You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 12 results
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A number of negative health consequences in children have been associated with overexposure to media. The goal of this research was to better understand parental approaches to influencing children's use of media (television, video and computer). An ...
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
In the current study, investigators examined sexual health services provided to urban adolescent females. The study also focused on predictors of gynecologic care for sexually active adolescents. Study participants were 819 girls attending public hi ...
October 1, 2006 | Journal Article
When primary care physicians refer children to specialty physicians, it is important that the physicians communicate effectively with each other in order to provide patients with optimal care. Though pediatricians have identified lack of communicati ...
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors report on part of a study that identifies barriers to timely entry into gynecologic care among adolescent girls. Using self-administered surveys of predominantly minority adolescent girls at three inner-city schools, they find that 34 pe ...
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Despite the importance of access to risk-appropriate reproductive care, there is limited information on the perspectives of mothers and daughters about facilitators and barriers to receiving this care. Researchers conducted five focus groups with a ...
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Students who become pregnant in their teens are more likely to drop out of school, increasing the likelihood of persistent poverty and social disadvantage. This study examined the effect of school-based prenatal services on school attendance and dro ...
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia and gonorrhea, are easy to cure but often go undiagnosed because they are mostly asymptomatic. Untreated, they can cause ectopic pregnancies, PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) and infertility. This study ...
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Modest evidence from controlled clinical studies supports the use of antipsychotic medications to treat severe disruptive behaviors, such as autism and Tourette syndrome, in children and adolescents. However, the use of these drugs to treat milder b ...
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Poor training in pediatric palliative care contributes to care that is often fragmented and may neglect the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the child and family.
January 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Four mutually exclusive racial and ethnic categories are used to measure disparities in care.