It is estimated that 30million children in the US participate in organised sports programmes.
As more and more children participate in sports and recreational activities, there has been …

Amphibians highlight the global biodiversity crisis because ∼40% of all amphibian species
are currently in decline. Species have disappeared even in protected habitats (eg, the …

Assessing the scope and severity of threats is necessary for evaluating impacts on populations
to inform conservation planning. Quantitative threat assessment often requires monitoring …

Objective. —To assess adolescent knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about health care
confidentiality. Design. —Anonymous self-report survey with 64 items addressing …

Reducing health disparities requires an understanding of the mechanisms that generate
disparities. Life course approaches to health disparities leverage theories that explain how …

Seasonal patterns in pathogen transmission can influence the impact of disease on populations
and the speed of spatial spread. Increases in host contact rates or births drive seasonal …

Multidisciplinary research has supported a relationship between adolescent future orientation
(the ability to set future goals and plans) and positive adolescent health and development …

The purpose of this paper was to examine caregiver supervision and its role as an active
strategy in childhood injury prevention. Through a review of the literature, the authors …

Using semistructured interviews, we explored barriers and facilitators to school-based parent
involvement (SBPI) in a sample of predominately African American parents (N = 44) whose …

Objectives To assess pediatrician goals and practice in preventive counseling, and to use
social learning theory to examine physician attitudes about preventive health issues, time, and …