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Providers' perceptions of an immunization registryD A Christakis
Division of General Pediatrics, University of Washington, Child Health Institute, Seattle 98103, USA
Am J Prev Med 17:147-50. 1999..To determine providers' perceptions of a statewide immunization registry...
Preschool-aged children's television viewing in child care settingsDimitri A Christakis
Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Pediatrics 124:1627-32. 2009..The goal was to quantify television viewing in day care settings and to investigate the characteristics of programs that predict viewing...- Continuity of care is associated with well-coordinated careDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98115, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:82-6. 2003..The importance of continuity of care as a means to promote care coordination remains controversial... - Audible television and decreased adult words, infant vocalizations, and conversational turns: a population-based studyDimitri A Christakis
Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, 1100 Olive Way, Ste 500, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:554-8. 2009..To test the hypothesis that audible television is associated with decreased parent and child interactions... - Can continuity of care be improved? Results from a randomized pilot studyDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics and the Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, 98115 8160, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:336-9. 2004..Although continuity of care is an important component of primary care, few mechanisms for improving it have been studied... - Early television viewing is associated with protesting turning off the television at age 6Dimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
MedGenMed 8:63. 2006..The effects of early exposure to television remain poorly defined. Although some have speculated that television may be habit-forming, evidence is lacking especially in young children... - Television, video, and computer game usage in children under 11 years of ageDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, 98115 8160, USA
J Pediatr 145:652-6. 2004.... - What factors are associated with achieving high continuity of care?Dimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Fam Med 36:55-60. 2004..This study explored what patient, family, provider, and system factors are associated with high continuity of both total and well-child care... - Improving pediatric prevention via the internet: a randomized, controlled trialDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
Pediatrics 118:1157-66. 2006..Innovations to improve the delivery of pediatric preventive care are needed... - The effects of infant media usage: what do we know and what should we learn?Dimitri A Christakis
Seattle Children s Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Acta Paediatr 98:8-16. 2009..The preponderance of existing evidence suggests the potential for harm. Parents should exercise due caution in exposing infants to excessive media... - Early television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in childrenDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 113:708-13. 2004..The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that early television exposure (at ages 1 and 3) is associated with attentional problems at age 7... - Publication ethics: editors' perspectivesDimitri A Christakis
Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, and the Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98115 8160, USA
J Pediatr 149:S39-42. 2006..Given how important the process is to the advancement of medicine, this oversight seems unfortunate. This article reviews several salient ethical challenges from the perspective of two editors of a pediatric journal... - Variation in inpatient diagnostic testing and management of bronchiolitisDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 115:878-84. 2005.... - Continuity of care is associated with high-quality careby parental reportDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98103 8652, USA
Pediatrics 109:e54. 2002..The benefits of continuity of pediatric care remain controversial... - A trade-off analysis of routine newborn circumcisionD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Pediatrics 105:246-9. 2000..The risks associated with newborn circumcision have not been as extensively evaluated as the benefits... 
The association between greater continuity of care and timely measles-mumps-rubella vaccinationD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98103 8652, USA
Am J Public Health 90:962-5. 2000..This study assessed whether greater continuity of care is associated with timely administration of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination...- A randomized controlled trial of point-of-care evidence to improve the antibiotic prescribing practices for otitis media in childrenD A Christakis
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 107:E15. 2001..Prescribing practices for otitis media are not consistent with current evidence-based recommendations... - Association of lower continuity of care with greater risk of emergency department use and hospitalization in childrenD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98103 8652, USA
Pediatrics 107:524-9. 2001..The benefits of continuity of pediatric care remain controversial... - Violent television viewing during preschool is associated with antisocial behavior during school ageDimitri A Christakis
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Pediatrics 120:993-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that exposure to violent television viewing when children are 2 to 5 years of age would be associated with antisocial behavior at ages 7 to 10... - Effect of block play on language acquisition and attention in toddlers: a pilot randomized controlled trialDimitri A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, and Child Health Institute, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th St, Ste 210, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:967-71. 2007..To test the hypotheses that block play improves language acquisition and attention... - Problematic internet usage in US college students: a pilot studyDimitri A Christakis
Seattle Children s Research Institute, Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, 2001 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
BMC Med 9:77. 2011..Internet addiction among US college students remains a concern, but robust estimates of its prevalence are lacking... - Methodologic issues in pediatric outcomes researchD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
Ambul Pediatr 1:59-62. 2001..This article reviews these problematic areas and argues for a broad conceptual definition of pediatric health, a systems approach to assessing outcomes, and increased interdisciplinary collaboration... - Continuity and quality of care for children with diabetes who are covered by medicaidD A Christakis
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103 8652, USA
Ambul Pediatr 1:99-103. 2001..However, little is known about the quality of care that these children receive and which factors are associated with better quality of care... - Internet addiction: a 21st century epidemic?Dimitri A Christakis
Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
BMC Med 8:61. 2010..In this commentary, I outline my recommendations for improved diagnosis, study and prevention of internet addiction... - Association between parental satisfaction and antibiotic prescription for children with cough and cold symptomsDimitri A Christakis
Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:774-7. 2005..Providers' interest in satisfying parents may provide an impetus for unnecessary antibiotic use in children... - Emergency department use and perceived delay in accessing illness care among children with MedicaidAlison A Galbraith
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:509-13. 2004..Children covered by Medicaid are at increased risk of emergency department (ED) utilization.Objective.-To examine whether an association exists between ED use and perceived delay in accessing acute care... - Engagement in "My Child's Asthma", an interactive web-based pediatric asthma management interventionHendrika Meischke
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Int J Med Inform 80:765-74. 2011.... - Health plan notification and feedback to providers is associated with increased filling of preventer medications for children with asthma enrolled in MedicaidWilliam O Cooper
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 2504, USA
J Pediatr 152:481-8. 2008..To test the hypothesis that children enrolled in Medicaid managed care health plans that provide asthma-specific communication to providers would be more likely to have adequate asthma medication filling... - Trends in pediatric hospitalizations of children in washington state by insurance and chronic condition status, 1991-1998John M Neff
Center for Children with Special Needs, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, CM 09, Seattle, WA 98105 0371, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:703-9. 2002..To examine the possible impact of changes in the organization and management of the Medicaid program on hospitalization patterns for children with chronic and nonchronic conditions between January 1, 1991, and December 31, 1998... - 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... - Toward family-centered inpatient medical care: the role of parents as participants in medical decisionsBeth A Tarini
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Pediatr 151:690-5, 695.e1. 2007..To determine parental participation in medical decision-making (MDM) during hospitalization and its association with parental self-efficacy and to explore other factors associated with participation... - A content analysis of displayed alcohol references on a social networking web siteMegan A Moreno
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 4108, USA
J Adolesc Health 47:168-75. 2010..The purpose of this study was to conduct a theoretically based content analysis of older adolescents' displayed alcohol references on a social networking web site... - Risk of death for children with down syndrome and sepsisMichelle M Garrison
Child Health Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 4920, USA
J Pediatr 147:748-52. 2005..To determine differences in case fatality rates between children with and without Down syndrome... - Hospital characteristics associated with the management of pediatric splenic injuriesStephen M Bowman
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
JAMA 294:2611-7. 2005..As asplenic children are at increased risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection, nonoperative management may be considered a quality of care indicator... - Primary language of parent is associated with disparities in pediatric preventive careAdam L Cohen
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, and Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Pediatr 148:254-8. 2006..To determine whether infants of parents whose primary language is not English are less likely to receive recommended preventive care than infants of parents whose primary language is English... - Prevention of deaths from harmful drinking in the United States: the potential effects of tax increases and advertising bans on young drinkersWilliam Hollingworth
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Box 359960, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 2499, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:300-8. 2006..In this study, we estimate the impact of interventions to reduce the prevalence of drinking among youth on subsequent drinking patterns and alcohol-attributable mortality... - Dietary energy density is associated with selected predictors of obesity in U.S. ChildrenJason A Mendoza
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Nutr 136:1318-22. 2006..Although food insecurity and WIC enrollment were not associated with DED in this study sample, milk consumption in children < or = 4 y old was associated with lower DED... - Nutrition menu labeling may lead to lower-calorie restaurant meal choices for childrenPooja S Tandon
Seattle Children s Research Institute, 1100 Olive Way, Suite 500, MPW 8 1, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pediatrics 125:244-8. 2010..Our aim was to determine whether nutrition labeling on menus would lead to lower-calorie choices for children... - Systematic review of the relationship between early introduction of solid foods to infants and the development of allergic diseaseBeth A Tarini
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7183, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:502-7. 2006..To assess the evidence that early solid feeding (before age 4 months) increases the risk of allergic disease... - Associations between media viewing and language development in children under age 2 yearsFrederick J Zimmerman
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
J Pediatr 151:364-8. 2007..To test the association of media exposure with language development in children under age 2 years... - The role of hospital profit status in pediatric spleen injury managementStephen M Bowman
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 3591, USA
Med Care 46:331-8. 2008..Evidence suggests that over 90% of pediatric splenic injuries can be successfully managed nonoperatively. Although pediatric hospitals have rapidly adopted nonoperative management, variability exists among other types of hospitals... - Associations between content types of early media exposure and subsequent attentional problemsFrederick J Zimmerman
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th St, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
Pediatrics 120:986-92. 2007..We tested the hypothesis that early television viewing of 3 content types is associated with subsequent attentional problems. The 3 different content types are educational, nonviolent entertainment, and violent entertainment... - A comparison of reviewers selected by editors and reviewers suggested by authorsFrederick P Rivara
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Pediatr 151:202-5. 2007..To compare reviews done by editor-selected reviewers with reviews by author-suggested reviewers, examining the quality, timeliness, and recommendations of the 2 sets of reviewers... - Television and DVD/video viewing in children younger than 2 yearsFrederick J Zimmerman
Child Health Institute, and Department of Health Services, University of Washington, and the Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle 98115, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:473-9. 2007..To determine the television-, DVD-, and video-viewing habits of children younger than 2 years... - 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... - Quality of care for medicaid-covered youth treated with antidepressant therapyLaura P Richardson
Child Health Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:475-80. 2004..Although antidepressant use has increased in pediatric populations, few studies have addressed the quality of follow-up care or duration of treatment for depressed youth... - Mental illness hospitalizations of youth in Washington StateMichelle M Garrison
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 4920, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:781-5. 2004..To determine if mental health hospitalizations have increased among youth... - Prevention of smoking-related deaths in the United StatesFrederick P Rivara
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:118-25. 2004..Tobacco is the leading cause of death in the United States. The majority of people who smoke begin before age 18... - Lactobacillus therapy for acute infectious diarrhea in children: a meta-analysisCornelius W Van Niel
Sea Mar Community Health Center, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA
Pediatrics 109:678-84. 2002..We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled studies to assess whether treatment with Lactobacillus improves clinical outcomes in children with acute infectious diarrhea... - Tinker, tailor, soldier, patient: work attributes and depression disparities among young adultsFrederick J Zimmerman
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, USA
Soc Sci Med 58:1889-901. 2004..We conclude that part of the SES-depression relationship may arise from the psychosocial aspects of jobs, which we have found to be significantly and meaningfully associated with depressive symptoms among employed young adults... - Pediatricians' use of and attitudes about personal digital assistantsAaron E Carroll
Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Pediatrics 113:238-42. 2004..Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are being increasingly used in medical practice. Although they have been touted as having the ability to improve efficiency and safety, little is known about pediatricians' use of and attitudes about PDAs... - Smoking cessation interventions for adolescents: a systematic reviewMichelle M Garrison
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Box 354920, 6200 NE 74th Street, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:363-7. 2003..To conduct a systematic review of controlled trials for adolescent smoking cessation... - Depression in Medicaid-covered youth: differences by race and ethnicityLaura P Richardson
Child Health Institute, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:984-9. 2003..Racial disparities have previously been noted in antidepressant use among Medicaid-covered youth... - Provision of pneumococcal prophylaxis for publicly insured children with sickle cell diseaseColin M Sox
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7183, USA
JAMA 290:1057-61. 2003..It is recommended that children younger than 5 years with sickle cell disease (SCD) take daily prophylactic antibiotics to prevent pneumococcal infections; however, how much prophylactic medication they actually are dispensed is unclear... - Characteristics of deaths occurring in children's hospitals: implications for supportive care servicesChris Feudtner
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98103 8552, USA
Pediatrics 109:887-93. 2002..End-of-life care is an important yet underdeveloped component of pediatric hospital services... - Antiemetic use for acute gastroenteritis in childrenSu Ting T Li
Child Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:475-9. 2003.... - Resident documentation discrepancies in a neonatal intensive care unitAaron E Carroll
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7183, USA
Pediatrics 111:976-80. 2003..Medical errors are common and potentially dangerous. Little is known about the role of documentation errors... - Continuity of binge and harmful drinking from late adolescence to early adulthoodCarolyn A McCarty
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115 8160, USA
Pediatrics 114:714-9. 2004..To test the hypothesis that late adolescent drinking behavior (ages 17-20) is associated with harmful and binge drinking in early adulthood (ages 30-31)... - Use of incident reports by physicians and nurses to document medical errors in pediatric patientsJames A Taylor
Developmental Center for Evaluation and Research in Pediatric Patient Safety, University of Washington and Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98915 4920, USA
Pediatrics 114:729-35. 2004.... - Continuity of care for children in foster careDavid L DiGiuseppe
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 4920, USA
Pediatrics 111:e208-13. 2003..To compare the continuity of care experienced by children who are in foster care with that of children who are not in foster care and are covered under Medicaid managed care and Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS)... - A systematic review of nonpharmacological and nonsurgical therapies for gastroesophageal reflux in infantsAaron E Carroll
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, H 220 Health Sciences Center, Box 357183, Seattle, WA 98195 7183, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:109-13. 2002..Nonpharmacological and nonsurgical measures are often recommended for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants, despite ambiguous supporting evidence... - Parental emotional support and subsequent internalizing and externalizing problems among childrenCarolyn A McCarty
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 26:267-75. 2005..This study discusses the importance of very early parental emotional support in promoting positive child development... - Children's television viewing and cognitive outcomes: a longitudinal analysis of national dataFrederick J Zimmerman
Child Health Institute, and Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:619-25. 2005..To test the independent effects of television viewing in children before age 3 years and at ages 3 to 5 years on several measures of cognitive outcomes at ages 6 and 7 years... - Nonfebrile illness seizures: a unique seizure category?Danielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Epilepsia 46:952-5. 2005..To describe the clinical characteristics of children with a first-time nonfebrile seizure in the setting of mild illness and to test the hypothesis that these seizures are associated with illness characterized by diarrhea... - Compliance with guidelines for the medical care of first urinary tract infections in infants: a population-based studyAdam L Cohen
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th St, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Pediatrics 115:1474-8. 2005..No population-based studies have examined the degree to which practice parameters are followed for urinary tract infections in infants... - Early cognitive stimulation, emotional support, and television watching as predictors of subsequent bullying among grade-school childrenFrederick J Zimmerman
Department of Health Services, Child Health Institute, University of Washington, 6200 NE 74th Street, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98115 8160, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:384-8. 2005..Bullying is a major public health issue, the risk factors for which are poorly understood... - Infection control policies and hospital-associated infections among surgical patients: variability and associations in a multicenter pediatric settingDanielle M Zerr
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pediatrics 115:e387-92. 2005..Hospital-associated infections are an important cause of patient morbidity and death. Little is known about the variability of infection rates and infection control practices among pediatric hospitals... - Where do children with complex chronic conditions die? Patterns in Washington State, 1980-1998Chris Feudtner
Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98103 8552, USA
Pediatrics 109:656-60. 2002..We sought to test whether deaths attributable to underlying complex chronic conditions (CCCs) were increasingly occurring at home and to determine what features were associated with home deaths... - Mortality attributable to harmful drinking in the United States, 2000Frederick P Rivara
Department of Pediatrics, and the Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115 8160, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:530-6. 2004..This study provides updated information on the number of deaths in the United States attributable to harmful drinking... - Preschoolers' total daily screen time at home and by type of child carePooja S Tandon
Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
J Pediatr 158:297-300. 2011..To assess preschoolers' cumulative daily screen time, measure the contributions of the home and the child care setting to this total, and characterize children that are most at risk for excessive screen time... - Dietary energy density is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in U.S. adultsJason A Mendoza
Children s Nutrition Research Center and Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 2600, USA
Diabetes Care 30:974-9. 2007..Rising obesity rates have been linked to the consumption of energy-dense diets. We examined whether dietary energy density was associated with obesity and related disorders including insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome... - 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... - StepWatch stride counting: accuracy, precision, and prediction of energy expenditure in childrenKristie F Bjornson
Developmental Medicine, Seattle Children s Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 5:7-14. 2012..Accuracy and precision of the StepWatch (SW) was tested in typically developing youth (TDY) with the prediction of oxygen consumption derived from stride counts... - Variations between hospitals in antireflux procedures in childrenAdam B Goldin
Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105 0371, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:658-63. 2009..To examine the differences and trends in pediatric antireflux procedures (ARPs) across individual pediatric hospitals over time... - Language disparities and timely care for children in managed care MedicaidAllison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Fl, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:417-26. 2008..To examine the relationship of race/ethnicity, language, communication with providers, and interpreter use with timeliness of illness and routine care for children in managed care Medicaid... - A systematic review of school-based smoking prevention trials with long-term follow-upSarah E Wiehe
Child Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:162-9. 2005..The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of rigorously evaluated interventions for school-based smoking prevention with long-term follow-up data... - Perceptions about computers and the internet in a pediatric clinic populationAaron E Carroll
Children s Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:122-6. 2005..A digital divide with respect to computer and Internet access has been noted in numerous studies and reports. Equally important to ownership is comfort with computers and Internet technology, and concerns about privacy of personal data... - Health care use by children diagnosed as having developmental delayMargaret M Gallaher
Children s Medical Services, 2040 S Pacheco, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:246-51. 2002..Although children with developmental delay are known to have increased health care use, it is unclear what proportion of that health care use is related to associated chronic health conditions... - Medicaid acceptance and availability of timely follow-up for newborns with MedicaidAlison A Galbraith
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 116:1148-54. 2005.... - Pediatricians' screening urinalysis practicesColin M Sox
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Pediatr 147:362-5. 2005..To determine pediatricians' routine screening urinalysis practices...
Research Grants
- Media Impact on Preschool BehaviorDimitri Christakis; Fiscal Year: 2009..The goal will be to determine if this makes a positive difference in their behavior. ..
- Internet Based Patient-Centered Asthma Management SystemDimitri Christakis; Fiscal Year: 2009..Children in AsthmaNet families will be more likely to report using written care plans. Aim 4: to decrease the number of symptom days for children with asthma H4. Children in AsthmaNet families will experience fewer symptom days. ..
- Internet Based Patient-Centered Asthma Management SystemDimitri Christakis; Fiscal Year: 2007..Children in AsthmaNet families will be more likely to report using written care plans. Aim 4: to decrease the number of symptom days for children with asthma H4. Children in AsthmaNet families will experience fewer symptom days. ..
- Parent Initiated Prevention ProgramDimitri Christakis; Fiscal Year: 2005..3) To improve parental perceptions of the quality of care provided.H3: Compared to controls, PIPP parents will report higher scores on selected Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS) items. ..
- Media Impact on Preschool BehaviorDimitri A Christakis; Fiscal Year: 2010..The goal will be to determine if this makes a positive difference in their behavior. ..