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| C MinkovitzSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Have professional recommendations and consumer demand altered pediatric practice regarding child development?C Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Urban Health 75:739-50. 1998..We investigate whether there are differences in provider practices and satisfaction with regard to children's development (based on length of time in practice)...- Healthy Steps for Young Children: sustained results at 5.5 yearsCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, E4636, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 120:e658-68. 2007..We sought to determine whether Healthy Steps for Young Children has sustained treatment effects at 5.5 years, given early findings demonstrating enhanced quality of care and improvements in selected parenting practices... - A practice-based intervention to enhance quality of care in the first 3 years of life: the Healthy Steps for Young Children ProgramCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
JAMA 290:3081-91. 2003.... - Community pediatrics: gender differences in perspectives of residentsCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:326-31. 2006..We assessed gender differences in pediatric residents' involvement in and perspectives regarding community activities... - Developmental specialists in pediatric practices: perspectives of clinicians and staffCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:295-303. 2003..To investigate how introducing early child-development specialists (Healthy Steps Specialists) and enhanced developmental services into routine pediatric care affects perspectives of clinicians and staff... - Pediatricians' perspectives regarding community child health: training, involvement, and expectations according to ageCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, E4636, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA E mail
Pediatrics 120:1036-43. 2007..In this study we examined whether pediatricians' training, perspectives, and involvement in community activities vary by age... - Associations between maternal and child health status and patterns of medical care useCynthia S Minkovitz
Women s and Children s Health Policy Center, Department of Population and Family, Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:85-92. 2002..To determine associations in health status and health care utilization between mothers and their children... - Pediatricians' involvement in community child health from 1989 to 2004Cynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:658-64. 2008.... - Use of social services by pregnant Medicaid eligible women in BaltimoreC S Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Matern Child Health J 3:117-27. 1999..To use linked health and social service databases to determine differences in the use of social services by pregnant women in different managed care systems... - The effect of parental monetary sanctions on the vaccination status of young children: an evaluation of welfare reform in MarylandC Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153:1242-7. 1999..To determine whether financial sanctions to Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients can be used to improve vaccination coverage of young children... - Maternal depressive symptoms and children's receipt of health care in the first 3 years of lifeCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 115:306-14. 2005..Maternal depression is widely recognized to negatively influence mother-child interactions and children's behavior and development, but little is known about its relation to children's receipt of health care... - Early effects of the healthy steps for young children programC Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:470-9. 2001..Future surveys and medical record reviews will address whether these findings persist and translate into improved language development, better utilization of well-child care, and an effect on costs... - Maternal and child factors affecting high-volume pediatric emergency department useKaren P Zimmer
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:301-8. 2006..To describe maternal and child characteristics associated with high-volume nonurgent pediatric emergency department (ED) use... - Parental satisfaction with early pediatric care and immunization of young children: the mediating role of age-appropriate well-child care utilizationAshley H Schempf
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:50-6. 2007..To prospectively evaluate the impact of parental satisfaction on childhood immunization and the mediating role of age-appropriate well-child care... - Community pediatrics: a consistent focus in residency training from 2002 to 2005Barry S Solomon
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:321-4. 2007..To assess changes in community pediatrics training from 2002 to 2005... - Stigma starts early: gender differences in teen willingness to use mental health servicesAnita Chandra
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:754.e1-8. 2006..To explore gender differences and the role of stigma in teen willingness to use mental health services... - Children's television exposure and behavioral and social outcomes at 5.5 years: does timing of exposure matter?Kamila B Mistry
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 120:762-9. 2007..However, there are limited prospective studies to address how timing of media exposure influences children's health... - Multiple births are a risk factor for postpartum maternal depressive symptomsYoonjoung Choi
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe St, E8648, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatrics 123:1147-54. 2009..The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between multiple births and maternal depressive symptoms measured 9 months after delivery... - Validity of maternal report of acute health care use for children younger than 3 yearsCynthia S Minkovitz
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:167-72. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Mothers have good recall for acute health care events during the first 3 years of their children's lives. This finding suggests that mothers are a good source of information regarding children's acute health care use... - Quality of clinical reports on behavioral interventions for hypertensionL Ebony Boulware
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Prev Med 34:463-75. 2002..Investigators should pay particular attention to description of study population and allocation of subjects, the use of standardized outcomes reporting, and appropriate statistical analysis... - Training in community pediatrics: a national survey of program directorsBarry S Solomon
Dyson Initiative National Evaluation DINE Team, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:476-81. 2004.... - Epidemiology of pediatric emergency department use at an urban medical centerKaren P Zimmer
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:84-9. 2005..This study examines general demographic trends over a 3-year period and examines whether there are factors associated with varying acuity at an urban academic pediatric ED... - Pediatricians' use of language services for families with limited English proficiencyDennis Z Kuo
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 119:e920-7. 2007..The objective of this study was to examine pediatricians' provision of language services to patients with limited English proficiency and the pediatrician, practice, and state characteristics associated with use of these services... - Maternal depression: an old problem that merits increased recognition by child healthcare practitionersKaren P Zimmer
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 15:636-40. 2003..This article will review the magnitude, impact, and suggested screening interventions for maternal depression... - The effect of parental immigration authorization on health insurance coverage for migrant Latino childrenAndrea C Weathers
Department of Maternal and Child Health, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7445, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:247-54. 2008..To examine if immigration authorization among parents is associated with health insurance coverage for migrant Latino children... - Utilization of medical and health-related services among school-age children and adolescents with special health care needs (1994 National Health Interview Survey on Disability [NHIS-D] Baseline Data)Wendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany 12144, USA
Pediatrics 112:593-603. 2003..To determine how sociodemographic factors and type of insurance influence use of medical and health-related services by children with special health care needs (CSHCN), after controlling for need... - Developmental services in primary care for low-income children: clinicians' perceptions of the Healthy Steps for Young Children programKathryn Taaffe McLearn
National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
J Urban Health 81:206-21. 2004..The Healthy Steps program enabled low-income practices to achieve similar levels of clinician satisfaction as middle- and high-income practices despite having reported lower levels at the beginning months of the program... - Narrowing the income gaps in preventive care for young children: families in healthy stepsKathryn Taafe McLearn
National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Urban Health 81:556-67. 2004..A universal practice-based intervention such as Healthy Steps has the potential to reduce income disparities in the utilization of preventive services, timely well child care, and satisfaction with care... - Factors influencing community pediatrics training in residencyCynthia S Minkovitz
J Pediatr 150:119-20, 120.e1-2. 2007 - The timing of maternal depressive symptoms and mothers' parenting practices with young children: implications for pediatric practiceKathryn Taaffe McLearn
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Pediatrics 118:e174-82. 2006.... - Maternal depressive symptoms at 2 to 4 months post partum and early parenting practicesKathryn Taaffe McLearn
National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:279-84. 2006..54-0.90), talking to the infant (AOR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.63-0.86), and following routines (AOR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.52-0.72). CONCLUSION: Maternal depressive symptoms are common in early infancy and contribute to unfavorable parenting practices...
Research Grants
- Parenting Effects of Healthy Steps: Utilization & ExpecCynthia Minkovitz; Fiscal Year: 2004..This study will inform policy and practice regarding whether or not a parenting intervention, highly targeted to child development and behavior when children are 0-3, has effects when children are 5 years of age. ..
- The Health and Social Context of Infant Death: Reflections from South AfricaCynthia Minkovitz; Fiscal Year: 2007..It also will provide client-based information that will enable the development of targeted interventions and policies to address these factors and improve service systems and community resources. ..