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Direct linkFenning, Rachel M.; Steinberg-Epstein, Robin; Butter, Eric M.; Chan, James; McKinnon-Bermingham, Kelly; Hammersmith, Kimberly J.; Moffitt, Jacquelyn; Shui, Amy M.; Parker, Robert A.; Coury, Daniel L.; Wang, Paul P.; Kuhlthau, Karen A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Dental care received by children in the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (ATN) was compared to National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) data for children without special healthcare needs and children with parent-reported ASD. Correlates of obtained preventive dental services were examined within the ATN sample. Participants included 375…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Access to Health Care
Walls, Morgan; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Feinberg, Emily; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Bair-Merritt, Megan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at high risk for being overweight and obese. Little is known about how obesity in children with ASD is being addressed in primary care. This article reports findings from a survey completed by 327 general pediatricians, which included a fictional clinical vignette and Likert-scales assessing…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Azor-Martinez, Ernestina; Cobos-Carrascosa, Elena; Seijas-Vazquez, Maria Luisa; Fernández-Sánchez, Carmen; Strizzi, Jenna M.; Torres-Alegre, Pilar; Santisteban-Martínez, Joaquin; Gimenez-Sanchez, Francisco – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: We assessed the effectiveness of a handwashing program using hand sanitizer to prevent school absenteeism due to upper respiratory infections (URIs). Methods: This was a randomized, controlled, and open study on a sample of 1341 children 4-12 years old, attending 5 state schools in Almería (Spain), with an 8-month follow-up. The…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Attendance, Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups
Download full textLeininger, Lindsey; Levy, Helen – Future of Children, 2015
It might seem strange to ask whether increasing access to medical care can improve children's health. Yet Lindsey Leininger and Helen Levy begin by pointing out that access to care plays a smaller role than we might think, and that many other factors, such as those discussed elsewhere in this issue, strongly influence children's health.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Access to Health Care, Public Policy, Supply and Demand
Stewart, John – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2011
British child guidance was a form of psychiatric, preventive medicine for children and young people and centred, at least in principle, on specialist clinics led by psychiatrists. From small beginnings in the aftermath of the First World War, child guidance expanded steadily, in terms of both numbers of patients and numbers of clinics, and came to…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Preventive Medicine, Parent Child Relationship, Adjustment (to Environment)
Peer reviewedVogt, Thomas M. – American Journal of Public Health, 1984
A longitudinal study of 1,761 children found that children in nonsmoking households used significantly more outpatient services than did those in smoking households, a relationship largely accounted for by the use of more preventive medical services by those in nonsmoking households. (CMG)
Descriptors: Children, Medical Services, Parents, Preventive Medicine
Richler, Jennifer; Luyster, Rhiannon; Risi, Susan; Hsu, Wan-Ling; Dawson, Geraldine; Bernier, Raphael; Dunn, Michelle; Hepburn, Susan; Hyman, Susan L.; McMahon, William M.; Goudie-Nice, Julie; Minshew, Nancy; Rogers, Sally; Sigman, Marian; Spence, M. Anne; Goldberg, Wendy A.; Tager-Flusbert, Helen; Volkmar, Fred R.; Lord, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
A multi-site study of 351 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and 31 typically developing children used caregiver interviews to describe the children's early acquisition and loss of social-communication milestones. For the majority of children with ASD who had experienced a regression, pre-loss development was clearly atypical. Children…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interviews, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children
Peer reviewedIsmail, Amid L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1987
Dental caries and periodontal disease in Mexican American children of the southwestern United States occur mainly in molars, lending strong support for the use of fissure sealants as a preventive procedure. This study also reports on the prevalence of fillings decay and gingivitis in this population. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Dental Health, Diseases, Health Conditions
Peer reviewedRauh, Joseph L.; And Others – Journal of Pediatrics, 1975
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Diseases, Exceptional Child Research
Virginia State Div. for Children, Richmond. – 1981
By examining prenatal care opportunities and health resources for low-income families, this paper investigates both the extent to which available health care in Virginia emphasizes a preventive approach and the extent to which Virginia's medically needy children have access to medical care. Statistics indicate that, as compared with the country as…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid, Health Services
Peer reviewedCrittenden, I. Hunter – Journal of School Health, 1979
Risk factors related to the incidence of heart disease are identified as target areas for education programs aimed at children. (JMF)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Children, Elementary Education, Health Education
Peer reviewedLazarus, Wendy; Hersh, Alice – Children Today, 1977
Describes Israel's maternal and child health program which consists of state-wide neighborhood-based centers providing prenatal care and advice; assessments of a child's growth and development; immunizations; extensive counseling about child development, childrearing, and nutrition; and referrals for care of sick children. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Community Centers, Infants
Peer reviewedWallace, Helen M. – Children Today, 1975
Discusses the aspects of the nation-wide maternal and child health services available in the United Kingdom and Sweden including organization and regional planning, basic preventive and monitoring services, development and standards and guidelines for delivery, cooperation of professional and voluntary organizations and funding. Implications for a…
Descriptors: Children, Community Health Services, Foreign Countries, Health Programs
Peer reviewedGewirtzman, Rena; Fodor, Iris – Child Welfare, 1987
This article elucidates some causes of homelessness and describes living conditions in shelters and welfare hotels. Recommendations are offered to the school-based support team, in cooperation with teachers, to help ease the child's transition from hotel to school and initiate preventative health measures. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Problems, Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedDeal, Lisa W.; Shiono, Patricia H.; Behrman, Richard E. – Future of Children, 1998
Reviews the changes managed health care has brought to the delivery and use of medical services and recommends specific steps that will make the existing system more responsive to the needs of children. Systemwide health care reforms must give children stable medical care that emphasizes preventive health and developmental services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, Health Services
