RAND Child Policy Publications
Child Well-Being
2009
Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data - 2009
Ashlesha Datar, Alison Jacknowitz
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Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Field Reports from the Field and Ideas for the Future - 2009
Rebecca Shaw, M.Rebecca Kilburn
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The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review - 2009
Jeff Grogger, Lynn A. Karoly
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How Parental HIV Affects Children - 2009
Laura M. Bogart, Burton O. Cowgill, David Kennedy, Gery Wayne Ryan, Jacinta Elijah, Debra A. Murphy, Mark A. Schuster, Rosalie Corona, Megan Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Annie Jie Zhou, Michelle T. Parra, Susan K. Park, Jennifer Patch, David E. Kanouse, Sally C. Morton, Samuel A. Bozzette, Angela Miu, Gwendolyn B. Scott, Martin F. Shapiro
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Research Brief
Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning - 2009
Lisa Jaycox, Bradley D. Stein, Susan M. Paddock, Jeremy N.V. Miles, Anita Chandra, Lisa S. Meredith, Terri L. Tanielian, Scot Hickey, M.Audrey Burnam
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Outcomes for Youths from Racial-Ethnic Minority Groups in a Quality Improvement Intervention for Depression Treatment - 2009
Victoria Ngo, Joan R. Asarnow, Jane Lange, Lisa Jaycox, Margaret M. Rea, Christopher Landon, Lingqi Tang, Jeanne Miranda
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Perceived Effects of Leave from Work and the Role of Paid Leave Among Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs - 2009
Paul J. Chung, Craig F. Garfield, Marc N. Elliott, Colleen Carey, Carl Eriksson, Mark A. Schuster
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Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Health and Health Care of Family Homelessness Among Fifth-Grade Students - 2009
Tumaini R. Coker, Marc N. Elliott, David E. Kanouse, Jo Anne Grunbaum, David C. Schwebel, M.Janice Gilliland, Susan R. Tortolero, Paula Cuccaro, Mark A. Schuster
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Reparable Harm: Assessing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California - 2009
M.Rebecca Kilburn
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Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California - 2009
Lois M. Davis, M.Rebecca Kilburn, Dana Schultz
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Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California: Executive Summary - 2009
Lois M. Davis, M.Rebecca Kilburn, Dana Schultz
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Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: The SSET Program - 2009
Lisa Jaycox, Audra K. Langley, Kristin L. Dean
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Treating Traumatized Children After Hurricane Katrina: Project Fleur-De Lis - 2009
Judith A. Cohen, Lisa Jaycox, Douglas W. Walker, Anthony P. Mannarino, Audra K. Langley, Jennifer L. DuClos
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Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth - 2009
Sheryl H. Kataoka, Audra Langley, Bradley D. Stein, Lisa Jaycox, Lily Zhang, Norma Sanchez, Marleen Wong
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2008
The Adoption of an Evidence Based Practice in Child and Family Mental Health Services Organizations: A Pilot Study of Functional Family Therapy in New York State - 2008
James L. Zazzali, Cathy Donald Sherbourne, Kimberly Hoagwood, Deborah Greene, Michael F. Bigley, Thomas L. Sexton
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Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes Evidence from Prince Edward County - 2008
Paul Heaton
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The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science has to Say About Investing in Children - 2008
M.Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly
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Occasional Paper
Evaluating the Spirituality for Kids After-School Program - 2008
Nicole Maestas, Sarah Gaillot
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Research Brief
An Outcome Evaluation of the Spirituality for Kids Program - 2008
Nicole Maestas, Sarah Gaillot
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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States: Six Experts' Views - 2008
Rebecca Shaw, M.Rebecca Kilburn, Linda Baker, Mary Carrasco, Deborah Daro, J.Paige Greene, Pete Hershberger, Elba Montalvo
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Providing Evidence-Based Practice to Ethnically Diverse Youths: Examples from the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Program - 2008
Victoria Ngo, Audra Langley, Sheryl H. Kataoka, Erum Nadeem, Pia Escudero, Bradley D. Stein
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The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments - 2008
David S. Loughran, Ashlesha Datar, M.Rebecca Kilburn
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School-Based Disaster Mental Health Services: Clinical, Policy, and Community Challenges - 2008
Kristin L. Dean, Audra K. Langley, Sheryl H. Kataoka, Lisa Jaycox, Marleen Wong, Bradley D. Stein
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What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy? - 2008
M.Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly
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Research Brief
2007
The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review - 2007
Jeff Grogger, Lynn A. Karoly
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Guardianship Planning Among HIV-Infected Parents in the United States: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample - 2007
Burton O. Cowgill, Megan K. Beckett, Rosalie Corona, Marc N. Elliott, Michelle T. Parra, Annie Jie Zhou, Mark A. Schuster
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How Schools Responded to Student Mental Health Needs Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - 2007
Lisa Jaycox, Terri L. Tanielian, Priya Sharma, Lindsey Morse, Gretchen Clum, Bradley Stein
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Schools' Mental Health Responses After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - 2007
Lisa H. Jaycox, Terri L. Tanielian, Priya Sharma, Lindsey Morse, Gretchen Clum, Bradley D. Stein
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The Teen Photovoice Project: A Pilot Study to Promote Health Through Advocacy - 2007
Jonathan W. Necheles, Emily Q. Chung, Jennifer Hawes-Dawson, Gery Wayne Ryan, La'Shield B. Williams, Heidi N. Holmes, Kenneth B. Wells, Mary E. Vaiana, Mark A. Schuster
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Who Gets Care? Mental Health Service Use Following a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program - 2007
Sheryl H. Kataoka, Bradley D. Stein, Erum Nadeem, Marleen Wong
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2006
Disparities in Primary Care for Vulnerable Children: The Influence of Multiple Risk Factors - 2006
Gregory D. Stevens, Michael Seid, Ritesh Mistry, Neal Halfon
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Effects of Medicaid Managed Care Policies on Mental Health Service Use Among a National Probability Sample of Children in the Child Welfare System - 2006
Ramesh Raghavan, Arleen A. Leibowitz, Ronald Andersen, Bonnie T. Zima, Mark A. Schuster, John Landsverk
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2005
Psychotropic Medication Use in a National Probability Sample of Children in the Child Welfare System - 2005
Ramesh Raghavan, Bonnie T. Zima, Ronald Andersen, Arleen A. Leibowitz, Mark A. Schuster, John Landsverk
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2003
Los Angeles County Young Children's Literacy Experiences, Emotional Well-Being and Skills Acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey - 2003
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Anne R. Pebley
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Preventing and Reporting Abuse - 2003
Gail Zellman, C.Christine Fair
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2002
Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children's Well-Being: A Review - 2002
Narayan Sastry, Anne R. Pebley
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Working Paper
Nonresident Father Involvement, Do Mothers and Fathers See Eye-to-Eye?: An Investigation of the Impact of Reporting Discrepancies on Parameter Estimates - 2002
Lee Mizell
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What Works?: Integrating Multiple Data Sources and Policy Research Methods in Assessing Need and Evaluating Outcomes in Community-Based Child and Family Service Systems - 2002
Elan Melamid
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2001
Anticipatory Guidance: What Information Do Parents Receive? What Information Do They Want? - 2001
Mark A. Schuster, Naihua Duan, Michael Regalado, David J. Klein
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An Attributional Approach to Peer Victimization - 2001
Sandra Graham, Jaana Juvonen
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Peer Harassment as Personal Plight and as a Collective Problem: Implications for Intervention - 2001
Jaana Juvonen
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Self-Views Versus Peer Perceptions of Victim Status Among Early Adolescents - 2001
Jaana Juvonen
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Violence Exposure Among School-Age Children in Foster Care: Relationship to Distress Symptoms - 2001
Bradley D. Stein, Bonnie Zima, Marc N. Elliott, M.Audrey Burnam, Ariana Shahinfar, Nathan A. Fox, Lewis A. Leavitt
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2000
Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren: What Do We Know? - 2000
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Research Brief
Prospective Study of Displaced Children's Symptoms in Wartime Bosnia - 2000
B. Stein, D. Comer, W. Gardner, K. Kelleher
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1999
Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren: What Do We Know? - 1999
Anne R. Pebley, Laura L. Rudkin
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How Can We Prevent Emotional Disturbances in Youth Exposed to Violence in Schools? - 1999
Lisa Jaycox, Bradley Stein
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The Intergenerational Transmission of "Intelligence": Down the Slippery Slopes of The Bell Curve - 1999
Janet Currie, Duncan Thomas
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1996
The New Fiscal Federalism and the Social Safety Net: A View from California - 1996
J.R. Hosek, R.A. Levine
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1995
Poverty, Public Assistance and Children in Intact and Single-Mother Families - 1995
Lingxin Hao
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Race, Children's Cognitive Achievement and the Bell Curve - 1995
Janet Currie, Duncan Thomas
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1994
American Families: Policy Issues - 1994
Julie S. DaVanzo, M.Omar Rahman, Kul T. Wadhwa
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American Families: Trends and Correlates - 1994
Julie S. DaVanzo, M.Omar Rahman
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Education in Context, Recent Trends in Child Welfare - 1994
Laura Kohn, Gail Zellman
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Families, Children, Poverty, Policy - 1994
Julie S. DaVanzo
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1993
The Goals of the World Summit for Children and Their Implications for Health Policy in the 1990s - 1993
Anne R. Pebley
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1992
Healthier Childhoods and Family Responsibility: Two Issue Papers - 1992
Peter A. Morrison
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Urban America: Policy Choices for Los Angeles and the Nation - 1992
James Steinberg, David W. Lyon, Mary E. Vaiana
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1991
Reducing Underresponding: Improving System Response to Mandated Reporters - 1991
Gail Zellman
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1990
Linking Schools and Social Services: The Case of Child Abuse Reporting - 1990
Gail Zellman
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Pictures of the Future: Childhood, the Workplace, Our Communities - 1990
Peter A. Morrison
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Report Decision-Making Patterns Among Mandated Child-Abuse Reporters - 1990
Gail Zellman
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The Role of Professional Background, Case Characteristics, and Protective Agency Response in Mandated Child Abuse Reporting - 1990
Gail Zellman, Robert M. Bell
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