title: Demographics of US pediatric contact dermatitis registry providers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Children are as likely as adults to be sensitized and reactive to contact allergens. However, the prevailing data on pediatric allergic contact dermatitis are quantitatively and qualitatively limited because of a narrow geographic localization of data-reporting providers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to present the first quarter results from the Loma Linda Pediatric Contact Dermatitis Registry focused on registered providers who self-identified as providing care for pediatric allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) within the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  The US providers were invited to join the registry via completion of an online, secure, 11-question registration survey addressing demographics and clinical practice essentials. The presented results reflect data gathered within the first quarter of registry recruitment; registration is ongoing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 169 responders from 48 states, the majority of providers were female (60.4%), academic (55.6%), and dermatologists (76.3%). Based on individual provider averages, the minimum cumulative number of pediatric patch-test evaluations performed each year ranged between 1372 and 3468 children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Pediatric Contact Dermatitis Registry provides a description of the current leaders in the realm of pediatric ACD and gaps, which are in need of attention. The registry allows for a collaborative effort to exchange information, educate providers, and foster investigative research with the hope of legislation that can reduce the disease burden of ACD in US children.
authors.affiliation: From the *University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla; and †Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University, CA.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.forename: Sharon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001213:Asian; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact; D003880:Dermatology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010328:Patch Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D044465:White People