New Findings from the National Survey of Children's Health
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Eastern Time

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Handouts, Resources, and Readings

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Presenters' PowerPoint Presentations:

• "Sleepless in America: Inadequate Sleep and Relationship to Health and Well-Being of Our Nation’s Children" by Arlene Smaldone D.N.Sc., CPNP, CDE
  • PowerPoint Slides (slide text descriptions)
• "Prevalence of Violent Disagreements in US Families: Residence, Race/Ethnicity, and Parental Stress" by Charity Moore, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
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• "A Multilevel Study of the Association between Economic and Social Context, Stage of Adolescence, and Physical Activity and BMI" by Caroline McKay, Ph.D.
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• The 2003 National Survey of Children's Health by Michael Kogan, Ph.D.
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• General Program Information Slides
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Links to Pediatric Articles:

• “Introduction to the Volume on Articles From the National Survey of Children's Health”
  Michael D. Kogan and Paul W. Newacheck
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol119/Supplement_1/
• “Sleepless in America: Inadequate Sleep and Relationships to Health and Well-being of Our Nation's Children”
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/119/Supplement_1/S1
• "The Prevalence of Violent Disagreements in US Families: Effects of Residence, Race/Ethnicity, and Parental Stress”
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/119/Supplement_1/S68
• “A Multilevel Study of the Associations Between Economic and Social Context, Stage of Adolescence, and Physical Activity and Body Mass Index”
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/119/Supplement_1/S84

Resources for “Sleepless in America and Relationship to Health and Well-Being of Our Nation’s Children” (Arlene Smaldone's Presentation):

• National Sleep Foundation: Children and Sleep
  http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=11
• National Sleep Foundation: Teens and Sleep
  http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=18
• Iglowstein I, Jenni OG, Molinari L, Largo RH. Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends. Pediatrics. 2003; 111:302–307.

Resources for “Prevalence of Violent Disagreements in US Families: Residence, Race/Ethnicity, and Parental Stress” (Charity Moore's Presentation):

• Rural Health Response to Domestic Violence: Policy and Practice Issues: http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/pub/domviol.htm
• American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures
  http://brightfutures.aap.org/web/healthCareProfessionalstoolsAndResources.asp

Resources for “A Multilevel Study of the Association between Economic and Social Context, Stage of Adolescence, and Physical Activity and BMI” (Caroline Mae McKay's Presentation):

• Conceptual Background
  • Kawachi I, Berkman LF. Social cohesion, social capital, and health. In Berkman LF, Kawachi I, eds. Social Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 2000:174–190.
  • Link BG, Phelan J. Social conditions as fundamental causes of disease. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 1995;Extra Issue:80–94.
  • Rose G. The Strategy of Preventive Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1992.
  • Taylor SE, Repetti RL, Seeman T. Health psychology: what is an unhealthy environment and how does it get under the skin? Annual Review of Psychology. 1997;48:411–447.
• Adolescent Health
  • Education, Training, Research Associates (ETR). ReCAPP Theories and Approaches: An Overview of Adolescent Development. 1999. Available at http://www.etr.org/recapp/theories/AdolescentDevelopment/overview.htm
  • Lee RE, Cubbin C. Neighborhood context and youth cardiovascular health behaviors. Am J Public Health. 2002;92:428-436.
  • Lowry R, Kann L, Collins JL, Kolbe LJ. The effect of socioeconomic status on chronic disease risk behaviors among US adolescents. JAMA. 1996;276:792–797.
  • Pittman KP, Haymann LL. Determinants of risk for cardiovascular disease during school-age/adolescent transition. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing. 1997;12:12–22.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. 1996. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/adoles.htm. Accessed January 29, 2007.
• Contextual Influences on Health
  • Backett KC, Davidson C. Lifecourse and lifestyle: the social and cultural location of health behaviors. Social Science & Medicine. 1995;40:629–638.
  • Cubbin C, Hadden WC, Winkleby MA. Neighborhood context and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the contribution of material deprivation. Ethnicity & Disease. 2001;11:687–700.
  • Kim D, Subramanian SV, Gortmaker SL, Kawachi I. US state- and county-level social capital in relation to obesity and physical inactivity: a multilevel, multivariate analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 2006; in press.
  • Lindstrom M, Hanson BS, Ostergren PO. Socioeconomic difference in leisure-time physical activity: the role of social participation and social capital in shaping health related behaviour. Social Science & Medicine. 2001;52:441–451.
  • Macintyre S, Ellaway A. Ecological approaches: rediscovering the role of the physical and social environment. In Berkman LF, Kawachi I, eds. Social Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 2000:332–348.
  • Sorensen G, Emmons K, Hunt MK, Barbeau E, Goldman R, Peterson K, Kuntz K, Stoddard A, Berkman L. Model for incorporating social context in health behavior interventions: applications for cancer prevention for working-class, multiethnic populations. Preventive Medicine. 2003;37:188–197.

National Survey of Children’s Health

• National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
• The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits.htm
• National Survey of Children’s Health http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/nsch.htm
• National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2001 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/cshcn.htm
• National Survey of Children’s Health Data Resource Center http://www.nschdata.org