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- Publications
- Influence
Early television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in children.
- D. Christakis, F. Zimmerman, D. Digiuseppe, C. McCarty
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- 1 April 2004
OBJECTIVE
Cross-sectional research has suggested that television viewing may be associated with decreased attention spans in children. However, longitudinal data of early television exposure and… Expand
Teaching by Listening: The Importance of Adult-Child Conversations to Language Development
- F. Zimmerman, J. Gilkerson, +4 authors U. Yapanel
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- 1 July 2009
OBJECTIVE: To test the independent association of adult language input, television viewing, and adult-child conversations on language acquisition among infants and toddlers. METHODS: Two hundred… Expand
Lactobacillus therapy for acute infectious diarrhea in children: a meta-analysis.
- Cornelius W Van Niel, C. Feudtner, M. Garrison, D. Christakis
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- 1 April 2002
OBJECTIVE
Childhood diarrhea accounts for substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiple studies in children have shown that Lactobacillus, administered orally, may have antidiarrheal… Expand
Audible television and decreased adult words, infant vocalizations, and conversational turns: a population-based study.
- D. Christakis, J. Gilkerson, +5 authors U. Yapanel
- Medicine
- Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
- 1 June 2009
OBJECTIVE
To test the hypothesis that audible television is associated with decreased parent and child interactions.
DESIGN
Prospective, population-based observational study.
SETTING
Community.… Expand
Associations between media viewing and language development in children under age 2 years.
- F. Zimmerman, D. Christakis, A. Meltzoff
- Medicine
- The Journal of pediatrics
- 1 October 2007
OBJECTIVE
To test the association of media exposure with language development in children under age 2 years.
STUDY DESIGN
A total of 1008 parents of children age 2 to 24 months, identified by birth… Expand
The effects of infant media usage: what do we know and what should we learn?
- D. Christakis
- Medicine
- Acta paediatrica
- 1 January 2009
The rise of infant TV viewing began in the late 1990s and has become an increasingly common occurrence. Today, over 90% of children begin watching TV regularly before the age of 2 years in spite of… Expand
Television and DVD/video viewing in children younger than 2 years.
- F. Zimmerman, D. Christakis, A. Meltzoff
- Medicine
- Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
- 1 May 2007
OBJECTIVE
To determine the television-, DVD-, and video-viewing habits of children younger than 2 years.
DESIGN
A telephone survey of 1009 parents of children aged 2 to 24 months.
SETTING
Parents… Expand
Problematic internet usage in US college students: a pilot study
- D. Christakis, Megan A Moreno, Lauren Jelenchick, M. Myaing, C. Zhou
- Medicine
- BMC medicine
- 22 June 2011
BackgroundInternet addiction among US college students remains a concern, but robust estimates of its prevalence are lacking.MethodsWe conducted a pilot survey of 307 college students at two US… Expand
Pediatric deaths attributable to complex chronic conditions: a population-based study of Washington State, 1980-1997.
- C. Feudtner, D. Christakis, F. Connell
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- 1 July 2000
OBJECTIVES
Advances in medical technology and public health are changing the causes and patterns of pediatric mortality. To better inform health care planning for dying children, we sought to… Expand
Display of health risk behaviors on MySpace by adolescents: prevalence and associations.
- M. Moreno, Malcolm R. Parks, F. Zimmerman, Tara E Brito, D. Christakis
- Medicine
- Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
- 5 January 2009
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of and associations among displayed risk behavior information that suggests sexual behavior, substance use, and violence in a random sample of the self-reported… Expand