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| K A BonuckSummaryAffiliation: Montefiore Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Housing needs of persons with HIV and AIDS in New York StateK A Bonuck
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Health Soc Policy 13:61-73. 2001..To understand the scope and magnitude of housing needs among persons with HIV/AIDS in New York State...
Clinical translational research hits the road: RCT of breastfeeding promotion interventions in routine prenatal careKaren A Bonuck
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 30:419-26. 2009..Specific suggestions are given for building collaborative bonds between the research team, clinicians, administrators, and staff in busy urban practices...
Sleep-disordered breathing and failure to thrive: research vs practiceKaren A Bonuck
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 10467, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:299-300. 2005
Randomized, controlled trial of a prenatal and postnatal lactation consultant intervention on duration and intensity of breastfeeding up to 12 monthsKaren A Bonuck
Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Pediatrics 116:1413-26. 2005..To determine whether an individualized, prenatal and postnatal, lactation consultant intervention resulted in increased cumulative intensity of breastfeeding up to 52 weeks...
Growth failure and sleep disordered breathing: a review of the literatureKaren Bonuck
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467 2490, USA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 70:769-78. 2006....
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal and postnatal lactation consultant intervention on infant health care useKaren A Bonuck
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:953-60. 2006..To determine whether infants of women randomized to a prenatal and postpartum lactation support intervention incur fewer otitis media-, respiratory tract-, or gastrointestinal-related visits than controls...
Breastfeeding and infant illness in low-income, minority women: a prospective cohort study of the dose-response relationshipKatherine Freeman
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 10467 2490, USA
J Hum Lact 24:14-22; quiz 23-6. 2008..Low exclusive breastfeeding rates and lack of coverage for health visits may be reasons for this finding...
Growth and growth biomarker changes after adenotonsillectomy: systematic review and meta-analysisK A Bonuck
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Arch Dis Child 94:83-91. 2009..SDB in children, primarily due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy, increases the risk of growth failure...
Country of origin and race/ethnicity: impact on breastfeeding intentionsKaren A Bonuck
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx, New York 10467, USA
J Hum Lact 21:320-6. 2005..This finding coincides with dramatic increases in the numbers of blacks from West Indian countries-where breastfeeding is the norm-in the study locale...
Inappropriate bottle use: an early risk for overweight? Literature review and pilot data for a bottle-weaning trialKaren A Bonuck
Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Matern Child Nutr 6:38-52. 2010..For the intervention, site nutritionists employ a project-developed, visually attractive flip chart. An observational study nested within the RCT will describe dietary changes during this period of feeding transitions...
Prolonged bottle use and its association with iron deficiency anemia and overweight: a preliminary studyKaren A Bonuck
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 41:603-7. 2002..Daily bottle use ranged from 3 to 10 (mean=3.3, median=3). Bottle use was significantly associated with obesity (>95th% BMI, p<0.0005), not significant with overweight (>85th% BMI, p<0.06) and statistically significant with IDA...
Mother's reactions to a skills-based breastfeeding promotion interventionMargaret M Memmott
Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop 30, CA 90027, USA
Matern Child Nutr 2:40-50. 2006..The success of the intervention is attributed to technical assistance from a trained lactation consultant within the context of a relationship built on encouragement, guidance and support...
Paucity of evidence-based research on how to achieve the Healthy People 2010 goal of exclusive breastfeedingKaren A Bonuck
Pediatrics 120:248-9. 2007
Increased exclusive breastfeeding rates fall short of proposed Healthy People 2010 goalsKaren A Bonuck
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:323; author reply 323-4. 2006
Research Grants
- Boosting Breastfeeding in Low-Income, Multiethnic Women: A Primary-Care Based RCTKaren Bonuck; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Boosting Breastfeeding in Low-Income, Multiethnic Women: A Primary-Care Based RCTKaren Bonuck; Fiscal Year: 2009....
