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Selected Publications


Is My Child Racist? Supporting Caregivers in Conceptualizing Race for Children.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · June 2023 M is a 4-year-old White girl whose parents contact their primary care pediatric clinician with a behavioral concern: over the course of several months, M has insisted that she is pregnant with quintuplets. Although some of the quintuplets have light skin t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Paternal Perinatal Depression in Modern-Day Fatherhood.

Journal Article Pediatr Rev · October 1, 2022 Postpartum depression in new mothers has become a widely recognized public health concern. Paternal perinatal depression (PPND) and the mental health of fathers in the perinatal period continues to receive significantly less public attention. Overall preva ... Full text Link to item Cite

COVID-19 and Telehealth: Prevention of Exposure in a Medically Complex Patient With a Mild Presentation.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · September 2020 The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. We discuss a less common presentation of COVID-19 in a patient where the use of telemedicine technology prevented the exposure of the ... Full text Link to item Cite

A brief intervention affects parents' attitudes toward using less physical punishment.

Journal Article Child Abuse Negl · December 2013 Consecutive English and Spanish speaking caregivers of 6-24 month old children were randomly assigned to either a control or intervention group. Parents in the intervention group were instructed to view at least 4 options to discipline a child in an intera ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of primary care interventions on children's media viewing habits and exposure to violence.

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2013 OBJECTIVE: To determine if brief primary care interventions can affect children's media viewing habits and exposure to violence. METHODS: English- and Spanish-speaking parents of 2- to 12-year-old children presenting to a pediatric primary care clinic part ... Full text Link to item Cite