Developmental milestone attainment in children before and during the pandemic

JAMA Pediatrics

2024-04-22

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Modest decreases in developmental screening scores suggest reason for cautious optimism about the development of a generation of U.S. children exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic in this study including 50,000 children. Continued attention to developmental surveillance is critical since the long-term population- and individual-level implications of these changes are unclear.

Authors: Sara B. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0683)

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