighting the most important issues affecting children as they return to school, including recent research that demonstrates that school-based clinics providing influenza vaccinations to students reduce the rate of influenza-related absenteeism. A review of comprehensive strategies for managing asthma examines how integrating care within schools can benefit pediatric patients. In addition, results of a recent study indicate significant associations between bullying and depression and anxiety in children with developmental disorders.
Click here to view the interactive pdf, and visit Healio.com/Pediatrics for daily updates and breaking news in the specialty.
