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Mark A. SchusterSanta Monica Office Director, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, RAND Health; Distinguished Chair in Health Promotion; Professor of Pediatrics & Public Health, UCLA; Chief of General Pediatrics, Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Pediatrics EducationPh.D. in policy analysis, RAND Graduate School (now the Pardee RAND Graduate School); M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.P., Harvard University; B.A., Yale University |
Research Focus
Child and adolescent health
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Child and adolescent health and risk behaviors
- Preventive health care
- Parental influence on child health
- Childhood obesity
- Adolescent sexual health
Selected Publications
M. L. Allen et al., "Adolescent Participation in Preventive Health Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Nutrition: Differences Across Immigrant Generations for Asians and Latinos Compared with Whites", American Journal of Public Health, 97(2), 2007
M. A. Schuster et al., "Hugs and Kisses: HIV-Infected Parents' Fears About Contagion and the Effects on Parent-Child Interaction in a Nationally Representative Sample", Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 159(2), 2005
Paul J. Chung and Mark A. Schuster, "Access and Quality in Child Health Services: Voltage Drops", Health Affairs, 23(5), 2004
Justin Richardson and Mark A. Schuster, Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask), Crown Publishers, 2003
P. J. Chung et al., "Balancing Employment and Family: Need for and Use of Leave Among Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs", Pediatrics
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