Continued as Academic Pediatrics; Academic Pediatrics, the official journal of the Academic Pediatric Association, is a peer-reviewed publication whose purpose is to strengthen the research and educational base of academic general pediatrics. The journal provides leadership in pediatric education, research, patient care and advocacy. Content areas include pediatric education, emergency medicine, injury, abuse, behavioral pediatrics, holistic medicine, child health services and health policy, and the environment. The journal provides an active forum for the presentation of pediatric educational research in diverse settings, involving medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing professionals. The journal also emphasizes important research relating to the quality of child health care, health care policy, and the organization of child health services. It also includes systematic reviews of primary care interventions and important methodologic papers to aid research in child health and education. On January 1, 2009, Ambulatory Pediatrics changed its name to Academic Pediatrics. Along with this name change, the journal also updated its EES site URL from http://ees.elsevier.com/ambulpediatr to http://ees.elsevier.com/academicpeds . If you have not done so already, please update this new URL in your web browser.
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