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USPSTF: Members of the Child Health Workgroup
The health needs of children and adolescents differ from those of adults. In particular, preventive health care for children must consider the "sensitive" windows during which the course of growth and development may be influenced, and the long span of time over which health outcomes will be affected.
Based on these special considerations, the USPSTF formed a Workgroup dedicated to child and adolescent health. Members of the Child Health Workgroup include pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and experts in child development. A list of members is below.
Thomas Dewitt, MD
Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
David Grossman, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Group Health Research Institute
Professor of Health Services and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bernadette Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P/N.P.P.
Dean and Distinguished Foundation Professor in Nursing
College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Wanda Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Current as of July 2009
Internet Citation:
USPSTF: Members of the Child Health Workgroup. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. July 2009. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/tfchwg.htm
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