OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of kinship care on behavioral problems after 18 and 36 months in out-of-home care. Growth in placement of children with kin has occurred despite conflicting evidence regarding its benefits compared with foster care. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and assess the validity and reliability of the Collaborative Care for Attention Deficit Disorders Scale (CCADDS), a measure of collaborative care processes for children with ADHD who attend primary care practices. METHODS: Collaborative care was…

Trained counselors interviewed 192 women who had been trafficked and sexually exploited about abuse and evaluated their physical and mental health status within 14 days of entry into posttrafficking services. Most reported physical or sexual violence while trafficked (95%),…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that clinical alerts for routine pediatric vaccinations within an electronic health record would reduce missed opportunities for vaccination and improve immunization rates for young children in an inner-city population…

OBJECTIVE: To identify correlates of behavioral management strategies and to test whether children with more severe behavioral problems have care transferred to mental health specialists. METHODS: Secondary analysis of the Child Behavior Study. Children ages 4 to 15 years old were…

OBJECTIVE: The problems children have upon entering foster care can potentially explain prior research findings that frequent placement changes are associated with poor outcomes. This study sought to disentangle this cascading relationship in order to identify the independent impact of…

OBJECTIVE: An opportunity exists to use increasingly prevalent electronic health records to efficiently gather immunization, clinical, and demographic data to assess and subsequently reduce barriers to immunization. The objective of this study was to use data entered at the point of…

Youth exiting detention facilities have particularly high rates of co-occurring health-risk behaviors, while lacking access to the health care system. Not surprisingly, these youth suffer a disproportionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. Their time of incarceration often…

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether racial and ethnic disparities in health care use differ for physical and behavioral health conditions. DATA SOURCES: Secondary analysis of the 1996–1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of children aged…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the presentation of young children with abdominal trauma caused by high-velocity accidental (HVA), low-velocity accidental (LVA), and inflicted injury, and to test the hypothesis that a delay in care is highly predictive of an inflicted injury. METHODS: We…