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Talking parents, healthy teens: a worksite-based program for parents to promote adolescent sexual healthKaren L Eastman
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A126. 2006....- African American mothers in south central Los Angeles. Their fears for their newborn's futureM A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, Calif, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152:264-8. 1998..To determine what African American mothers in a low-income community fear for their newborn's future... - Smoking patterns of household members and visitors in homes with children in the United StatesMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:1094-100. 2002..Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), also called passive smoking, has been shown to have adverse effects on the health of children... - Hugs and kisses: HIV-infected parents' fears about contagion and the effects on parent-child interaction in a nationally representative sampleMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, Calif 90407 2138, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:173-9. 2005..To determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related fears on HIV-infected parents' interactions with their children and to identify parents who might be at greater risk of avoiding interactions because of these fears... - Anticipatory guidance: what information do parents receive? What information do they want?M A Schuster
RAND Corporation, 1700 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154:1191-8. 2000..To determine whether parents are receiving anticipatory guidance, whether they could use more information on anticipatory guidance topics, and how receipt of anticipatory guidance relates to satisfaction with care... - Perceived discrimination in clinical care in a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults receiving health careMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:807-13. 2005..Perceived discrimination in clinical settings could discourage HIV-infected people from seeking health care, adhering to treatment regimens, or returning for follow-up... - HIV-infected parents and their children in the United StatesM A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90210 2138, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1074-81. 2000..This study sought to determine the number, characteristics, and living situations of children of HIV-infected adults... - Firearm storage patterns in US homes with childrenM A Schuster
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 90:588-94. 2000..This study determined the prevalence and storage patterns of firearms in US homes with children... - How good is the quality of health care in the United States?M A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Milbank Q 76:517-63, 509. 1998..Efforts to measure quality and report routinely on the results to the public at large would allow more definitive assessments of the status of the nation's health care and would enable us to single out the areas in need of improvement... - A national survey of stress reactions after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksM A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, Calif 90407 2138, USA
N Engl J Med 345:1507-12. 2001..People who are not present at a traumatic event may also experience stress reactions. We assessed the immediate mental health effects of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001... - End-of-life discussions and preferences among persons with HIVN S Wenger
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Medicine, GIM HSR, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
JAMA 285:2880-7. 2001..Even though the prognosis has improved for many persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, a need for planning remains... - Propensity of HIV patients to seek urgent and emergent care. HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study ConsortiumA L Gifford
Health Services Research and Development Program, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, Calif, USA
J Gen Intern Med 15:833-40. 2000..To assess the propensity of HIV-infected adults to seek care for common symptoms, and to determine whether they would seek care in the emergency department (ED) or with their primary care provider... - Lesbians' sexual history with men: implications for taking a sexual historyA L Diamant
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
Arch Intern Med 159:2730-6. 1999..We performed this study to assess whether women who identify themselves as lesbians have a history of sexual activities with men that have implications for receipt of preventive health screening... - Timing of parent and child communication about sexuality relative to children's sexual behaviorsMegan K Beckett
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
Pediatrics 125:34-42. 2010..To examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior... - Acculturation and parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families: a community-based participatory research studyPaul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:543-50. 2007..Whether acculturation affects parent-adolescent communication is unknown... - Children of HIV-infected parents: custody status in a nationally representative sampleBurton O Cowgill
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 1072 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Pediatrics 120:e494-503. 2007..The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of custody status for children of HIV-infected parents... - Fears about HIV transmission in families with an HIV-infected parent: a qualitative analysisBurton O Cowgill
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Pediatrics 122:e950-8. 2008..In this article, we describe transmission-related fears in families with an HIV-infected parent... - Do children know their parent's HIV status? Parental reports of child awareness in a nationally representative sampleRosalie Corona
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:138-44. 2006..To determine the rates and predictors of child awareness of parental human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status and the effect of that knowledge on children... - Adolescent participation in preventive health behaviors, physical activity, and nutrition: differences across immigrant generations for Asians and Latinos compared with WhitesMichele L Allen
Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA and the UCLA RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 97:337-43. 2007.... - Early and middle adolescents' autonomy development: impact of maternal HIV/AIDSDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 13:253-76. 2008..Therefore, 'parentification' of young children with a mother with HIV may not negatively affect later autonomy development... - Psychosocial correlates of unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV-positivity among African-American, Latino, and White men who have sex with men and womenMatt G Mutchler
AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Sex Behav 37:736-47. 2008..Addressing norms for condom use and disclosure between male partners is recommended, especially for homosexually identified MSMW... - Condom use and high-risk sexual acts in adult films: a comparison of heterosexual and homosexual filmsCorita R Grudzen
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S152-6. 2009..We compared the prevalence of condom use during a variety of sexual acts portrayed in adult films produced for heterosexual and homosexual audiences to assess compliance with state Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations... - Bullying among young adolescents: the strong, the weak, and the troubledJaana Juvonen
Department of Psychology, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
Pediatrics 112:1231-7. 2003..We sought to use multiple data sources to better understand the psychological and social problems exhibited by bullies, victims, and bully-victims... - Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination among fifth-grade students and its association with mental healthTumaini R Coker
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Am J Public Health 99:878-84. 2009..We sought to describe the prevalence, characteristics, and mental health problems of children who experience perceived racial/ethnic discrimination... - Changes in health-promoting behavior following diagnosis with HIV: prevalence and correlates in a national probability sampleR L Collins
RAND, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Health Psychol 20:351-60. 2001..Most people with HIV improve their health behavior following diagnosis, but more might be helped to do so by targeting these behaviors in future interventions... - Receipt of preventive health care services by lesbiansA L Diamant
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:141-8. 2000.... - Parents' disclosure of their HIV infection to their children in the context of the familyDavid P Kennedy
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
AIDS Behav 14:1095-105. 2010..Parents should consider negative and positive outcomes, unplanned disclosure and children's capacity to adapt after disclosure when deciding whether to disclose... - Association between adolescent viewership and alcohol advertising on cable televisionPaul J Chung
UCLA Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Am J Public Health 100:555-62. 2010..We examined whether alcohol advertising on cable television is associated with adolescent viewership... - Availability of high school extracurricular sports programs and high-risk behaviorsDeborah A Cohen
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
J Sch Health 77:80-6. 2007..However, little is known about the availability of and participation in high school extracurricular sports and how participation in these sports is related to high-risk behaviors... - HIV-related stigma among people with HIV and their families: a qualitative analysisLaura M Bogart
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, PO Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
AIDS Behav 12:244-54. 2008..Interpersonal discrimination seemed to stem from fears of contagion. Findings indicate a need for interventions to reduce HIV stigma in the general public and to help families cope with stigma... - Beyond the "big talk": the roles of breadth and repetition in parent-adolescent communication about sexual topicsSteven C Martino
RAND, 4570 Fifth Ave, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Pediatrics 121:e612-8. 2008..The goal of this study was to assess the independent influence of breadth and repetition of sexual discussion on adolescents' perceptions of their relationship and communication with their parents... - Substance use and delinquency among fifth graders who have jobsRajeev Ramchand
RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:297-303. 2009..This study investigates associations between self-reports of having a job and substance use and delinquent behaviors in a sample of U.S. 5th graders... - Weight status, quality of life, and self-concept in African American, Hispanic, and white fifth-grade childrenJan L Wallander
Psychological Sciences Section, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, University of California, Merced, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1363-8. 2009..Both global self-concept and body dissatisfaction independently mediated significant portions of the association between BMI and psychosocial QOL. Being obese in childhood may have negative psychosocial effects... - Quality-of-care indicators for the neurodevelopmental follow-up of very low birth weight children: results of an expert panel processC Jason Wang
RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA
Pediatrics 117:2080-92. 2006..To develop a set of quality indicators for the neurodevelopmental follow-up care of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) children... - A national longitudinal study of the psychological consequences of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: reactions, impairment, and help-seekingBradley D Stein
RAND, Santa Monica, California, 90407 2138, USA
Psychiatry 67:105-17. 2004..Clinicians and policymakers should consider how the healthcare system and other community organizations might provide a coordinated community-wide response for individuals needing information and counseling following terrorist events... - When and where do youths have sex? The potential role of adult supervisionDeborah A Cohen
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Pediatrics 110:e66. 2002..In this study, we examined when and where youths have sex and whether there is a relationship between unsupervised time and sex, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and substance use... - Worksite-based parenting programs to promote healthy adolescent sexual development: a qualitative study of feasibility and potential contentKaren L Eastman
UCLA Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CA, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:62-9. 2005..Worksites provide an untapped but promising setting in which to reach parents to help them develop parenting and communication skills... - Using community-based participatory research to identify potential interventions to overcome barriers to adolescents' healthy eating and physical activityYing Ying Goh
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Behav Med 32:491-502. 2009..Participants supported health education delivered by students. Findings demonstrate that community-based participatory research is useful for revealing potentially feasible interventions that are acceptable to community members... - Risk and resilience in Latinos: a community-based participatory research studyRashmi Shetgiri
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:S217-24. 2009..A community-academic partnership used community-based participatory research principles to examine perceptions of resilience among Latino young people in low-income households... - Continuity of primary care clinician in early childhoodMoira Inkelas
Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pediatrics 113:1917-25. 2004.... - Parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino American families: a demonstration of community-based participatory researchPaul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:50-5. 2005..Strong parent-adolescent communication may promote healthy sexual development and protect against adolescent sexual risk behaviors. We explored communication barriers between Filipino American parents and adolescents... - Sexual victimization among a national probability sample of adolescent womenRamesh Raghavan
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Los Angeles, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 36:225-32. 2004..Forced sexual intercourse is becoming more salient for adolescent women nationwide, but little is known about sexual revictimization and its mediators among adolescents in middle and high school... - Factors influencing the enrollment of eligible extremely-low-birth-weight children in the part C early intervention programC Jason Wang
RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:283-7. 2009.... - School site visits for community-based participatory research on healthy eatingAnisha I Patel
Department of Pediatrics, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:S300-6. 2009..This paper demonstrates the utility of site visits in the development of an intervention to implement obesity-related policies in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools... - The health and health care of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescentsTumaini R Coker
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 31:457-77. 2010..We also examine health care provision and utilization for LGB youth. Lastly, we discuss ways in which researchers and clinicians can improve LGB adolescent health and health care... - Prevalence, characteristics, and associated health and health care of family homelessness among fifth-grade studentsTumaini R Coker
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1446-52. 2009..We describe the lifetime prevalence and associated health-related concerns of family homelessness among fifth-grade students... - Improving access to and utilization of adolescent preventive health care: the perspectives of adolescents and parentsTumaini R Coker
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Adolesc Health 47:133-42. 2010..To examine the perspectives of publicly insured adolescents and their parents on ways to encourage adolescent utilization of preventive health services... - Access and quality in child health services: voltage dropsPaul J Chung
University of California, Los Angeles UCLA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:77-87. 2004..Comprehensive access to insurance and services does not guarantee that children will receive high-quality (safe and effective) care... - Age cohort differences in the developmental milestones of gay menHarry Drasin
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angele, USA
J Homosex 54:381-99. 2008..001). The authors perform an innovative sensitivity test to demonstrate the persistence of the finding after correcting for the bias attributable to underrepresentation of those who have not yet self-identified as gay in such samples... - Awareness and use of California's Paid Family Leave Insurance among parents of chronically ill childrenMark A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
JAMA 300:1047-55. 2008..In 2004, California's Paid Family Leave Insurance Program (PFLI) became the first state program to provide paid leave to care for an ill family member... - Physical health of mothers with HIV/AIDS and the mental health of their childrenDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025 7510, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:386-95. 2006.... - Does having a regular primary care clinician improve quality of preventive care for young children?Moira Inkelas
Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Med Care 46:323-30. 2008..This study examines whether having a regular clinician for preventive care is associated with quality of care for young children, as measured by interpersonal quality ratings and content of anticipatory guidance... - Preventive care for children in the United States: quality and barriersPaul J Chung
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 27:491-515. 2006..In summary, childhood preventive care quality is mixed, with large disparities among populations. Recent research has identified barriers that might be overcome through practice and policy interventions... - Nondisclosure of sexual orientation to a physician among a sample of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youthGarth D Meckler
UCLA Rand Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1248-54. 2006.... - Guardianship planning among HIV-infected parents in the United States: results from a nationally representative sampleBurton O Cowgill
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pediatrics 119:e391-8. 2007..The purpose of this work was to determine the rates and predictors of guardianship planning and preferred guardians among HIV-infected parents... - Racial/Ethnic disparities in the mental health care utilization of fifth grade childrenTumaini R Coker
Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:89-96. 2009..The aim of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in fifth grade children's mental health care utilization... - How good is the quality of health care in the United States? 1998Mark A Schuster
Milbank Q 83:843-95. 2005 - Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a new worksite based parenting programme to promote parent-adolescent communication about sexual health: randomised controlled trialMark A Schuster
Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMJ 337:a308. 2008..To evaluate a worksite based parenting programme-Talking Parents, Healthy Teens-designed to help parents learn to address sexual health with their adolescent children... - Developing quality indicators for local health departments: experience in Los Angeles CountyStephen F Derose
Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Kaiser Permanente, 393 E Walnut Street 991, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:347-57. 2003..To develop public health quality indicators for local health department (LHD) use... - Population-based assessments of ophthalmologic and audiologic follow-up in children with very low birth weight enrolled in Medicaid: a quality-of-care studyC Jason Wang
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Pediatrics 121:e278-85. 2008.... - Routine assessment of family and community health risks: parent views and what they receiveMichael D Kogan
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 113:1934-43. 2004..To examine the prevalence of parent-provider discussions of family and community health risks during well-child visits and the gaps between which issues are discussed and which issues parents would like to discuss... - Overview of the content of health supervision for young children: reports from parents and pediatriciansLynn M Olson
Department of Practice and Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007, USA
Pediatrics 113:1907-16. 2004..To describe the content of anticipatory guidance provided to parents of infants and toddlers and to identify primary areas of unmet need as reported by both parents and pediatricians... - Factors that influence receipt of recommended preventive pediatric health and dental careStella M Yu
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Data and Information Management, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 110:e73. 2002..This study examined the factors that affect children's receipt of recommended well-child and dental visits using nationally representative data... - The quality of ambulatory care delivered to children in the United StatesRita Mangione-Smith
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Child Health Institute, and Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
N Engl J Med 357:1515-23. 2007..Little is known about the magnitude of deficits in the quality of care delivered to children, since comprehensive studies have been lacking... - Body image and children's mental health related behaviors: results from the healthy passages studyM Janice Gilliland
MSPH, Center for the Advancement of Youth Health and Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, 912 Building, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 1200, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:30-41. 2007..This study examined the relationship between body image discrepancy (BID) scores for actual versus ideal body image for children and indicators of child mental health... - Quality of breast cancer care: what do we know?Jennifer L Malin
Department of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, 90095 1736, USA
J Clin Oncol 20:4381-93. 2002..To critically review studies that describe patterns of care for breast cancer patients and to examine the data sources used for case identification and determining patterns of care... - Public health quality measurement: concepts and challengesStephen F Derose
Southern California Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 23:1-21. 2002..We review several past and present quality measurement-related initiatives designed for public health department use, and discuss current and future challenges in this evolving area of public health practice...
Research Grants
- UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health PromotionRobert Kaplan; Fiscal Year: 2007..Abstract not provided ..