Affiliation: Harvard University
- Changes in obesity between fifth and tenth grades: a longitudinal study in three metropolitan areasMark A Schuster
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Pediatrics 134:1051-8. 2014..Despite epidemic childhood obesity levels, we know little about how BMI changes from preadolescence to adolescence and what factors influence changes...
- Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three citiesMark A Schuster
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 367:735-45. 2012..For many health-related behaviors and outcomes, racial and ethnic disparities among adolescents are well documented, but less is known about health-related disparities during preadolescence...
- Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a new worksite based parenting programme to promote parent-adolescent communication about sexual health: randomised controlled trialMark A Schuster
Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMJ 337:a308. 2008..To evaluate a worksite based parenting programme-Talking Parents, Healthy Teens-designed to help parents learn to address sexual health with their adolescent children...
- Awareness and use of California's Paid Family Leave Insurance among parents of chronically ill childrenMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
JAMA 300:1047-55. 2008..In 2004, California's Paid Family Leave Insurance Program (PFLI) became the first state program to provide paid leave to care for an ill family member...
- Perceived effects of leave from work and the role of paid leave among parents of children with special health care needsMark A Schuster
Department of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston 02115, MA, USA
Am J Public Health 99:698-705. 2009..We examined the perceived effects of leave from work among employed parents of children with special health care needs...
- Beyond the "big talk": the roles of breadth and repetition in parent-adolescent communication about sexual topicsSteven C Martino
RAND, 4570 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Pediatrics 121:e612-8. 2008..The goal of this study was to assess the independent influence of breadth and repetition of sexual discussion on adolescents' perceptions of their relationship and communication with their parents...
- Preliminary healthy eating outcomes of SNaX, a pilot community-based intervention for adolescentsLaura M Bogart
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 21 Autumn Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:196-202. 2011..SNaX aimed to translate school obesity-prevention policies into practice with peer advocacy of healthy eating and school cafeteria changes...
- Improving adolescent and young adult health - training the next generation of physician scientists in transdisciplinary researchS Jean Emans
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:100-9. 2010....
- Timing of parent and child communication about sexuality relative to children's sexual behaviorsMegan K Beckett
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
Pediatrics 125:34-42. 2010..To examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior...
- Continuity of primary care clinician in early childhoodMoira Inkelas
Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pediatrics 113:1917-25. 2004....
- Factors influencing the enrollment of eligible extremely-low-birth-weight children in the part C early intervention programC Jason Wang
RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:283-7. 2009....
- The health and health care of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescentsTumaini R Coker
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 31:457-77. 2010..We also examine health care provision and utilization for LGB youth. Lastly, we discuss ways in which researchers and clinicians can improve LGB adolescent health and health care...
- Parents' disclosure of their HIV infection to their children in the context of the familyDavid P Kennedy
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
AIDS Behav 14:1095-105. 2010..Parents should consider negative and positive outcomes, unplanned disclosure and children's capacity to adapt after disclosure when deciding whether to disclose...
- When and where do youths have sex? The potential role of adult supervisionDeborah A Cohen
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Pediatrics 110:e66. 2002..In this study, we examined when and where youths have sex and whether there is a relationship between unsupervised time and sex, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and substance use...
- Availability of high school extracurricular sports programs and high-risk behaviorsDeborah A Cohen
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
J Sch Health 77:80-6. 2007..However, little is known about the availability of and participation in high school extracurricular sports and how participation in these sports is related to high-risk behaviors...
- Population-based assessments of ophthalmologic and audiologic follow-up in children with very low birth weight enrolled in Medicaid: a quality-of-care studyC Jason Wang
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Pediatrics 121:e278-85. 2008....
- Smoking patterns of household members and visitors in homes with children in the United StatesMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:1094-100. 2002..Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), also called passive smoking, has been shown to have adverse effects on the health of children...
- Perceived discrimination in clinical care in a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults receiving health careMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:807-13. 2005..Perceived discrimination in clinical settings could discourage HIV-infected people from seeking health care, adhering to treatment regimens, or returning for follow-up...
- Hugs and kisses: HIV-infected parents' fears about contagion and the effects on parent-child interaction in a nationally representative sampleMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, Calif 90407 2138, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:173-9. 2005..To determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related fears on HIV-infected parents' interactions with their children and to identify parents who might be at greater risk of avoiding interactions because of these fears...
- Worksite-based parenting programs to promote healthy adolescent sexual development: a qualitative study of feasibility and potential contentKaren L Eastman
UCLA Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CA, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:62-9. 2005..Worksites provide an untapped but promising setting in which to reach parents to help them develop parenting and communication skills...
- Parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino American families: a demonstration of community-based participatory researchPaul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:50-5. 2005..Strong parent-adolescent communication may promote healthy sexual development and protect against adolescent sexual risk behaviors. We explored communication barriers between Filipino American parents and adolescents...
- Talking parents, healthy teens: a worksite-based program for parents to promote adolescent sexual healthKaren L Eastman
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A126. 2006....
- Acculturation and parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families: a community-based participatory research studyPaul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:543-50. 2007..Whether acculturation affects parent-adolescent communication is unknown...
- Routine assessment of family and community health risks: parent views and what they receiveMichael D Kogan
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 113:1934-43. 2004..To examine the prevalence of parent-provider discussions of family and community health risks during well-child visits and the gaps between which issues are discussed and which issues parents would like to discuss...
- Overview of the content of health supervision for young children: reports from parents and pediatriciansLynn M Olson
Department of Practice and Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, USA
Pediatrics 113:1907-16. 2004..To describe the content of anticipatory guidance provided to parents of infants and toddlers and to identify primary areas of unmet need as reported by both parents and pediatricians...
- Factors that influence receipt of recommended preventive pediatric health and dental careStella M Yu
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Data and Information Management, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 110:e73. 2002..This study examined the factors that affect children's receipt of recommended well-child and dental visits using nationally representative data...
- Nondisclosure of sexual orientation to a physician among a sample of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youthGarth D Meckler
UCLA Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1248-54. 2006....
- How good is the quality of health care in the United States? 1998Mark A Schuster
Milbank Q 83:843-95. 2005
- Do children know their parent's HIV status? Parental reports of child awareness in a nationally representative sampleRosalie Corona
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:138-44. 2006..To determine the rates and predictors of child awareness of parental human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status and the effect of that knowledge on children...
- Body image and children's mental health related behaviors: results from the healthy passages studyM Janice Gilliland
MSPH, Center for the Advancement of Youth Health and Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, 912 Building, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 1200, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:30-41. 2007..This study examined the relationship between body image discrepancy (BID) scores for actual versus ideal body image for children and indicators of child mental health...
- Adolescent participation in preventive health behaviors, physical activity, and nutrition: differences across immigrant generations for Asians and Latinos compared with WhitesMichele L Allen
Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA and the UCLA RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 97:337-43. 2007....
- Children of HIV-infected parents: custody status in a nationally representative sampleBurton O Cowgill
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 1072 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Pediatrics 120:e494-503. 2007..The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of custody status for children of HIV-infected parents...
- Need for and use of family leave among parents of children with special health care needsPaul J Chung
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Mattel Children s Hospital at UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, MDCC 12 325, 10833 LeConte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Pediatrics 119:e1047-55. 2007..We examined leave-taking among full-time-employed parents of children with special health care needs...
- Guardianship planning among HIV-infected parents in the United States: results from a nationally representative sampleBurton O Cowgill
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pediatrics 119:e391-8. 2007..The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of guardianship planning and preferred guardians among HIV-infected parents...
- Children of HIV-Infected AdultsMark Schuster; Fiscal Year: 2003..g., decision-making processes related to disclosure of parental HIV to children and guardianship planning). We will compare the parent and child perspectives on the impact of HIV on families and, in particular, on children. ..
- LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF A WORKSITE PARENTING PROGRAMMark Schuster; Fiscal Year: 2007..unreadable] [unreadable]..