Kathi Kemper

..We wished to better understand the duration of these improvements and whether different curriculum delivery strategies differed in affecting these improvements...

..Little is known about the prevalence of dietary supplement (DS) use in American adolescents. We conducted this study to analyze the prevalence of DS use and factors associated with this use in a national population-based sample...

..Little is known about parents' perceptions of these therapies. This study describes the views of parents of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) regarding conventional and CAM therapies...

..Although many health care professionals (HCPs) in the United States have been educated about and recommend dietary supplements, little is known about their personal use of dietary supplements and factors associated with their use...

..Little is known about the association between use of herbs and dietary supplements (HDS) and lifestyle/behavior factors in young adults in the US...

..Different strategies for identifying potential outliers are associated with significant differences in HRV parameters. Pediatric researchers who report HRV should detail their outlier filtering strategies...

..Little is known about clinicians' use of herbs and dietary supplements (HDS), how their personal HDS use changes with time and training, and how changes in their personal use affect their confidence or communication with patients about HDS...

..Many medical schools offer electives on complementary medicine, but little is known about the characteristics of students who sign up for such electives compared with those who do not...

..The purpose of this study is to compare four strategies for delivering an Internet-based (e-) curriculum on clinicians' knowledge (K), confidence (CONF), and communication (COMM) about herbs and other dietary supplements (HDS)...

..We wished to determine interest among the medical staff at a North Carolina academic medical center in integrating diverse therapies and services into comprehensive care...

..The focus of this article is the fundamental lifestyle approaches and complementary therapies that enhance mental health in young people. Various resources are available to clinicians to help patients and families promote mental health...

..Increasing numbers of children use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The purpose of this project was to assess pediatricians' attitudes and recommendations regarding CAM...

..06). HT is associated with lowered stress and changes in HRV. Further studies are needed to understand the mechanisms of these effects in larger samples and to explore the impact on additional clinically relevant measures...

..The authors compared one aspect of marketing, course titles, for online classes about herbs and dietary supplements (HDS)...

..Parents often play music for their children, and they hold favorable attitudes about playing it in the clinic. Parents' attitudes are not barriers to providing music in the clinic...

..Advertising affects consumer and prescriber behaviors. The relationship between pharmaceutical advertising and journals' publication of articles regarding dietary supplements (DS) is unknown...

..To better plan participant-centered mind-body intervention trials for nurses to reduce occupational stress, such descriptive information would be valuable...

..No other differences were significant. Further studies are needed to better delineate the relationship between subjective and objective measures of well-being among patients who are not in severe distress...

..We evaluated the feasibility and desirability of on-line training and sought suggestions for future courses...

..However, clinicians generally have limited knowledge, confidence and communication about herbs and dietary supplements (HDS). We compared diverse clinicians' expertise about HDS to better target future curricula...

..CONCLUSION: Internet-based education about herbs and dietary supplements for diverse health professionals is feasible and results in significant and sustained improvements in knowledge, confidence, and communication practices...

..Educational interventions and institutional policies are needed to improve the quality of patient care regarding H/DS, and such interventions should be rigorously evaluated to ensure that continuous improvements occur...

..We concluded that faculty development in integrative medicine is feasible and results in qualitative and quantitative improvements in knowledge, confidence, and clinical and teaching behaviors...

..Randomized controlled trials are needed to determine the effectiveness of cranberry juice therapy for rUTI in children...

..Reliable resources are available for families and health care providers. Open, respectful communication, even in the absence of evidence, is crucial in both helping and protecting patients, and in avoiding conflicts...

..Providing music to caregivers may be a cost-effective and enjoyable strategy to improve empathy, compassion, and relationship-centered care while not increasing errors or interfering with technical aspects of care...

..Some of these complementary therapies have well-established roles in cancer therapy for children, whereas others are controversial and require more research...

..Side effects and interactions with conventional medications are well documented. Despite these caveats, biochemical complementary therapies hold promise as useful agents in pediatric oncology...

..The study questions were: a) would staff like to have music played in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), b) would they prefer live to recorded music, and c) how would their attitudes be affected by their profession and experience?..

..Chronic stress adversely affects performance. We evaluated the effect of Healing Touch training on subjective and objective measures of stress in nursing leaders in an academic health center...

..These therapies are safe and readily available...

..To describe the attitudes and approaches of primary care pediatricians in the identification and management of postpartum and other maternal depression...

..The cases presented here offer an opportunity for role playing and reflection to support this process...

..Acupressure is feasible and well tolerated but was not more effective than placebo in this sample of patients who were also treated with standard antiemetic therapies...

..This paper describes the yin-yang model as a way to integrate and enhance the understanding of different cultures of healthcare...

..To describe the establishment of a multidisciplinary team of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers and educators in an urban pediatric hospital and affiliated medical school...

..Although many adults in the United States use herbs, little is known about the personal use of herbs by health care professionals (HCPs) and factors associated with use...

..We undertook this study to describe pediatric hospital policies regarding dietary supplements...

..Physicians must become familiar with evidenced-based resources, as well as federal and professional guidelines...

..Consensus policies need to be developed...

..To survey the use of complementary and alternative medical therapies by pediatric pain management services affiliated with major universities...

..Because parents often use CAM to treat their child's attention and hyperactivity problems without their pediatrician's knowledge, pediatricians need to initiate discussions of CAM use with patients and families...

..CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric use of CAM therapies raises complex issues. Clinicians, hospitals, state agencies, courts, and professional organizations may benefit from a policy framework to help guide decision making...

..To compare the content, quality, and cost of recommendations for children made by complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) retailers within 2 New York City neighborhoods of divergent socioeconomic status (SES)...

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..Results from this project will guide future internet-based Continuing Education programs for busy health professionals. ..

..Future studies will assess the immediate and long-term impact of different kinds, amounts, frequency and duration of music on physiologic, clinical, behavioral and developmental outcomes in premature infants. ..

The Mid-Career Investigator award (K24) will provide stable support for Dr. Kathi Kemper to continue her seminal research in complementary and alternative medicine for pediatrics...