2012-05-16T17:19:28Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/c/chung_paul_j.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9445.html 2010-04-28T16:32:00Z 2010-04-28T16:32:00Z

California's Paid Family Leave Insurance program, the first of its kind, has not increased the percentage of parents who took leave to care for a sick child. Fewer than 15 percent of parents who were qualified for the program knew about it.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9090.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A study by RAND researchers identifies six areas in the pediatric health care system where major barriers -- termed "voltage drops" by several leading health services researchers -- lead to a breakdown in delivery of adequate quality care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090401.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors examined the perceived effects of leave from work among employed parents of children with special health care needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070609.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Acculturation may influence Filipino-American parent-adolescent communication about sex and, consequently, Filipino-American adolescent sexual health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070509.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents of children with special health care needs are especially vulnerable to work-family conflicts that family leave benefits might help resolve.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040907.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children require a health care system that promotes healthy development for all children while reaching out to the neediest.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050112.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pregnancy rates among Filipino American adolescents exceed those of other Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040603.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060404.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors provide several suggestions for relatively simple ways to help improve the quality of child preventive care, given the known barriers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091207.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Latino young people living in a low-income housing complex identified self, family, and community as important facilitators of their success, although parents appeared to deemphasize community resources.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110015.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children admitted to the hospital seem more likely to have a prolonged stay in the emergency department if they are Hispanic, come to the ED in the winter, and arrive early in the morning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080908.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

California's Paid Family Leave Insurance Program (PFLI), the first of its kind, has not increased the percentage of parents who took leave to care for a chronically ill child. Parents were generally unaware of PFLI and rarely used it.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000182.html 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

This study found that cable TV ad placements on for beer, spirits, and alcopops increased as adolescent viewership rose from 0% to 30%, especially for female viewers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000186.html 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z

Adolescents and parents reported that the most effective way to encourage preventive care utilization among teens was to directly address provider-level barriers related to the timeliness, privacy, confidentiality, comprehensiveness, and continuity of their preventive care.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120011.html 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z

This article tests the hypotheses that reported asthma prevalence is higher among insured than uninsured children and that insurance-based differences in asthma diagnosis, treatment, and health care utilization are associated with disease severity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200106.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

Parents of newborns and seriously ill children often know about family leave options, but are too overwhelmed to apply for them. Most parents interviewed in this study wanted expert guidance and saw hospitals and clinics as promising information sources.