Vaccines are among the most safe and effective public health interventions to prevent serious disease and death. Because of the success of vaccines, most Americans today have no firsthand experience with such devastating illnesses as polio or diphtheria. Health care providers who vaccinate young children follow a schedule prepared by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under the current schedule, children younger than six may receive as many as 24 immunizations by their second birthday. New vaccines undergo rigorous testing prior to receiving FDA approval; however, like all medicines and medical interventions, vaccines carry some risk. Driven largely by concerns about potential side effects, there has been a shift in some parents' attitudes toward the child immunization schedule. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety identifies research approaches, methodologies, and study designs that could address questions about the safety of the current schedule. This report is the most comprehensive examination of the immunization schedule to date. The IOM authoring committee uncovered no evidence of major safety concerns associated with adherence to the childhood immunization schedule. Should signals arise that there may be need for investigation, however, the report offers a framework for conducting safety research using existing or new data collection systems.

Vaccines are meant to help us, but there are contrary ideas as to whether vaccines are the best alternative. Supporters say that vaccines prevent deadly and serious diseases including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whooping cough. People against vaccination believe that children's immune systems can deal with most infections naturally. They point out that injecting questionable vaccine ingredients into a child may cause side effects, including seizures, paralysis, and death. This book examines the importance of childhood vaccinations for public health, weighing concerns about the risks of vaccines against the consequences of not vaccinating. It explores the issue of mandating vaccinations in the context of personal and religious freedom, and discusses the likelihood that the HPV vaccine will encourage early sexual activity.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pediatrics**Covering every aspect of general pediatric practice, as well as details for many pediatric subspecialists, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd Edition, brings you fully up to date with everything from rapidly changing diagnostic and treatment protocols to new technologies to the wide range of biologic, psychologic, and social problems faced by children today. Edited and written by experts and prominent members of the pediatric medical community, this comprehensive two-volume reference covers both the science and art of pediatric practice. It remains the reference of choice among pediatricians, pediatric residents, and others involved in the care of young patients, delivering the information you need in a concise, easy-to-use format for everyday reference and study. - Features a user-friendly format with short chapters and subchapters that allow you to quickly find the information you need. - Includes more than 60 new chapters on topics covering the impact of social factors on children's health, the impact of genetic discoveries on understanding diagnosing and treating childhood diseases, updating of current evidenced based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to childhood diseases, and more. - Offers new and expanded information on gene therapy; interferonopathies; reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME); e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI); monkeypox; food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES); signaling pathway disorders; ciliopathies; very early onset inflammatory bowel disease; Epstein-Barr virus susceptibility disorders; marijuana smoke exposure; and much more. - Features hundreds of new figures and tables throughout for visual clarity and quick reference, real-time videos, and regular updates online, written exclusively for Nelson. - Provides fresh perspectives from two new associate editors: Abigail M. Schuh and Cara L. Mack, both of Medical College of Wisconsin. - Remains your indispensable source for definitive, evidence-based answers on every aspect of pediatric care. - Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

"This book is a pragmatic introduction to evidence-based parenting. The second edition provides details of the latest advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics and includes enhanced coverage of allergenic foods and genetically modified organisms, breast versus bottle feeding, plastics as endocrine disrupters, vaccinations, and the co-sleeping debate. An all-new chapter reveals the real facts behind the benefits of both paid childcare for working parents and staying at home with babies"--

This eighth and final report of the Immunization Safety Review Committee examines the hypothesis that vaccines, specifically the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and thimerosal-containing vaccines, are causally associated with autism. The committee reviewed the extant published and unpublished epidemiological studies regarding causality and studies of potential biologic mechanisms by which these immunizations might cause autism. Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism finds that the body of epidemiological evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism. The book further finds that potential biological mechanisms for vaccine-induced autism that have been generated to date are only theoretical. It recommends a public health response that fully supports an array of vaccine safety activities and recommends that available funding for autism research be channeled to the most promising areas. The book makes additional recommendations regarding surveillance and epidemiological research, clinical studies, and communication related to these vaccine safety concerns.

Winner 2024 Sociology of Disability in Society Outstanding Publication Award, Disability in Society Section, American Sociological Association Movements that take issue with conventional understandings of autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability, have become increasingly visible. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority. Examining their separate struggles to gain legitimacy and represent autistic people, she develops a new account of the importance of social movements as spaces for constructing knowledge that aims to challenge dominant frameworks. Spaces on the Spectrum examines the autistic rights and alternative biomedical movements, which reimagine autism in different and conflicting ways: as a difference to be accepted or as a sickness to treat. Both, however, provide a window into how ideas that conflict with dominant beliefs develop, take hold, and persist. The autistic rights movement is composed primarily of autistic adults who contend that autism is a natural human variation, not a disorder, and advocate for social and cultural inclusion and policy changes. The alternative biomedical movement, in contrast, is dominated by parents and practitioners who believe in the disproven idea that vaccines trigger autism and seek to reverse it with scientifically unsupported treatments. Both movements position themselves in opposition to researchers, professionals, and parents outside their communities. Spaces on the Spectrum offers timely insights into the roles of shared identity and communal networks in movements that question scientific and medical authority.

The field of neonatal care has been a long-standing concern within the broader field of child health, given the crucial role the neonatal stage plays in the development of individuals. While many of the most effective practices in neonatal care have been widely disseminated across maternal and childcare units globally, cultural and social differences, as well as the availability of resources, necessitate the adaptation of these practices to the specific contexts of each place. This book discusses a range of crucial topics related to neonatal care over two sections. It includes ten chapters that address pertinent issues in neonatal care. The book’s objective is to contribute to the clinical work of health teams in neonatal units by sharing content and lessons for efficient and safe care, both from the global context of the configuration of the therapeutic environment to specific topics of usual care. The chapters have been developed by specialists in neonatology from different countries, and through them, they hope to share part of their experience.

Vaccination is a fundamental component of preventive medicine and public health. The use of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases has resulted in dramatic decreases in disease, disability, and death in the United States and around the world. The current political, economic, and social environment presents both opportunities for and challenges to strengthening the U.S. system for developing, manufacturing, regulating, distributing, funding, and administering safe and effective vaccines for all people. Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan examines the extraordinarily complex vaccine enterprise, from research and development of new vaccines to financing and reimbursement of immunization services. Priorities for the National Vaccine Plan examines the extraordinarily complex vaccine enterprise, from research and development of new vaccines to financing and reimbursement of immunization services. The book makes recommendations about priority actions in the update to the National Vaccine Plan that are intended to achieve the objectives of disease prevention and enhancement of vaccine safety. It is centered on the plan's five goals in the areas of vaccine development, safety, communication, supply and use, and global health.

Safe Maternity & Pediatric Nursing Care, 2nd Edition. Online Resources, and Davis Edge work together to create an interactive learning experience that teaches students to think critically and make the best patient care decisions. The text, written specifically for LPNs/LVNs, provides the comprehensive nursing knowledge they need to understand in this key course. Online Resources equip instructors with the lesson plans, teaching resources, and activities to create an active classroom environment where students can apply what they’re learning. Davis Edge online quizzing tracks student progress; assesses their knowledge; prepares students for classroom exams and the NCLEX®; and provides real time analytics to identify their weak concepts and topic areas. Text This is the maternity/peds textbook that focuses on what LPNs must know with just the right depth and breadth of coverage of the knowledge and skills to practice safely. A student-friendly approach helps LPN/LVNs to master safe and effective nursing care by developing the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills they need to excel in clinical practice. Clear, concise, readable, well organized, and easy to follow, it’s the text that prepares new nurses to make the connections. Davis Edge Davis Edge is the online quizzing program that integrates seamlessly into the classroom to give students the additional practice questions they need to perform well on course exams and the NCLEX®. Handpicked preset assignments save instructors time, while actionable analytics let them take the pulse of how their students are performing. Instructors have the real-time data they need to monitor, track, and assess their class’s mastery of the content. They are able to easily identify the areas in which students are struggling, intervene quickly, and provide remediation to ensure that students succeed and improve within following areas: Comprehension and Retention: How well do students understand the content? Participation and Engagement: Are students keeping-up with their reading and assignments? Test-Taking Skills: Are students prepared for NCLEX®-style questions and improving their test-taking skills? An access code inside new printed texts unlocks Davis Edge as well as a wealth of online learning tools and resources, including an ebook powered by VitalSource. Our new approach to LPN/LVN education LPN/LVN Connections responds to the pressures and challenges faced in nursing education with a new approach that highlights key themes across our core textbooks, maintains a consistent reading level, common terminology and lab values to improve student outcomes in class and prepares them for professional practice. Educators: Contact your F.A. Davis Consultant to learn more about LPN/LVN Connections. Make the connections every step of the way.