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We use the American Time Use Survey to examine the extent to which adults with disabilities—defined using both the new six-question sequence on disability and the traditional work-limitation question—spend more time on health-related activities and less time on other activities...
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parent feeding practices, children’s eating behaviors, and parent and child weight status. This article found that among low … mass index was limited to obese mothers. Relations between parent feeding strategies and child weight status in this …
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large U.S. cities for the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, researchers found that mothers who perceived their …
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The research shows fairly good coverage of medical expenses and needs before the transition to adulthood.
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Congress mandated in the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conduct an independent comprehensive study of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The evaluation was funded through the $10...
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Schools are ideal settings for implementing programs to prevent and control childhood obesity. The authors review the evidence on the effectiveness of school-based interventions; offer suggestions for improvements based on the existing evidence, findings from related research, and...
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receive mental health services. Primary care providers are often the source of mental health care for children and may play a … problem if recommended by the provider. African American parents were significantly less willing than Caucasians and Hispanics … therapist. These findings suggest that African American parents are generally as willing as Caucasian parents to have their …
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Examines the implications of continuous coverage for children using Medicaid enrollment and payment data for California …, Michigan, Missouri, and New Jersey. Finds that discontinuity affects a small proportion of children who would qualify for … continuous coverage and that some groups of children, such as older adolescents and Hispanics, are at higher risk of …
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