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November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study created the Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment, designed to help primary care physicians foresee depression in teens one year in advance, enabling appropriate intervention with kids even mildly at risk and potentially heading off development of the disorder.
November 20, 2008 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.
November 14, 2003 | Program Result
The State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment developed ways to remove barriers to the sustainability of school-based health centers in order to widen access to basic primary physical and mental health services.
January 29, 2002 | Program Result
The Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, N.J. implemented a model of care delivery for children affected by severe chronic illnesses and disabilities and their families.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey examined why people use hospital emergency departments for medically nonurgent situations - a situation that occurs in as many as two-thirds of pediatric visits to emergency departments.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children's Futures, a 10-year RWJF initiative, developed a comprehensive, citywide program in Trenton, N.J. focusing on the critical time period of prenatal care to age three to ensure health and school readiness. This article explores the initiative's first five years, the available results and lessons learned.
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 ...