JAMA Pediatrics
November 2014, Vol 168, No. 11
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

Viewpoint | November 2014
Global Child Health: A Call to Collaborative Action for Academic Health Centers
Parminder S. Suchdev, MD, MPH1,2,3; Robert F. Breiman, MD3,4; Barbara J. Stoll, MD1,2
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JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):983-984. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1566.
This Viewpoint calls for collaborative action in order for academic health centers to improve global child health.
Despite substantial progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals of maternal and child survival, challenges persist, including tackling factors beyond survival such as improving quality of life and long-term physical and cognitive development. The web of health determinants have evolved and include food security, climate change, urbanization, and noncommunicable diseases. These 21st century realities underscore an urgent need to engage a wide array of disciplines to catalyze new ways to implement sustainable solutions for the health of the planet.1

Viewpoint | November 2014
Social Impact Bonds – Behavioral Health Opportunities
Eric Trupin, PhD1; Nicholas Weiss, MD1; Suzanne E. U. Kerns, PhD1
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JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):985-986. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1157.
The past 2 decades have seen remarkable growth in the development of cost-beneficial, evidence-based programs in pediatric health, behavioral health, youth juvenile justice, and child welfare. Despite the economic and system constraints that have slowed broad dissemination, research-proven approaches have exceptional potential to improve population-level well-being while simultaneously protecting society from the burdensome costs of failing to treat the problems they target.