Six Professional Journal Articles

Bond, G. Randell. "The Growing Impact of Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisoning." The Journal of Pediatrics. The Journal of Pediatrics, 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 21 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00771-2/fulltext#abstract>.

To understand which medications, under which circumstances, are responsible for the noted increase in pediatric medication poisonings, resource use, and morbidity.

Budnitz, Daniel."The Last Mile: Taking the Final Steps in Preventing Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisonings." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc, 07 Nov. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00934-6/fulltext>.

Hopefully the findings in this study can help catalyze targeted efforts to reverse the rise in injuries from pediatric pharmaceutical poisonings and push the number of pediatric deaths closer to zero.

Kearns, Gregory. "Acetaminophen Overdose with Therapeutic Intent." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(98)70476-7/fulltext>.

This journal addressed the issue of the most used medication ingested by children is also the one that is most overdosed on.

O'Brien, Craig. "Pediatric Poisoning Fatalities from 1972 through 2007." CPSC. CPSC, Aug. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia10/os/pppa2010.pdf>.

Unintentional poisonings from drugs and other household chemical substances pose a hazard to children under five years of age. This report updates  information on unintentional pediatric poisonings with the most recently available data.

Vilke, Gary. "Pediatric Poisonings in Children Younger than Five Years Responded to by Paramedics." ScienceDirect - Home. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Sept. 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646791000911X>.

From the Paramedic point of view, how many calls have been made and children, five years and younger, taken to hospitals because of overdoses.

Yin, Shan. "Malicious Use of Pharmaceuticals in Children." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc., 22 July 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(10)00446-4/fulltext>.

To describe malicious administration of pharmaceutical agents to children.  We performed a retrospective study of all pharmaceutical exposures involving children <7 years old reported to the US National Poison Data System from 2000 to 2008 for which the reason for exposure was coded as “malicious.”

Professional Journal Articles

Budnitz, Daniel."The Last Mile: Taking the Final Steps in Preventing Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisonings." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc, 07 Nov. 2011. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00934-6/fulltext>.

Hopefully the findings in this study can help catalyze targeted efforts to reverse the rise in injuries from pediatric pharmaceutical poisonings and push the number of pediatric deaths closer to zero.

Bond, G. Randell. "The Growing Impact of Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisoning." The Journal of Pediatrics.The Journal of Pediatrics, 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 21 Oct. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(11)00771-2/fulltext#abstract>.

To understand which medications, under which circumstances, are responsible for the noted increase in pediatric medication poisonings, resource use, and morbidity.

Yin, Shan. "Malicious Use of Pharmaceuticals in Children." The Journal of Pediatrics. Elsevier Inc., 22 July 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(10)00446-4/fulltext>.

To describe malicious administration of pharmaceutical agents to children.  We performed a retrospective study of all pharmaceutical exposures involving children <7 years old reported to the US National Poison Data System from 2000 to 2008 for which the reason for exposure was coded as “malicious.”

O'Brien, Craig. "Pediatric Poisoning Fatalities from 1972 through 2007." CPSC. CPSC, Aug. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia10/os/pppa2010.pdf>.

Unintentional poisonings from drugs and other household chemical substances pose a hazard to children under five years of age. This report updates  information on unintentional pediatric poisonings with the most recently available data.

Identifying Popular Audience

The popular audience of the pharmacy discipline includes patients, parents, and also other professionals from the medical field that want to learn more about medications and prescriptions.  The interest of patients include different brands of medication, whether it be generic, name brand or over-the-counter medications, and to know their risks and potential side effects.  They want to know if there are any new medications that will replace their old that have less risks and side effects.  They would want to know if there are any recalls or any long term effects that they need to be concerned about if they will be taking that certain drug for an extended period of tine. Parents of children will want to find out how different medications will affect their child, since some medications are not designed for children and are only intended for adults.  The hot topic of accidental pediatric poisoning has a lot of parents concerned about dosage and keeping medications locked up and out of reach.  Lastly, other professionals will want to know about new ground breaking medications there are so they can prescribe them to patients of their own.  How all of this information would be communicated is through the news, online pharmacy sites, and also in articles of magazines and newspapers.  Getting information out to the public can be difficult if it is not advertised on different websites and on television.  The popular audience wouldn't understand statistics and graphs, so in order to effectively communicate information, it will have to be done in a simplistic form.  Instead of case studies and journals, the information will have to be written in a short article, with minimal statistics, but all of the same main points and important information.  This can be sometimes difficult since not everyone reading it has the same knowledge on the topic.  Writing information in a short article with main ideas will be a great way that everyone can understand what is being presented without being overwhelmed with facts and statistics.