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Understanding factors associated with heavy drinking among homeless youth is important for prevention efforts.
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Head-to-head trials of competing autism treatments are needed to identify which programs are superior and additional work should follow study participants long-term to further examine the effectiveness of treatments.
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Head-to-head trials of competing autism treatments are needed to identify which programs are superior and additional work should follow study participants long-term to further examine the effectiveness of treatments.
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Consumer assessment of health care is an important metric for evaluating quality of care.
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By 8th grade, Hispanic and black children are 50 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic white children. Obesity is equally prevalent among Hispanic and black children, but it emerges and is sustained earlier in Hispanics. This should have implications for diagnosis and prevention strategies going forward.
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This document describes recent RAND work related to K-12 education, including teacher pay for performance, measuring teacher effectiveness, school leadership, school systems and reform, and out-of-school time.
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Contextual factors associated with adolescent girls' dietary behaviors could inform future interventions to improve diet.
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This commentary poses a series of policy questions for the 2012 presidential candidates to spur a dialogue about the vital issues of child poverty, health, development, and education.
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The study provides initial calibrations of the PROMIS® parent proxy-report item banks and the creation of the PROMIS® Parent Proxy-Report Scales.
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Familism and parental respect are culturally derived constructs rooted in Hispanic and Asian cultures, respectively.
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To the extent that there is an association between food environment and youth obesity, the existence of more types of food outlets in an area, including supermarkets, is associated with higher BMI.
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For at-risk children, enhanced screening and detection followed by targeted increases in communication and follow-up may help clinicians better anticipate families' needs.
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This paper reports the results of two experiments using a laboratory analog to examine the influence of taxes and subsidies on youth's snack food purchases when alone and when in the presence of a same-gender peer.
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Interventions that address potentially detrimental consequences of low socioeconomic status and adverse school environments may help reduce racial and ethnic differences in child health.
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The Legacy for Children(TM) model was developed in response to this need and marries the perspectives of epidemiology and public health to developmental psychology theory in order to better address the needs of children at environmental risk for poor developmental outcomes.
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Injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for American children.
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Policies targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and those without insurance may be needed to reduce disparities in access to appropriate eye care.
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In this article, we synthesize the empirical literature on the influence of peers and friends on youth's eating and physical activity.
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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.
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This study provides initial calibrations of the anger items and creates the PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale, version 1.0.
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