CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 11, March 17, 2015

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services - Pediatric Preparedness
     1. Public health emergency planning for children in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) disasters
        Bartenfeld MT, Peacock G, Griese SE.
        Biosecur Bioterror. 2014 Jul-Aug;12(4):201-7.
        
     2. Neurologic disorders among pediatric deaths associated with the 2009 pandemic influenza
        Blanton L, Peacock G, Cox C, Jhung M, Finelli L, Moore C.
        Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):390-6.
        
     3. Creating a regional pediatric medical disaster preparedness network: imperative and issues
        Ginter PM, Wingate MS, Rucks AC, Vasconez RD, McCormick LC, Baldwin S, Fargason CA.
        Matern Child Health J. 2006 Jul;10(4):391-6.
        
     4. Southeastern Regional Pediatric Disaster Surge Network: a public health partnership
        Ginter PM, Rucks AC, Duncan WJ, Wingate MS, Beeman SK, Reeves J, West MA.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Nov-Dec;125 Suppl 5:117-26.
        
     5. Safeguarding children - pediatric research on medical countermeasures
        Gutmann A.
        N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 28;368(13):1171-3.
        
     6. Chemical-biological terrorism and its impact on children
        Committee on Environmental Health, Committee on Infectious Diseases, Shannon MW, McMillan JA.
        Pediatrics. 2006 Sep;118(3):1267-78.
        
     7. The pediatrician and disaster preparedness
        Markenson D, Reynolds S.
        Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):e340-62.
        
     8. Ebola virus disease and children: what pediatric health care professionals need to know
        Peacock G, Uyeki TM, Rasmussen SA.
        JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Dec;168(12):1087-8.
        
     9. Practice Parameter on disaster preparedness
        Pfefferbaum B, Shaw JA.
        J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;52(11):1224-38.
        
     10. Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: can extrapolated adult guidelines be applied to a pediatric population?
         Place RC, Hanfling D, Howell JM, Mayer TA.
         Biosecur Bioterror. 2007 Mar;5(1):35-42.
         
     11. Disaster and terrorism preparedness: what pediatricians need to know
         Redlener I, Markenson D.
         Dis Mon. 2004 Jan;50(1):6-40.
         
   
   

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CDC Science Clips Production Staff

• John Iskander, MD MPH, Editor
• Jane Gidudu, MD, MPH, Acting Editor
• Gail Bang, MLIS, Librarian
• William (Bill) Thomas, MLIS, Librarian
• Victoria Burchfield, MLIS, Librarian
• Kathleen Connick, MSLS, Librarian
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DISCLAIMER: Articles listed in the CDC Science Clips are selected by the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library to provide current awareness of the public health literature. An article's inclusion does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor does it imply endorsement of the article's methods or findings. CDC and DHHS assume no responsibility for the factual accuracy of the items presented. The selection, omission, or content of items does not imply any endorsement or other position taken by CDC or DHHS. Opinion, findings and conclusions expressed by the original authors of items included in the Clips, or persons quoted therein, are strictly their own and are in no way meant to represent the opinion or views of CDC or DHHS. References to publications, news sources, and non-CDC Websites are provided solely for informational purposes and do not imply endorsement by CDC or DHHS.