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Level of prenatal cocaine exposure and infant-caregiver attachment behaviorMarjorie Beeghly
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 25:23-38. 2003....- Do "we just know"? Masked assessors' ability to accurately identify children with prenatal cocaine exposureRuth Rose-Jacobs
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 23:340-6. 2002..001). Results highlight the potential of stereotyping and negative attributions that might distort observations, both in unmasked studies of prenatal cocaine exposure and in clinical settings... 
Early adolescent executive functioning, intrauterine exposures and own drug useRuth Rose-Jacobs
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, United States
Neurotoxicol Teratol 33:379-92. 2011....- Intrauterine cocaine exposure and executive functioning in middle childhoodRuth Rose-Jacobs
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 31:159-68. 2009..Results of this study indicate that heavier IUCE may be associated with mild compromise on school-aged children's ability to inhibit prepotent verbal responses... 
Household food insecurity: associations with at-risk infant and toddler developmentRuth Rose-Jacobs
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, 91 East Concord St, Room 5106, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 121:65-72. 2008..In this study, we evaluated the relationship between household food security status and developmental risk in young children, after controlling for potential confounding variables...- Development and validity of a 2-item screen to identify families at risk for food insecurityErin R Hager
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Pediatrics 126:e26-32. 2010..To develop a brief screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity (FI) and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and convergent validity of the screen... - WIC participation and attenuation of stress-related child health risks of household food insecurity and caregiver depressive symptomsMaureen M Black
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:444-51. 2012.... - Are there effects of intrauterine cocaine exposure on delinquency during early adolescence? A preliminary reportJessie Gerteis
Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 32:393-401. 2011..To ascertain whether level of intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE) is associated with early adolescent delinquent behavior, after accounting for prenatal exposures to other psychoactive substances and relevant psychosocial factors... - Longitudinal association between infant disorganized attachment and childhood posttraumatic stress symptomsHelen Z MacDonald
Behavioral Sciences Division, National corrected Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, 116B 4, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Dev Psychopathol 20:493-508. 2008..These findings suggest that the quality of early dyadic relationships may be linked to differences in children's later development of posttraumatic stress symptoms following a traumatic event... - A brief indicator of household energy security: associations with food security, child health, and child development in US infants and toddlersJohn T Cook
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 122:e867-75. 2008..The objectives of this study were to develop a clinical indicator of household energy security and assess associations with food security, health, and developmental risk in children <36 months of age... - Cumulative hardship and wellness of low-income, young children: multisite surveillance studyDeborah A Frank
Boston Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 125:e1115-23. 2010..The goals were to generate a cumulative hardship index and to evaluate its association with the well-being of children 4 to 36 months of age without private health insurance... - US Housing insecurity and the health of very young childrenDiana Becker Cutts
Department of Pediatrics, Diana Becker Cutts, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA
Am J Public Health 101:1508-14. 2011..We investigated the association between housing insecurity and the health of very young children... - Level of prenatal cocaine exposure and 48-month IQ: importance of preschool enrichmentDeborah A Frank
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH 3, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 27:15-28. 2005..This analysis was designed to determine whether prenatal cocaine exposure is related to children's standardized cognitive test scores at age 4 years after control for relevant covariates... - Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violenceDeborah A Frank
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 725 Massachusetts Avenue, Mezzanine SW, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 33:100-9. 2011..Time-dependent higher levels of exposure to violence between ages of 8 and 16 were also robustly associated with initiation of any licit or illicit substance, and of marijuana, and alcohol particularly... - Prenatal cocaine exposure and children's language functioning at 6 and 9.5 years: moderating effects of child age, birthweight, and genderMarjorie Beeghly
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Children s Hospital, Child Development Unit, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 31:98-115. 2006..To evaluate whether prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), or the interaction between PCE and contextual variables, is associated with children's language at age 6 and 9.5 years, adjusting for relevant covariates... - Are Food Insecurity's Health Impacts Underestimated in the U.S. Population? Marginal Food Security Also Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Young U.S. Children and MothersJohn T Cook
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Adv Nutr 4:51-61. 2013.... - Suicidal ideation among urban nine and ten year oldsDeborah A Frank
Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:33-9. 2006..Suicidal ideation may be more prevalent among preadolescents from urban, low-income backgrounds than clinicians suspect, particularly among children exposed to violence... - Volumetric MRI study of brain in children with intrauterine exposure to cocaine, alcohol, tobacco, and marijuanaMichael J Rivkin
Developmental Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Childrens Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Pavilion 154, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 121:741-50. 2008..The objective of this study was to use volumetric MRI to study brain volumes in 10- to 14-year-old children with and without intrauterine exposure to cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana...