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Elizabeth Strachan Erickson

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Box 3675, Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
3116 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Discussing Race With Families With Young Children: Pediatric Clinician Attitudes and Practice.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · July 3, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To describe clinician attitudes and practices regarding discussions about race-related topics with families of children aged 0 to 5 years. METHODS: The authors distributed a survey to the Reach Out and Read (ROR) medical provider network to asse ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early childhood literacy and emergent literacy development

Chapter · January 1, 2023 Learning to read is an essential skill that has far reaching implications for healthy development and success in adulthood. As such, understanding the development of emergent literacy skills is important for clinicians to support appropriate development an ... Full text Cite

Social drivers of health

Chapter · January 1, 2023 Multidisciplinary research on the impact of social drivers of health has led to a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of how to support overall child health and wellness. Models derived from basic science, translational, and clinical research as well ... Full text Cite

Advancing early relational health: a collaborative exploration of a research agenda.

Journal Article Front Pediatr · 2023 Here, we introduce the Early Relational Health (ERH) Learning Community's bold, large-scale, collaborative, data-driven and practice-informed research agenda focused on furthering our mechanistic understanding of ERH and identifying feasible and effective ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clinician Perceptions on Literacy Promotion in Pediatric Continuity Clinics.

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2022 OBJECTIVE: We describe LP perceptions of pediatric and internal medicine/pediatrics residents and faculty and determine the relationship between LP training and perceptions of LP. Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a widely implemented evidence-based literacy pro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-Related Behaviors of Children with Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article Child Obes · September 2021 Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, children and families have had to adapt their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in the weight-related behaviors of children with obesity after the onset of th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of Early Lactation Assistance on Inpatient Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates.

Journal Article J Hum Lact · August 2021 BACKGROUND: Human milk feeding reduces the incidence and costs of several maternal and childhood illnesses. Initiation and success of human milk feeding are influenced by race, socioeconomic status, and family support. The influence of early in-hospital la ... Full text Link to item Cite

Masturbation.

Journal Article Pediatr Rev · April 2012 Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics associated with glycemic control among family medicine patients with type 2 diabetes.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2011 BACKGROUND: As new payment models are developed for chronic diseases such as diabetes, there is a need to understand which patient characteristics impact glycemic control. This study examines the relationship between patient variables and glycemic control, ... Link to item Cite

Patient characteristics and process of care measures as predictors of glycemic control

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management · January 1, 2010 • Objective: To assess whether patient characteristics and process of care measures predict glycemic control among patients with diabetes. • Methods: We used ICD-9-CM codes to identify patients with diabetes seen in a university-based family medicine teach ... Cite