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Genomes and Genes | Robert S KahnSummaryAffiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Combined effect of mothers' and fathers' mental health symptoms on children's behavioral and emotional well-beingRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:721-9. 2004..Few studies have examined the effects on children of maternal mental health symptoms other than depressive symptoms or have examined the joint effects of mothers' and fathers' mental health symptoms...- Role of dopamine transporter genotype and maternal prenatal smoking in childhood hyperactive-impulsive, inattentive, and oppositional behaviorsRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Children s Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
J Pediatr 143:104-10. 2003..To examine the joint effects of a dopamine transporter (DAT) polymorphism and maternal prenatal smoking on childhood hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattentiveness... 
Intergenerational health disparities: socioeconomic status, women's health conditions, and child behavior problemsRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 4522 3039, USA
Public Health Rep 120:399-408. 2005..We examined whether the association between low socioeconomic status (SES) and child behavior problems is mediated by maternal health conditions and behavior...- Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic childrenAdam J Spanier
Cincinnati Children s Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 44:812-9. 2009..We conclude that genetic differences may explain some of the conflicting results in studies of the effects of tobacco smoke exposure on FeNO levels and may make FeNO interpretation difficult for a subset of children with asthma... - Depressive symptoms in low-income mothers and emotional and social functioning in their preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:288-94. 2003..To determine which factors modify the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and emotional and social functioning in low-income preschool children... - Prevalence, recognition, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a national sample of US childrenTanya E Froehlich
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:857-64. 2007..To determine the US national prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and whether prevalence, recognition, and treatment vary by socioeconomic group... - Association of tobacco and lead exposures with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderTanya E Froehlich
Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Pediatrics 124:e1054-63. 2009.... - The role of air nicotine in explaining racial differences in cotinine among tobacco-exposed childrenStephen E Wilson
University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Room 6603, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Chest 131:856-62. 2007..The objective of this study was to test whether African-American children have higher levels of cotinine compared to white children while accounting for ambient measures of tobacco smoke... - White blood cell DNA adducts in a cohort of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smokeStephen E Wilson
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 670535, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 84:19-27. 2011..The purpose of this study was to test whether African American children have higher DNA adducts levels compared to White children adjusted for ETS exposure... - A reexamination of smoking before, during, and after pregnancyRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1801-8. 2002..This study examined the patterns and correlates of maternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy... 
Are our babies hungry? Food insecurity among infants in urban clinicsMary Carol Burkhardt
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:238-43. 2012..Food insecurity (FI) is common, but studies in families with infants are rare...- Pharmacogenetic predictors of methylphenidate dose-response in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderTanya E Froehlich
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:1129-1139.e2. 2011..This study examined the role of four catecholamine-related candidate genes in moderating methylphenidate (MPH) dose-response... - Association of maternal obesity and depressive symptoms with television-viewing time in low-income preschool childrenHillary L Burdette
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, OH 45229 3039, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:894-9. 2003..Because mothers play an important role in determining how much TV their preschool children watch, a better understanding is needed of the maternal factors that influence children's TV viewing... - Women's health after pregnancy and child outcomes at age 3 years: a prospective cohort studyRobert S Kahn
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1312-8. 2002..This study examined the persistence and comorbidity of women's physical and mental health conditions after pregnancy and the association of these conditions with child outcomes... - Prevalence, correlates, and trajectory of television viewing among infants and toddlersLaura K Certain
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Pediatrics 109:634-42. 2002..Furthermore, these early viewing patterns persist into childhood. Preventive intervention research on television viewing should consider targeting infants and toddlers and their families... - Enhancing accurate identification of food insecurity using quality-improvement techniquesMary Carol Burkhardt
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Pediatrics 129:e504-10. 2012..9% to 15.0% within 6 months. A secondary aim was to increase the proportion of second-year pediatric residents identifying food insecurity... - Seasonal variation and environmental predictors of exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthmaAdam J Spanier
Cincinnati Children s Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 43:576-83. 2008..Clinicians and researchers may need to consider an individual's baseline FeNO levels to manage children with asthma... - Identifying and treating a substandard housing cluster using a medical-legal partnershipAndrew F Beck
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, ML 7035, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229
Pediatrics 130:831-8. 2012..Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) can address social and environmental determinants of health. Our objective was to describe a cluster of substandard housing identified and treated by an MLP based in a pediatric primary care setting... - Sociodemographic factors associated with high-risk human papillomavirus infectionJessica A Kahn
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:87-95. 2007..S. women, identify sociodemographic factors associated with infection, and explore the implications for prevention of HPV-related disease in the vaccination era... - Interactive effects of a DRD4 polymorphism, lead, and sex on executive functions in childrenTanya E Froehlich
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biol Psychiatry 62:243-9. 2007..Prior studies have examined independent effects of a dopamine receptor D4 polymorphism (DRD4-7) and lead exposure on executive functions but not their interaction or the role of sex as a modifier of their effects... - Identifying social risk via a clinical social history embedded in the electronic health recordAndrew F Beck
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:972-7. 2012..01). Nearly 30% of caregivers reported at least 1 risk, 11% at least 2 risks. An electronic health record-embedded social history led to documented screening in more than 80% of visits, identifying 30% as having at least 1 social risk... 
Racial differences in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among childrenStephen E Wilson
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:362-7. 2005..Identifying causes and consequences of increased cotinine may help explain the striking differences in tobacco-related illnesses...- Geomedicine: area-based socioeconomic measures for assessing risk of hospital reutilization among children admitted for asthmaAndrew F Beck
Andrew F Beck and Robert S Kahn are with the Division of General and Community Pediatrics Andrew F Beck and Jeffrey M Simmons are with the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Bin Huang is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Am J Public Health 102:2308-14. 2012..A geographic social risk index may help identify asthmatic children likely to return to the hospital. Targeting social risk assessments and interventions through geographic information may help to improve outcomes and reduce disparities... - Training in social determinants of health in primary care: does it change resident behavior?Melissa D Klein
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:387-93. 2011..The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a new social determinants of health curriculum on pediatric interns' attitudes, knowledge, documentation, and clinical practice... - The co-occurrence of smoking and a major depressive episode among mothers 15 months after deliveryRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prev Med 45:476-80. 2007..To examine the association between maternal smoking 15 months after delivery and the occurrence of a major depressive episode in the prior 12 months... - Rethinking race/ethnicity, income, and childhood asthma: racial/ethnic disparities concentrated among the very poorLauren A Smith
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Public Health Rep 120:109-16. 2005..The objective of this study was to examine the association of race/ethnicity and family income with the prevalence of childhood asthma and to assess whether racial/ethnic disparities vary by income strata... - A multilevel analysis of the relation of socioeconomic status to adolescent depressive symptoms: does school context matter?Elizabeth Goodman
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
J Pediatr 143:451-6. 2003..Multilevel modeling techniques were then used to understand how these factors are jointly associated with adolescent depressive symptoms... - Maternal mental health, substance use, and domestic violence in the year after delivery and subsequent behavior problems in children at age 3 yearsRobert C Whitaker
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ 08543 2393, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:551-60. 2006..Mental health disorders, substance use, and domestic violence often occur together. However, studies examining the impact of these conditions in mothers on the well-being of their children have focused only on isolated conditions... - Exposures to environmental toxicants and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in U.S. childrenJoe M Braun
College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1904-9. 2006..S. children. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that exposure to prenatal tobacco and environmental lead are risk factors for ADHD in U.S. children... - Depression and unintended pregnancy in young women. Paper raises at least three concernsRobert S Kahn
BMJ 324:1097; author reply 1097-8. 2002 - Children's use of motor vehicle restraints: maternal psychological distress, maternal motor vehicle restraint practices, and sociodemographicsWhitney P Witt
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 2611, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:145-51. 2006..To determine the relative contribution of maternal psychological distress, maternal restraint use, and sociodemographic characteristics to the likelihood that a child would not be restrained in a motor vehicle...
Research Grants
- Poverty, Maternal Health & Disparities in Child OutcomesRobert Kahn; Fiscal Year: 2005..The environment will support a didactic program that includes relevant courses on poverty, biostatistical methods, and research ethics, as well as interaction with other independent investigators in the Division. ..
- Explaining Racial Disparities in Child Asthma MorbidityRobert S Kahn; Fiscal Year: 2010..The public health significance lies in its focus on excess asthma in disadvantaged children and its emphasis on the potentially remediable factors that drive that excess morbidity. ..