Pediatric Grand Rounds (RECORDING) Neglected Children: A Role for Child Health Professionals

This presentation is a recording of a Stanford Pediatric Grand Rounds Session.  World-renowned experts will present the latest research, practice guidelines, and treatment protocols to advance best practices in the care of pediatric patients. These online recordings will provide pediatricians and family physicians with up-to-date clinical information on a wide range of clinical issues encountered in daily pediatric practice. 

This session covers the epidemiology of neglect, definitional dilemmas, the etiology and assessment of neglect, and suggestions for addressing the problem.

  Release Date: June 15, 2022
  Expiration Date: June 15, 2023
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1.0 hours 
  Registration Fee: FREE
 *Originally recorded 04/08/2022.

1. Identify why child neglect is an important problem.
2. Recognize risk and protective factors influencing neglect.
3. Recognize key issues for assessing and addressing neglect.

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There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Faculty Member Information

Role in activity

Name of Ineligible Company(s) / Nature of Relationship(s)

Alan Ross Schroeder, MD
Clinical Professor
Stanford University

Co-Course Director and Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS
Prof of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Debra Babcock, MD
Stanford Childrens (PCHA)

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Caitlin Billingham, MD, MPH
Chief Resident
Stanford Pediatrics

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Lisa Jo Chamberlain, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics – General Pediatrics
Stanford Children's Health

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Olja Marsenic Couloures, MD
LPCH

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Lane Francis Donnelly, MD
Chief Quality Officer, Packard Childrens Hospital at Stanford
Stanford University

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Baraka Dechelle Floyd, MD, MSc
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Stanford University School of Medicine

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Ingrid Garnica, BA
Stanford Pediatrics

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Charles Gawad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Stanford

Planner

Ownership-BioSkryb Genomics

Allison Guerin, EdD
Stanford

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Mary Beth Leonard, MD, MSCE
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Stanford Medicine

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Stephen J Roth, MD, MPH
Attending, Cardiovascular ICU
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Sarina Tom, BA
Education Operations Manager
Stanford Pediatrics

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Ke-You Zhang, MD
Stanford University

Planner

Nothing to disclose