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ReviewCurrent opinion in pediatrics2025

Linking household members and defining relational networks using routine health data.

Jeffrey I Campbell, Ana Poblacion, Richard Sheward

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Review in Current opinion in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Uncovering Household Tuberculosis Infection Testing and Care Patterns Using a Novel Bioinformatics Linkage Strategy.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jeffrey I CampbellDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ana Poblacion
Richard Sheward

Funding

Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
The relationship between HIV exposure, contact networks, and TB in children under 5 years oldK23AI186597 · NIAID · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey Ian Campbell · 2024 to 2026
$574k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001430NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI186597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe growth of rich electronic health record (EHR) data and large health databases has introduced new opportunities to link individuals together into households and relational networks. These 'linked relational networks' hold promise for providing family-level care and studying intergenerational epidemiology and clinical outcomes. However, as linked relational networks become more commonly available in EHRs and research databases, it is critical to understand their challenges and limitations. RECENT

findingsMatching algorithms are being used to create linked relational networks in EHR and health databases. Clinically, these algorithms have been most useful to provide dyadic maternal-newborn care. In research, studies using these algorithms investigate topics ranging from the pharmacoepidemiology of parental drug exposure on childhood health outcomes, to heritability of chronic conditions, to associations between parental and child healthcare access and service delivery. However, ethical and technical challenges continue to limit use of these algorithms. There is also a critical research gap in the external validity of these matching algorithms. SUMMARY: Linked relational networks are in widespread use in pediatric clinical care and research. More research is needed to understand the scope, limitations, and biases inherent in existing matching strategies.

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