Correction published on 5 September 2018,
see
Children 2018, 5(9), 123.
Children 2018, 5(8), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/children5080111
Pediatric Integrative Medicine: Vision for the Future
Anna Esparham 1,*
, Sanghamitra M. Misra 2, Erica Sibinga 3, Timothy Culbert 4, Kathi Kemper 5, Hilary McClafferty 6, Sunita Vohra 7 and Lawrence Rosen 8
, Sanghamitra M. Misra 2, Erica Sibinga 3, Timothy Culbert 4, Kathi Kemper 5, Hilary McClafferty 6, Sunita Vohra 7 and Lawrence Rosen 8
1
Division of Child Neurology-Headache Section, Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri School of Medicine-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
2
Mobile Clinic Program, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77054, USA
3
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
4
Integrative Medicine, Prairie Care, University of Minnesota Medical School, Chaska, MN 55318, USA
5
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
6
Department of Medicine, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
7
Integrative Health Institute, CARE Program, PedCAM Network, Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8, Canada
8
Whole Child Center, Oradell, NJ 07649, USA
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Received: 26 July 2018 / Revised: 16 August 2018 / Accepted: 16 August 2018 / Published: 20 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementing Pediatric Integrative Medicine in Practice)
Abstract
Pediatric integrative medicine (PIM) is of significant interest to patients, with 12% of the general pediatric population and up to 80% of children with chronic conditions using PIM approaches. The field of PIM has evolved over the past 25 years, approaching child health with a number of guiding principles: preventive, context-centered, relationship-based, personalized, participatory, and ecologically sustainable. This manuscript reviews important time points for the field of PIM and reports on a series of meetings of PIM leaders, aimed at assessing the state of the field and planning for its future. Efforts in the first decade of the 2000s led to increased visibility in academic and professional pediatric organizations and through international listservs, designed to link those interested in and practicing PIM, all of which continue to flourish. The PIM leadership summits in recent years resulted in specific goals to advance PIM further in the following key areas: research, clinical practice, professional education, patient and family education, and advocacy and partnerships. Additionally, goals were developed for greater expansion of PIM professional education, broader support for pediatric PIM research, and an expanded role for PIM approaches in the provision of pediatric care. View Full-TextKeywords:
pediatric integrative medicine; vision; clinical practice; education; advocacy; complementary therapies
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