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| Asheley Cockrell SkinnerSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Source of parental reports of child height and weight during phone interviews and influence on obesity prevalence estimates among children aged 3-17 yearsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Public Health Rep 128:46-53. 2013..We compared parental reports of children's height and weight when the values were estimated vs. parent-measured to determine how these reports influence the estimated prevalence of childhood obesity...- Self-reported energy intake by age in overweight and healthy-weight children in NHANES, 2001-2008Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Pediatrics 130:e936-42. 2012..Therefore, our objective was to determine the relationship between reported daily energy intake and categorized weight status across childhood... - Cholesterol curves to identify population norms by age and sex in healthy weight childrenAsheley Cockrell Skinner
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:233-7. 2012..Develop clinically applicable charts of lipid values illustrating fluctuations throughout childhood and by sex among healthy weight children... - Effects of insurance status on children's access to specialty care: a systematic review of the literatureAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 7:194. 2007..Our objective was to review the literature on the effects of insurance status on children's access to specialty care... 
Influence of changes in supply on the distribution of pediatric subspecialty careMichelle L Mayer
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7225, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:1087-91. 2009..To examine whether recently certified pediatric subspecialists enter markets that previously lacked subspecialists and to determine whether changes in overall supply are associated with changes in geographic availability of care...- Using BMI to determine cardiovascular risk in childhood: how do the BMI cutoffs fare?Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Management, School ofNursing, University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 124:e905-12. 2009..We examined whether the existing BMI percentile cutoffs are optimal for defining increased risk for dyslipidemia, dysglycemia, and hypertension... - Health status and health care expenditures in a nationally representative sample: how do overweight and healthy-weight children compare?Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Pediatrics 121:e269-77. 2008..Our objective was to examine whether overweight children have (1) more chronic conditions, (2) poorer health, and (3) greater health care expenditures than healthy-weight children... 
Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parentsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7411, USA
Diabetes Care 31:227-9. 2008..To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents' weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy behaviors...- Rural/urban differences in barriers to and burden of care for children with special health care needsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Rural Health 23:150-7. 2007..To examine the barriers and difficulties experienced by rural families of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in caring for their children... - Healthy for now? A cross-sectional study of the comorbidities in obese preschool children in the United StatesAsheley Cockrell Skinner
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 49:648-55. 2010..Examine health of preschoolers by BMI status... - The effect of rural residence on dental unmet need for children with special health care needsAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Rural Health 22:36-42. 2006..The combination of rural residence and special health care needs may leave rural CSHCN particularly vulnerable to high levels of unmet dental needs... - Physical activity and BMI in a nationally representative sample of children and adolescentsArlene E Chung
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7110, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:122-9. 2012..To examine objectively measured physical activity levels by age, sex, and BMI for children and adolescents in a nationally representative sample... - The effects of rural residence and other social vulnerabilities on subjective measures of unmet needMichelle L Mayer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:617-28. 2005..Findings suggest that rural residence and other social vulnerabilities are associated with decreased perception of need, which may bias subjective measurements of unmet need for these populations... - Unmet need for therapy services, assistive devices, and related services: data from the national survey of children with special health care needsStacey C Dusing
Program in Human Movement Science, Division of Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:448-54. 2004..Our findings highlight the importance of insurance coverage in ensuring access to therapy services, assistive devices, and related services... - The importance of screening for healthy weight and recommending healthy lifestyles in pediatric patientsEliana M Perrin
Division of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
N C Med J 74:34-8. 2013..North Carolina is a leader with its Eat Smart, Move More campaign and tools that can help pediatric care providers achieve greater self-efficacy... - Parental recall of doctor communication of weight status: national trends from 1999 through 2008Eliana M Perrin
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 231 MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7225, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:317-22. 2012..To examine time trends in parental reports of health professional notification of childhood overweight over the last decade and to determine the characteristics most associated with such notification... - Multiple markers of inflammation and weight status: cross-sectional analyses throughout childhoodAsheley Cockrell Skinner
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Pediatrics 125:e801-9. 2010..Our objective was to examine relationships between multiple markers of inflammation and children's weight status; we hypothesized that the prevalence of inflammatory markers would increase as weight status increased... - Fasting might not be necessary before lipid screening: a nationally representative cross-sectional studyMichael J Steiner
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 128:463-70. 2011..There are barriers to fasting lipid screening for at-risk children. Results of studies in adults have suggested that lipid testing might be reliably performed without fasting... - Use of a tool to determine perceived barriers to children's healthy eating and physical activity and relationships to health behaviorsJulie C Jacobson Vann
University of North Carolina, School of Nursing, Health Care Systems, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Pediatr Nurs 26:404-15. 2011..Although additional testing is needed, the tool provides clinicians with an approach to identify barriers and behaviors for targeted counseling... - Unmet need for routine and specialty care: data from the National Survey of Children With Special Health Care NeedsMichelle L Mayer
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7590, USA
Pediatrics 113:e109-15. 2004..To assess the prevalence of unmet needs for routine and specialty care among children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and to identify factors associated with the likelihood of having unmet need for medical care... - Use of a pediatrician toolkit to address parental perception of children's weight status, nutrition, and activity behaviorsEliana M Perrin
Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 231 MacNider Building, 333 South Columbia St, CB 7225, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:274-81. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine whether accuracy of parental perception of children's weight status and reports of related behaviors changed following a brief pediatrics resident intervention... - Too many, too few, too concentrated? A review of the pediatric subspecialty workforce literatureMichelle L Mayer
Department of Health Policy and Administration, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, and Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill 27599 7590, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:1158-65. 2004..To summarize recent pediatric subspecialty workforce analyses and to highlight similarities and differences across studies... - Intensive care in critical access hospitalsVictoria A Freeman
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Rural Health 23:116-23. 2007..Although critical access hospitals (CAHs) have limitations on number of acute care beds and average length of stay, some of them provide intensive care unit (ICU) services... - Improving the quality of discharge communication with an educational interventionMikelle Key-Solle
Department of Pediatrics, Levine Children s Hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA
Pediatrics 126:734-9. 2010..Content of the inpatient discharge summary (DS) is not uniformly addressed by residency programs...