July 1, 2002
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Program Result
The University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health and the University of Toronto undertook a collaborative research and dissemination project on the prevalence and nature of childcare provided by grandparents.
September 1, 2001
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Program Result
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center planned and implemented a comprehensive, coordinated service system to address the medical and social needs of chronically ill children and their families in New Hampshire.
January 1, 2002
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1996, staff from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care developed a model for a family support program to address problems encountered by pre-term infants and their families.
August 1, 2000
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Program Result
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children enabled Grandparents As Second Parents to test and to disseminate for national use a peer support program it had developed for grandparents raising their grandchildren.
June 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Concerns about the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter cold medications have led to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration public health advisory against their use in children 2 years of age. This study's goal was to examine caregiver understanding of the age indication of over-the-counter cold medication labels and identify factors, associated with caregiver understanding.
December 1, 2007
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Journal Article
This study examines the degree to which parents serve as information intermediaries in children referred from community practice to an academic referral center, as well as both parent and physician attitudes to their performing this role.
August 1, 2004
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Program Result
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), Washington commenced a study of care for children who die and their families in 2000, and issued a report in July 2002.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology produced both a book and a video to help parents of children with a physical disability create a supportive home environment.
January 1, 2006
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Program Result
Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.
March 1, 2006
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Program Result
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1999 more than 3.9 million children in America were being raised in homes maintained by one or more grandparent.