Examples of current research include
- Testing healthy weight treatment and maintenance programs for preschool children in child care programs and primary health settings
- Influence of physical and/or sexual abuse on childbearing outcomes
- Impact of maternal voice on premature infants' development
- Evaluating the outcomes of a school-based obesity prevention curriculum for middle school students
- Determining the outcomes of school-based support groups for adolescents with an addicted parent
School-Based Obesity Prevention
- Testing interventions to improve the mental and physical health of overweight teenagers, school-aged children
- Testing interventions to improve the mental and physical health of pre-school children at risk for overweight
- Developing an understanding of factors that influence self management of adolescent asthma
- Testing a web-based health promotion program for decreasing adolescent risky behaviors
