Alice A Kuo

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Child Health Policy, Faculty Member

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Developmental and Behavioral Health Services for Children: Opportunities and Challenges for Proposition 10. Building Community Systems for Young Children

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Clerkship curricular revision based on the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics guidelines: does it make a difference?

Pediatrics, Apr 1, 1999

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Building Community Systems for Young Children: Early Childhood Education

Ucla Center For Healthier Children Families and Communities, 2004

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Childhood antecedents to adult cardiovascular disease

Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012

Through research in the prevention and treatment of adult diseases, it has become clear that many... more Through research in the prevention and treatment of adult diseases, it has become clear that many adult diseases have their origins in childhood. As illustrated in this review, these antecedents are largely a function of the nutrition, physical activity, and habits of developing children. There is also increasing evidence that chronic and toxic levels of stress can play a significant role not only in the development of mental and behavioral conditions but in the developmental pathways that lead to a number of chronic physical health conditions. Internists, family medicine physicians, and medicine-pediatrics physicians generally are comfortable managing patients with a number of cardiovascular risk factors or conditions. Although pediatric clinical guidelines have recommended universal screening for hypertension since 1977 and targeted screening for dyslipidemia since 1992 and type 2 DM since 2000, this screening is not yet common practice in general pediatrics. As the population of ...

The Association between Nutrition Facts Label Utilization and Comprehension among Latinos in Two East Los Angeles Neighborhoods

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2014

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Congenital muscular torticollis and positional plagiocephaly

Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics, 2014

On the basis of observational studies, child health practitioners in primary care settings should... more On the basis of observational studies, child health practitioners in primary care settings should consider the diagnosis of congenital muscular torticollis (CMT)in infants with risk factors from birth history for intrauterine malpositioning or constraint (C). On the basis of observational studies, CMT is often associated with other conditions, including positional plagiocephaly and gross motor delays from weakened truncal muscles and/or lack of head control in early infancy (C). On the basis of observational studies, child health practitioners should counsel parents that infants should be on their stomachs frequently whenever they are awake and under direct adult supervision to develop their prone motor skills (C). On the basis of consensus, early identification of CMT(with or without positional plagiocephaly) and prompt referral to a physical therapist experienced in the treatment of CMT should be considered to avoid more costly or invasive treatments, such as cranial orthoses or s...

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Evaluation of the Pathways for Students into Health Professions: The Training of Under-Represented Minority Students to Pursue Maternal and Child Health Professions

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2014

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What DSM-5 could mean to children with autism and their families

JAMA pediatrics, 2013

The American Psychiatric Association will update its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ... more The American Psychiatric Association will update its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to its fifth edition (DSM-5). With this new edition, the classification and diagnostic criteria for the spectrum of autistic disorders will change and become more specific and potentially more restrictive. Rather than maintaining several subcategories of autism including Asperger syndrome, there will be one new category called autism spectrum disorder. This change may alter which children are diagnosed as having autism as well as modify eligibility for treatment, educational, and other support services. We review the history and rationale for the proposed changes as well as several recent studies that have attempted to gauge the impact of these changes on children and families. We also consider how the proposed changes are likely to create new challenges for parents who are attempting to organize their children's care and for pediatricians who are providing that care and as...

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