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Drug Policy Research Group - Current News
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Many states lack adequate regulations for menus in child care centers
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| Child care facilities in many states do not conform to federal standards relating to menu planning, content, and posting, according to a DPM study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association led by Fellow Sara Benjamin. The guidelines contained in “Caring for our Children – National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs,” state 1) menus must be posted or made available to parents; 2) menus must be dated; 3) menus must reflect food served; 4) menus must be planned in advance; and 5) menus must be kept on file. The investigators added an additional standard to this review – that menus must be reviewed by a nutrition professional. For child care centers, seven states included regulations on all five standards, and thirteen states ha... Read more
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Flu vaccination rates lag for adolescents with high-risk conditions
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Influenza vaccination rates for adolescents who suffer from asthma and other illnesses are still far too low according to a recent study. Annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for all adolescents who suffer from conditions that place them at increased risk for influenza complications.
"Influenza vaccination has been recommended for adolescents with high-risk conditions for well over a decade," notes Dr. Mari Nakamura, the lead author. "We wanted to examine how effective this risk-based policy has been in achieving vaccination coverage."
The study charted vaccination rates from 1992-2002 for 18,703 adolescents with asthma, cardiac disease, immune system disorders and other high-risk conditions who received care at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and H... Read more
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