Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls and Boys
American Academy of Pediatrics (Verlag)
978-1-58110-443-1 (ISBN)
This manual is a combination and revision from the assessment of sexual maturity stages developed for the PROS study on girls in 1995 and for the PROS puberty study on boys in 2005. It will assist the pediatric health care provider in learning how to assign the stages of the physical changes of pubertal development using the system described by Marshall and Tanner as well as correct techniques for breast palpitation and testicular measurement. This manual uses the classic photographs of Tanner and van Wieringen as well as many taken specifically for this resource.
Marcia E. Herman-Giddens is a consultant in the areas of normal puberty and child maltreatment. After 3 years as the medical director of the North Carolina State Child Fatality Prevention Team, and 5 years as a Senior Fellow at the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute (now known as Action for Children North Carolina), she has been engaged primarily in child advocacy, teaching, and research. She is an adjunct professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked in the field of child health and maltreatment for more than 25 years as a medical provider, advocate, teacher, and researcher. Her research, published in numerous journals, books, and monographs, has revolved around the growth and development of children, puberty, child sexual abuse, and child fatalities, especially those from abuse. Dr Herman-Giddens received her Physician Associate degree from Duke University Medical Center in 1978 and practiced pediatrics there for many years as well as directing its Child Protection Team. She received her doctorate in public health in 1994. She was the principal investigator of the seminal study of puberty in US girls conducted by Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and coauthor of Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls (1995) and Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Boys (2005). Dr Bourdony received his medical degree from Mexico’s National University School of Medicine and did his general pediatrics specialty and pediatric endocrinology and diabetes subspecialty at St. Christopheґ’s Hospital for Children at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, he is a principal investigator at the Latin Clinical Trial Center and board certified in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology and diabetes with a private practice in San Juan, PR. Dr Bourdony is the former director of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, San Juan City Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was the founder, director, and medical advisor of the Puerto Rico Department of Health Premature Thelarche and Sexual Development Registry. He is also past president and current member of the Puerto Rico Society of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Dr Bourdony has done extensive research in the area of premature thelarche in Puerto Rican girls. He was a coinvestigator of the seminal study of puberty in US girls conducted by PROS, AAP, and coauthor of Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls (1995). Dr Dowshen was a board-certified pediatrician and subspecialist in pediatric endocrinology practicing at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. He received his BS from Pennsylvania State University and his MD from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and completed his pediatric residency and fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology and metabolism at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA. He was chief medical editor of the Nemours Foundation Center for Children’s Health Media and KidsHealth.org, the most visited site on the Web providing consumer health information for parents, children, and teens. Dr Dowshen was director of the Nemours Fellowship in Children’s Health Media, a chapter officer and the PROS coordinator for the Delaware Chapter of the AAP, a member of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and chairman of Kids Count in Delaware. Prior to joining the staff at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Dr Dowshen was director of the pediatric residency training program at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. A graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dr Reiter had residency training at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH, and the University of California, San Francisco. He was a Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow at the National Institutes of Health and at the University of California, San Francisco. Subsequently, he was on the faculty at the University of South Florida and then moved to Massachusetts in 1978, becoming chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Baystate Medical Center in 1982 and professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr Reiter’s research interest is in the area of the endocrine control of childhood growth and pubertal maturation. He is a board-certified (and recertified) pediatric endocrinologist. He has more than 170 publications and 70 abstracts and has delivered many invited lectureships. Dr Reiter is a member of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research, Endocrine Society, and the AAP. He was the president of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society in 2000–2001.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls
Introduction
Breast Maturity Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
Pubic Hair Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
Breast Maturity Ratings: The van Wieringen Photographs
Pubic Hair Ratings: The can Wieringen Photographs
Staging Breast Development
Staging Pubic Hair Developments
Staging Anxillary Hair Development
Examination Techniques
The Influence of Breast Types on Assessment of Stage of Development
Assignment of Stages for Breast and Pubic Hair Development
Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Boys
Introduction
Genital Maturity Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
Genital Maturity Ratings: The van Wieringen Photographs
Staging Genital Development
Staging Pubic Hair Growth
Examples of Subtleties of Staging
Staging Anxillary Hair Development
Examination Techniques
References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 130 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Elk Grove Village |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 236 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58110-443-X / 158110443X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58110-443-1 / 9781581104431 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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