Kids

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Examination of Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Transportation on Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: The Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls — Jan 1, 2010

Physical activity is declining and sedentary behavior is increasing among adolescent girls but neighborhood and transportation characteristics do not seem to be the reason.

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Predictors of Sexual Behavior Among Early and Middle Adolescents Affected By Maternal HIV — Jan 1, 2010

Sexual behavior among adolescents with HIV-positive mothers was less prevalent than among other adolescents, but was more likely to occur with adolescent alcohol use, lack of parental monitoring, and poorer physical functioning of HIV-positive mothers.

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Parental Knowledge and Substance Use Among African American Adolescents: Influence of Gender and Grade Level — Jan 1, 2010

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Preventing Drug Use — Jan 1, 2010

This book chapter reviews the literature on the effectiveness of substance use prevention and the effect of substance use on education, employment, and earnings.

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Facility Provision in Elementary Schools: Correlates with Physical Education, Recess, and Obesity — Jan 1, 2010

The objectives were to: (1) document correlations among facility provision (availability and adequacy) in elementary schools, child sociodemographic factors, and school characteristics nationwide; and (2) investigate whether facility provision

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Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood — Jan 1, 2010

This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.

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Correspondence of Verbal Descriptor and Numeric Rating Scales for Pain Intensity: An Item Response Theory Calibration — Jan 1, 2010

This study provides a methodological crosswalk between two response scales for measuring pain in older adults so that either can be used in practice, depending on the preference of the clinician and respondent.

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School Personnel Perspectives on Their School's Implementation of a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program — Jan 1, 2010

This study of a district-wide suicide prevention program found that schools whose implementation focused on at-risk students had better results.

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Timing of Parent and Child Communication About Sexuality Relative to Children's Sexual Behaviors — Jan 1, 2010

Examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior.

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Not Enough Fruit and Vegetables or Too Many Cookies, Candies, Salty Snacks, and Soft Drinks? — Jan 1, 2010

There are many contributors to obesity, including excess consumption of discretionary calories (foods high in sugar and fat and low in essential nutrients), lack of fruit/vegetable consumption, and insufficient physical activity.

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Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression in Canadian and Chinese Adolescents — Jan 1, 2010

There may be culturally-relevant differences in the etiology of depression in Canadian and Chinese adolescents.

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Smoking Motives in Movies Are Important for Understanding Adolescent Smoking: A Preliminary Investigation — Jan 1, 2010

This experimental study found that the way that smoking is portrayed in movies can be important in determining its effect on adolescent smoking.

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Shaping Smoking Cessation in Hard-To-Treat Smokers — Jan 1, 2010

Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.

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Evidence-Based Mental Health Programs in Schools: Barriers and Facilitators of Successful Implementation — Jan 1, 2010

Schools with greater support from administrative leadership and clinician networks are more successful in implementing evidence-based mental health programs to help students deal with the impact of traumatic events.

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Private Sector Participation and Health System Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa — Jan 1, 2010

The participation of the private sector in providing health care in developing countries is associated with greater access to care and reduced disparities between rich and poor and urban and rural populations.

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Running Away from Home: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Risk Factors and Young Adult Outcomes — Jan 1, 2010

Risk factors for adolescent running away from home include lack of parental support, school disengagement, depression, and heavier substance use at Grade 9; runaways had higher drug dependence and more depressive symptoms at age 21 than non-runaways.

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Developing a Group Motivational Interviewing Intervention for First-Time Adolescent Offenders At-Risk for an Alcohol or Drug Use Disorder — Jan 1, 2010

This study found that using group MI can be an acceptable approach for youth at risk for alcohol or other drug offenses.

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How Perceptions of Mortality and HIV Morbidity Relate to Substance Abuse Problems and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Former Juvenile Offenders — Jan 1, 2010

Youth who think they are likely to get HIV are at greater risk for later substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors, but this perception doesn't cause them to reduce their substance use and change their behavior.

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Risk-adjusted Capitation Rates for Children: How Useful Are the Survey-Based Measures? — Jan 1, 2010

National health surveys can provide information, including measures of special health care needs, that can improve risk-adjustment models and help provide appropriate payments to managed-care plans serving vulnerable children.

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Personal Network Correlates of Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use Among Homeless Youth — Jan 1, 2010

Youth with more substance users in their networks reported greater alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana consumption. Network-based interventions may be a means to enhance pro-social influences and reduce exposure to substance use for this population.

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