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Improving the request process to increase family consent for organ donationS L Gortmaker
Dept of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Transpl Coord 8:210-7. 1998..Hospitals and organ procurement organizations should incorporate these elements into their standard of practice when requesting organ donation...
Validation of walk score for estimating neighborhood walkability: an analysis of four US metropolitan areasDustin T Duncan
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:4160-79. 2011..As such, our study confirms and extends the generalizability of previous findings demonstrating that Walk Score is a valid measure of estimating neighborhood walkability in multiple geographic locations and at multiple spatial scales...
Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003-2006Steven L Gortmaker
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:888-93. 2012..This study aimed to examine changes in physical activity among children and adolescents, by race/ethnicity, in the United States from 2003-2004 to 2005-2006...- Effect of an after-school intervention on increases in children's physical activitySteven L Gortmaker
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:450-7. 2012..Evaluate the effect of an after-school intervention on physical activity program changes and individual behaviors among children... - Changing the future of obesity: science, policy, and actionSteven L Gortmaker
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lancet 378:838-47. 2011..We call for a sustained worldwide effort to monitor, prevent, and control obesity... - Effects of a school-based obesity-prevention intervention on menarche (United States)Jorge E Chavarro
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:1245-52. 2005..The delay was produced by increased physical activity, reduced television viewing and changes in BMI and fat distribution. These findings may have implications for the primary prevention of breast cancer... - Unsafe to play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescentsBeth E Molnar
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Health Promot 18:378-86. 2004..Associations between activity levels of urban youth and limited access to safe recreation areas in their neighborhoods of residence were investigated... - Parental perceptions of overweight counseling in primary care: the roles of race/ethnicity and parent overweightElsie M Taveras
Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1794-801. 2008..To examine parental perceptions of primary care efforts aimed at childhood obesity prevention... - Parental confidence in making overweight-related behavior changesElsie M Taveras
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 124:151-8. 2009..Confidence is an important construct for behavioral change; higher levels of confidence, or self-efficacy, increase the likelihood that a person will change a health behavior even when faced with obstacles... - Dieting and smoking initiation in early adolescent girls and boys: a prospective studyS B Austin
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, JB 335, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 91:446-50. 2001..This analysis tested the relation between dieting frequency and risk of smoking initiation in a longitudinal sample of adolescents... - Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among fourth to seventh grade inner-city school children: implications of age and day-to-day variation in dietary intakeA E Field
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Public Health Nutr 2:293-300. 1999.... - Monitoring health care for children with chronic conditions in a managed care environmentJ M Perrin
Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
Matern Child Health J 1:15-23. 1997..This article examines the special issues facing children with chronic conditions and develops strategies for monitoring their care in managed care settings... - A longitudinal study of maternal depression and child maltreatment in a national sample of families investigated by child protective servicesKerith J Conron
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:922-30. 2009..To assess whether a change in depression predicts a mother's change in maltreatment... - When children eat what they watch: impact of television viewing on dietary intake in youthJean L Wiecha
Departments of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:436-42. 2006.... - US state- and county-level social capital in relation to obesity and physical inactivity: a multilevel, multivariable analysisDaniel Kim
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1045-59. 2006..Overall, this study provides some evidence for the promotion of social capital as a potential strategy for addressing the burgeoning obesity epidemic... - Play Across Boston: a community initiative to reduce disparities in access to after-school physical activity programs for inner-city youthsCynthia Hannon
Harvard Prevention Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, 7th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A100. 2006..In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded Play Across Boston to address disparities in access to physical activity facilities and programs for Boston, Mass, inner-city youths... - Estimating the energy gap among US children: a counterfactual approachY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 718 Huntington Ave, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1721-33. 2006..Our goal was to quantify the magnitude of energy imbalance responsible for the increase in body weight among US children during the periods 1988-1994 and 1999-2002... - Disparities in overweight and obesity among US college studentsToben F Nelson
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:363-73. 2007..To examine social disparities and behavioral correlates of overweight and obesity over time among college students... - Characteristics of school campuses and physical activity among youthAngie L Cradock
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:106-113. 2007..However, few studies have examined associations between school building and campus characteristics and objective measures of physical activity among middle school students... - Informal training in staff networks to support dissemination of health promotion programsShoba Ramanadhan
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Health Promot 25:12-8. 2010..To study informal skill transfer via staff networks as a complement to formal training among afterschool childcare providers implementing a health promotion program... - Dynamics of obesity and chronic health conditions among children and youthJeanne Van Cleave
Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
JAMA 303:623-30. 2010..Rates of obesity and other childhood chronic conditions have increased over recent decades. Patterns of how conditions change over time have not been widely examined... - Neighborhood social cohesion and youth participation in physical activity in ChicagoAngie L Cradock
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Soc Sci Med 68:427-35. 2009..The present findings suggest that neighborhood social cohesion influences participation in physical activity... - Youth destinations associated with objective measures of physical activity in adolescentsAngie L Cradock
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:S91-8. 2009..This study examines evidence for associations between objective measures of local environment and physical activity levels of adolescents... - Diffusion of an integrated health education program in an urban school system: planet healthJean L Wiecha
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:467-74. 2004..Assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability of Planet Health, an interdisciplinary, integrated health education curriculum implemented in six public middle schools... - Generalist and subspecialist care for children with chronic conditionsJames M Perrin
Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston 02114, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:462-9. 2002..To determine, among Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions, associations of indicators of morbidity and expenditures with different patterns of generalist, subspecialist, and pediatric subspecialist use... - The prevalence of pain in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome as reported by participants in the Pediatric Late Outcomes Study (PACTG 219)Denise M Gaughan
Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 109:1144-52. 2002..The prevalence of pain in adults with AIDS ranges from 40% to 60%, depending on stage of illness. There is limited research concerning pain in HIV-infected children and youth... - Impact of television viewing patterns on fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescentsRenée Boynton-Jarrett
Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 112:1321-6. 2003..Television viewing is hypothesized as a contributing factor because of its documented role in encouraging consumption of highly advertised foods that may lead to the replacement of fruits and vegetables... - Youth recall and TriTrac accelerometer estimates of physical activity levelsAngie L Cradock
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:525-32. 2004..To examine significance of missing data and describe physical activity patterns using recall and accelerometer measures among youth in a nonlaboratory setting... - The impact of a school-based obesity prevention trial on disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girlsS Bryn Austin
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:225-30. 2005..To assess the impact of an obesity prevention intervention on use of self-induced vomiting/laxatives (purging) and diet pills to control weight in girls in early adolescence... - Playground safety and access in Boston neighborhoodsAngie L Cradock
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:357-63. 2005..Youth physical activity is partly influenced by access to playgrounds and recreational opportunities. Playgrounds in disadvantaged areas may be less safe... - Clustering of fast-food restaurants around schools: a novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environmentsS Bryn Austin
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1575-81. 2005..We examined the concentration of fast food restaurants in areas proximal to schools to characterize school neighborhood food environments... - Programming obesity in childhoodDavid S Ludwig
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lancet 364:226-7. 2004 - Youths' perceptions of overweight-related prevention counseling at a primary care visitElsie M Taveras
Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, Sixth Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:831-6. 2007..We examined youths' report of receiving specific overweight-related preventive counseling and perceived readiness to adopt nutrition and physical activity behaviors recommended by their clinicians... - Total energy intake, adolescent discretionary behaviors and the energy gapK R Sonneville
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:S19-27. 2008.... - Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysisD S Ludwig
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lancet 357:505-8. 2001..The rising prevalence of obesity in children has been linked in part to the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks. Our aim was to examine this relation... - Who cares for medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions?K Kuhlthau
Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Pediatrics 108:906-12. 2001..To estimate generalist, pediatric subspecialist, and any subspecialist use by Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions and to determine the correlates of use... - The increase of childhood chronic conditions in the United StatesJames M Perrin
Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, Mass 02114, USA
JAMA 297:2755-9. 2007 - Extra-team connections for knowledge transfer between staff teamsShoba Ramanadhan
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Educ Res 24:967-76. 2009..Further research on extra-team connections and knowledge transfer in low-resource, high turnover environments is needed... - Impact of an organizational intervention designed to improve snack and beverage quality in YMCA after-school programsRebecca S Mozaffarian
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Am J Public Health 100:925-32. 2010..We evaluated the quality of snacks and beverages served at YMCA after-school programs before and after the programs' participation in a YMCA Learning Collaborative... - Quality of life for children and adolescents: impact of HIV infection and antiretroviral treatmentGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 117:273-83. 2006..HIV/AIDS mortality rates in the United States are declining; pediatric HIV has become a chronic disease, with quality of life (QoL) outcomes assuming greater importance... - Hard facts about soft drinksDavid S Ludwig
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:290; author reply 290. 2004 - Protease inhibitor combination therapy, severity of illness, and quality of life among children with perinatally acquired HIV-1 infectionDeborah S Storm
François Xavier Bagnoud Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey 07101 1709, USA
Pediatrics 115:e173-82. 2005..To gain insights into how PI therapy might influence QOL, associations between severity of illness and QOL were also investigated... - Negative life events: risk to health-related quality of life in children and youth with HIV infectionLois C Howland
Center for Biobehavioral Clinical Research, School of Nursing, Verginia Commonwealth University, Rechmond, VA, USA
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 18:3-11. 2007..Nursing efforts to support these younger patients and their families sustaining major family disruption caused by NLEs may improve overall health outcomes in this vulnerable population... - School-based programs: lessons learned from CATCH, Planet Health, and Not-On-TobaccoAdele Franks
Prevention Research Centers Office, MS K45 DACH NCCDPHP CDC, 3005 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A33. 2007..The authors provide advice based on lessons learned from these programs to those who wish to work with young people in schools... - Television viewing and initiation of smoking among youthPradeep P Gidwani
Center for Child Health Outcomes, Children s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Pediatrics 110:505-8. 2002..The prevalence of smoking among US adolescents has increased since 1991. Despite bans on television tobacco advertising, smoking on television remains widespread... - Vigorous physical activity among college students in the United StatesToben F Nelson
University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, 1300 S Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Phys Act Health 4:495-508. 2007..Vigorous physical activity (VPA) declines from adolescence into adulthood, and social disparities in VPA exist. Physical activity is understudied in the college setting... - Innovations to reduce television and computertime and obesity in childhoodSteven L Gortmaker
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:283-4. 2008 - Effects of fast-food consumption on energy intake and diet quality among children in a national household surveyShanthy A Bowman
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 113:112-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: Consumption of fast food among children in the United States seems to have an adverse effect on dietary quality in ways that plausibly could increase risk for obesity... - Policy tools for the childhood obesity epidemicWilliam H Dietz
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Law Med Ethics 30:83-7. 2002..Although the childhood obesity epidemic is still evolving, this article provides several examples of potentially effective strategic approaches to address it... - Sexual behavior patterns and HIV risks in bisexual men compared to exclusively heterosexual and homosexual menJose Antonio Izazola-Licea
Dirección del Programa Regional de Salud Reproductiva para América Latina, Population Council, Mexico
Salud Publica Mex 45:S662-71. 2003..To compare patterns of sexual behavior among bisexual, heterosexual and homosexual men... - Increasing caloric contribution from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices among US children and adolescents, 1988-2004Y Claire Wang
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 600 West 168th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1604-14. 2008..We sought to document increases in caloric contributions from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice among US youth during 1988-2004...
Research Grants
- Harvard Prevention Research Center on NutritionSteven Gortmaker; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract not provided ..