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| Darcy A ThompsonSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins University Country: USA Publications
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Nutrition education via a touchscreen: a randomized controlled trial in Latino immigrant parents of infants and toddlersDarcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Acad Pediatr 12:412-9. 2012..To investigate whether educational modules presented on a touchscreen computer increase immediate nutrition and feeding knowledge in low-income, Spanish-speaking Latino immigrant parents...
Interactive nutrition education via a touchscreen: is this technology well received by low-income Spanish-speaking parents?Darcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Technol Health Care 20:195-203. 2012..To evaluate the usability of touchscreen mediated nutrition and feeding educational modules among low-income Latino immigrant parents...
The association of maternal mental distress with television viewing in children under 3 years oldDarcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 200 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:32-7. 2007..To test the hypothesis that maternal mental distress is associated with excessive television viewing by infants and toddlers...
Parent use of touchscreen computer kiosks for child health promotion in community settingsDarcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 119:427-34. 2007..The goals were to evaluate the use of touchscreen computer kiosks, containing only child health-promoting information, in urban, low-income, community settings and to characterize the users of these kiosks...
Television viewing by young Hispanic children: evidence of heterogeneityDarcy A Thompson
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 200 N Wolfe St, Room 2023, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:174-9. 2010..To determine if hours of daily television viewed by varying age groups of young children with Hispanic mothers differs by maternal language preference and to compare these differences with young children with white mothers...
Early-childhood obesity: how do low-income parents of preschoolers rank known risk factors?Raquel G Hernandez
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:663-70. 2012..To determine parental rankings of known factors related to early-childhood obesity and compare reports between parents of healthy weight and overweight children...
Comida en venta: after-school advertising on Spanish-language television in the United StatesDarcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Pediatr 152:576-81. 2008..To analyze the content of food and drink commercials aired during after-school hours on Spanish-language television...
Television viewing in low-income latino children: variation by ethnic subgroup and english proficiencyDarcy A Thompson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Child Obes 9:22-8. 2013..The purpose of this study is to determine if hours of television viewed by young children with low-income Latina mothers differs by maternal ethnic subgroup and English language proficiency...
Why do women use intimate partner violence? A systematic review of women's motivationsMegan H Bair-Merritt
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Trauma Violence Abuse 11:178-89. 2010..IPV prevention and treatment programs should explore ways to effectively address women's relationship concerns and ability to manage anger and should recognize that women commonly use IPV in response to their partner's violence...
The association between television viewing and irregular sleep schedules among children less than 3 years of ageDarcy A Thompson
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 116:851-6. 2005..Although television viewing is associated with altered sleep patterns and sleep disorders among children and adolescents, the effect of television viewing on the sleep patterns of infants and toddlers is not known...
