Actively Listening: the Not-So-Secret Ingredient for Journal Innovation.

* Abbreviation: AAP — : American Academy of Pediatrics Actively listening to our patients and their families is central to the work that we do as clinicians. As editors, we also endeavor to actively listen to your needs and respond accordingly. As we look back over the past 10 years of overseeing the editorial content of our journal, many of the changes were based on ideas you offered to expand the journal’s content and improve its accessibility. We have published peer-reviewed content on the topics you said would help you improve the care of patients and their families. If you look over the content of our journal in 2018, we included studies on improving vaccination rates, evaluating risks associated with electronic cigarettes and marijuana usage by teenagers, bullying, assessing for and addressing toxic stress, narrowing gaps in social determinants of health, and addressing firearm storage. We published extensively on myriad mental health issues, including autism and depression, and shared studies that help promote the health and well-being of older children and adolescents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and of other sexualities. Many of these topics have now been organized into Pediatrics Collections to help you quickly discover articles on topics of relevance (www.aappublications.org/pediatriccollections). This past year, we developed a special Pediatrics Collection to address toxic stress in response to concerns from the … Address correspondence to Lewis R. First, MD, MS, Pediatrics Editorial Office, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, 89 Beaumont Ave, Given Courtyard S250, Burlington, VT 05405. E-mail: lewis.first{at}uvm.edu