Racial differences in parental reports of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Foster, E Michael ^b   Heinrichs, Brenda ^a   Heier, Brigitt ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children's mental health; Disparities; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449123542     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31811ff8b8     Document Type: Article

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