TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Introduction to Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics: Pediatric Developmental Assessment
A1  - Voigt, Robert G.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Dr.  Julius  Richmond  (1916–2008),  a  pediatrician,  the  first  national  director  of  Head  Start,  and  the  12th  Surgeon  General  of  the  United  States  (from  1977  to  1981),  recognized  child  development  as  the  basic  science  of  pediatrics.  The  longitudinal  process  of  child  development  distinguishes  pediatric  medicine  from  all  other  medical  specialties,  and  child  development  and  behavior  have  an  impact  on  every  pediatric  healthcare  encounter.  In  addition,  developmental  and  behavioral  concerns  are  the  most  prevalent  concerns  in  pediatric  medicine.  For  example,  while  congenital  heart  disease  affects  about  1%  of  the  pediatric  population,  chronic  developmental-behavioral  disorders  (such  as  learning  disabilities  and  other  learning  problems,  attention-deficit/hyperactivity  disorder  [ADHD],  autism  spectrum  disorder,  intellectual  disabilities,  and  cerebral  palsy)  affect  approximately  20%  to  25%  of  the  pediatric  population.  These  numbers  indicate  that  to  provide  subspecialty  level  care  to  all  of  these  patients,  board-certified  developmental-behavioral  pediatricians  should  outnumber  board-certified  pediatric  cardiologists  by  at  least  20  to  1.  In  actuality,  pediatric  cardiologists  outnumber  developmental-behavioral  pediatricians  by  4  to  1,  resulting  in  a  severe  shortage  of  developmental-behavioral  pediatricians  and  extremely  long  waiting  lists  at  tertiary  care  developmental  pediatric  centers  nationally.  Thus,  the  majority  of  the  pediatric  population  with  developmental-behavioral  concerns  needs  to  be  identified,  diagnosed,  and  longitudinally  managed  by  their  primary  care  pediatric  medical  providers,  reaffirming  child  development  as  the  basic  science  of  primary  care  pediatric  practice.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182923883
ER  -