Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Columbia University
671 Papers
8.1K Citations
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child development & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 137, co-authored 664 publications. Previous affiliations of Jeanne Brooks-Gunn include Washington University in St. Louis & Johns Hopkins University.
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"Head Start and Children's Nutrition, Weight, and Health Care Receipt"
TL;DR: Overall, it was found that compared to all non-participants, Head Start participants were more likely to receive dental checkups but showed no differences in getting medical checkups; they were also morelikely to have healthy eating patterns but showedNo differences in Body Mass Index, overweight, or obesity.
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Young Children's Behavioral Problems in Married and Cohabiting Families
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that children born to married versus cohabiting parents have fewer reported behavioral problems at age three, and that differences in parental economic, interpersonal, and health resources can account for between 30% to 50% of the differences in child outcomes at age 3.
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Factors associated with maternal rating of infant health in central Harlem.
TL;DR: Findings indicate that a mother's ratings of her infant's health relate specifically to the child's morbidity, independent of her own health and environmental stress, and within disadvantaged communities, infants of the poorest mothers may experience greater levels of morbidity.
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Repeated exposure to high-frequency spanking and child externalizing behavior across the first decade: a moderating role for cumulative risk.
TL;DR: Controlling for gender, race, maternal nativity, and city of residence, a cumulative risk index is found to significantly moderate the effects of repeated harsh parenting on child behavior, with the effect of repeated high frequency spanking being amplified for those experiencing greater levels of cumulative risk.
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