Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
By Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP Got Transition/Center for Health Care Transition Improvement is a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent […]
By Mollie Grow, MD, MPH, FAAP Efforts to prevent childhood obesity increasingly have shifted to younger age groups. We have seen some decline in rates of childhood obesity among young […]
By Ruth McDonald, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Seattle Children’s The rising rates of opioid deaths coupled with changes in young people’s beliefs about marijuana in the wake of its […]
What questions do you have about your clinic’s performance? And what would you do with the answers? For Beth Harvey, MD, FAAP of South Sound Pediatric Associates in Olympia, a […]
The Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat writes: “Almost every kid in our state has medical coverage, a health-care mountaintop that took decades to reach. The Republican health-care bill would bring that […]
The Medicaid rate is creating barriers to accessing care for kids all over Washington state. “The state pays $156 for a poor adult on Medicare, but less than half that […]
Immunization rates of teenagers aged 13-17 years in Washington have plateaued recently.
Thatcher T.H. Felt, DO, FAAP grew up in beautiful Park City, Utah, attending Park City High School right at the base of the ski area. He attended Lewis & […]
Taryn Phaneuf of Spokane’s Inlander covered the challenges faced by families and physicians when dealing with children and youth with mental health disorders. This in-depth article highlights some of the […]
Please see the message below from the Department of Health regarding FluMist and the Child Vaccine Program: Immunization Partners, This message is to inform you of a recently announced reduction […]
