Perception of Neighborhood Safety and Children's Physical Activity
This study aims to determine if parental perception of neighborhood safety versus danger impacts physical activity for 11- to 12-year-old children.
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Principal Investigator: Aalborg, Annette
Intrauterine Contraception Use in Adolescent Women in a California Managed Care Setting
This is a retrospective cohort study comparing infection rates, pregnancy rates, and continuation rates among adolescents aged 13 to 19 using intrauterine contraception versus oral contraceptive pills.
Funder: Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program
Principal Investigator: Gupta, Pratima
A Brief Intervention in Adolescents with Alcohol Intoxication Presenting to the Emergency Department
The primary goal of this study is to conduct a prospective, randomized trial of two acute interventions for alcohol abuse versus control in adolescents presenting to emergecny departments for alcohol-related complaints. Patients will perform a validated alcohol abuse audit prior to intervention then be recontacted in one year to perform a post-intervention audit for comparison.
Funder: California Office of Traffic Safety
Principal Investigator: Offerman, Stephen
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) After Childhood Vaccines
A collaborative study with several HMOs to provide an analysis of vaccine adverse events.
Funder: Food and Drug Administration
Principal Investigator: Baxter, Roger
The Burden of Childhood Stroke: Financial Costs and Health-related Quality of Life
This study measures utility scores for childhood/neonatal stroke from "societal" and from "patient" perspectives by interviewing parents of "at risk" children and parents of children that have suffered stroke.
Funder: American Heart Association
Principal Investigator: Sidney, Stephen
Adolescent Family-Based Alcohol Prevention
This project tests two different models of family-based primary care prevention for adolescent substance abuse.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Principal Investigator: Aalborg, Annette
The Role of Infection in Childhood Stroke
This study determines whether infection is a risk factor for childhood stroke, including both first stroke and stroke recurrence, based on medical record review and structured interview of stroke cases (or surrogates) and age-matched controls randomly selected.
Funder: Nat. Inst. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Principal Investigator: Sidney, Stephen
Antipsychotic Medication Use Among Children and Risk of Diabetes
Mellitus
Andrade, S. E.;
Lo, J. C.;
Roblin, D.;
Fouayzi, H.;
Connor, D. F.;
Penfold, R. B.;
Chandra, M.;
Reed, G.;
Gurwitz, J. H.;
Pediatrics
Nov 21 2011
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ADHD Drugs and Serious Cardiovascular Events in Children and Young
Adults
Cooper, W. O.;
Habel, L. A.;
Sox, C. M.;
Chan, K. A.;
Arbogast, P. G.;
Cheetham, T. C.;
Murray, K. T.;
Quinn, V. P.;
Stein, C. M.;
Callahan, S. T.;
Fireman, B. H.;
Fish, F. A.;
Kirshner, H. S.;
O'Duffy, A.;
Connell, F. A.;
Ray, W. A.;
Nov 1 2011
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Perceptions of Middle School Educators in Hawai'i about
School-based Gardening and Child Health
Ahmed, A. T.;
Oshiro, C. E.;
Loharuka, S.;
Novotny, R.;
Hawaii medical journal
70
(7 Suppl 1):
11-5
Jul 2011
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Autonomic and Adrenocortical Reactivity and Buccal Cell Telomere
Length in Kindergarten Children
Kroenke, C. H.;
Epel, E.;
Adler, N.;
Bush, N. R.;
Obradovic, J.;
Lin, J.;
Blackburn, E.;
Stamperdahl, J. L.;
Boyce, W. T.;
Aug 26 2011
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Does Gender Moderate the Relationship Between Childhood
Maltreatment and Adult Depression?
Arnow, B. A.;
Blasey, C. M.;
Hunkeler, E. M.;
Lee, J.;
Hayward, C.;
Child Maltreat
Jul 4 2011
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The influence of neighborhood food stores on change in young girls' body mass index
Leung, C. W.;
Laraia, B. A.;
Kelly, M.;
Nickleach, D.;
Adler, N. E.;
Kushi, L. H.;
Yen, I. H.;
Am J Prev Med
41
(1):
43-51
Jul 2011
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Father absence, body mass index, and pubertal timing in girls:
differential effects by family income and ethnicity
Deardorff, J.;
Ekwaru, J. P.;
Kushi, L. H.;
Ellis, B. J.;
Greenspan, L. C.;
Mirabedi, A.;
Landaverde, E. G.;
Hiatt, R. A.;
J Adolesc Health
48
(5):
441-7
May 2011
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Adverse childhood experiences and repeat induced abortion
Bleil, M. E.;
Adler, N. E.;
Pasch, L. A.;
Sternfeld, B.;
Reijo-Pera, R. A.;
Cedars, M. I.;
Am J Obstet Gynecol
Nov 10 2010
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Pubertal Assessment Method and Baseline Characteristics in a Mixed
Longitudinal Study of Girls
Biro, F. M.;
Galvez, M. P.;
Greenspan, L. C.;
Succop, P. A.;
Vangeepuram, N.;
Pinney, S. M.;
Teitelbaum, S.;
Windham, G. C.;
Kushi, L. H.;
Wolff, M. S.;
Pediatrics
Aug 9 2010
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Access to Treatment for Adolescents With Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities
Sterling, S.;
Weisner, C.;
Hinman, A.;
Parthasarathy, S.;
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
49
(7):
637-646
Jul 2010
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Measuring the neighborhood environment: associations with young
girls' energy intake and expenditure in a cross-sectional study
Leung, C. W.;
Gregorich, S. E.;
Laraia, B. A.;
Kushi, L. H.;
Yen, I. H.;
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act
7
(1):
52
Jun 1 2010
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Incidence, Prevalence, and Time Trends of Pediatric Inflammatory
Bowel Disease in Northern California, 1996 to 2006
Abramson, O.;
Durant, M.;
Mow, W.;
Finley, A.;
Kodali, P.;
Wong, A.;
Tavares, V.;
McCroskey, E.;
Liu, L.;
Lewis, J. D.;
Allison, J. E.;
Flowers, N.;
Hutfless, S.;
Velayos, F. S.;
Perry, G. S.;
Cannon, R.;
Herrinton, L. J.;
J Pediatr
Apr 16 2010
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Incidence, prevalence, and time trends of pediatric inflammatory
bowel disease in Northern California, 1996 to 2006
Abramson, O.;
Durant, M.;
Mow, W.;
Finley, A.;
Kodali, P.;
Wong, A.;
Tavares, V.;
McCroskey, E.;
Liu, L.;
Lewis, J. D.;
Allison, J. E.;
Flowers, N.;
Hutfless, S.;
Velayos, F. S.;
Perry, G. S.;
Cannon, R.;
Herrinton, L. J.;
J Pediatr
157
(2):
233-239 e1
Aug 2010
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Investigation of Relationships between Urinary Biomarkers of Phytoestrogens, Phthalates, and Phenols and Pubertal Stages in Girls
Wolff, M. S.;
Teitelbaum, S. L.;
Pinney, S. M.;
Windham, G.;
Liao, L.;
Biro, F.;
Kushi, L. H.;
Erdmann, C.;
Hiatt, R. A.;
Rybak, M. E.;
Calafat, A. M.;
Environ Health Perspect
118
(7):
1039-46
Jul 2010
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Otitis media and its consequences: beyond the earache
Vergison, A.;
Dagan, R.;
Arguedas, A.;
Bonhoeffer, J.;
Cohen, R.;
Dhooge, I.;
Hoberman, A.;
Liese, J.;
Marchisio, P.;
Palmu, A. A.;
Ray, G. T.;
Sanders, E. A.;
Simoes, E. A.;
Uhari, M.;
van Eldere, J.;
Pelton, S. I.;
Lancet Infect Dis
10
(3):
195-203
Mar 2010
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