OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships among physician-parent communication practices, physicians' perceptions of parental expectations for antibiotic treatment, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory tract infections. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of pediatric encounters motivated by cold symptoms between October 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001. Each encounter was vi...

Little research has empirically addressed the relationships among parental knowledge of child development, parental attunement, parental expectations, and child independence in predicting the social competence of infants and toddlers with special health care needs. We used baseline data from the Strengthening Families Project, a prevention intervention study that tested Bavolek's Nurturing Prog...

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing societal changes, even along the trajectories of international tourism, educational development, and training systems. Existing research has demonstrated that scholastic attainment, parental expectations, school type have significant impacts on self-educational expectations migrant children. Nevertheless, there still insufficient differences in subject grades...

.........................................................................................................xi CHAPTER I Introduction ...................................................................................1 Parental Involvement and Student Achievement..........................................................2 Parental Involvement in Special Education ......................................

OBJECTIVES To compare prevalence rates of weight-control behaviors among adolescents with and without chronic illness and to explore the role of familial and other social factors on associations between disordered eating and chronic illness. DESIGN AND SETTING Survey conducted in public schools in Connecticut. PARTICIPANTS A representative statewide population-based sample of 9343 7th-, 9th...