Principal Investigator: Dr Ron Iannotti

Address:
Prevention Research Branch
NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6100 Executive Boulevard, 7B05
Bethesda MD20892-7510
USA

Web address: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

Tel: +1 301 435 6951
Fax: +1 301 402 2084
Email: iannottr@mail.nih.gov

Team members:

The USA team includes members from three different organisations:

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
New Mexico Office of Injury Prevention

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration

Team members
Dr Michael Kogan
Dr Mary Kaye Kenney

Address
Office of Data and Program Evaluation
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 18-41
Rockville, MD 20857
USA

Contact details
Dr Michael Kogan
Tel: +1 301 443 31 45
Fax: +1 301 443 93 54
Email: mkogan@hrsa.gov
Web address: http://mchb.hrsa.gov/

Areas of expertise

• Health Symptoms
• Disability/functional limitations
• Physical activity and health
• Violence and Injury
• Bullying
• Obesity
• Eating and sleeping habits
• Racial/ethnic differences
• Sampling methods
• Complex survey analysis
• Work-related issues
• Health program applications
• School connectedness

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Team members
Dr Ronald J. Iannotti (PI)
Dr Bruce Simons-Morton (Deputy-PI)
Dr Denise Haynie
Dr Jing Wang
Dr Tilda Farhat

Address
Prevention Research Branch
NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6100 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda MD20892-7510
USA

Contact details
See Ron Iannotti's contact details at the top of the page

Areas of expertise

• Violence and Injury
• Injury prevention
• Bullying
• Pediatrics
• Pubertal development
• Environmental exposures
• Social and emotional relationships
• Eating and dieting
• Obesity
  
• Parental influence on health behaviour
  
• Preventive interventions in clinical settings
  
• School connectedness
• School-based interventions
• Physical Activity
• Substance Use
• Medicine Use

New Mexico Office of Injury Prevention

Address
New Mexico Office of Injury Prevention
5 Camino Ventura
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
USA

Contact details
Tel: +1 505 424 0658
Fax: +1 505 476 7810

Areas of expertise

• violence and injury
• bully & other safety issues
• body size
• positive health
  

Surveys Conducted:
1997/98, 2001/02, 2005/06

National Publications:

Journal Articles

Wang J, Iannotti RJ, Luk WJ, Nansel TR (2010) Co-occurrence of victimization from five subtypes of bullying: physical, verbal, social exclusion, spreading rumors and cyber. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Published online May 2010. DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq048.

Iannotti RJ, Kogan MD, Janssen I, Boyce WF (2009) Patterns of adolescent physical activity, screen-based media use, and positive and negative health indicators in the U.S. and Canada. Journal of Adolescent Health 44(5): 493-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.10.142. Epub 2009 Jan 9.

Litt D, Iannotti R J, Wang J (in press) Motivations for adolescent physical activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health.

Botello-Harbaum M, Haynie DL, Iannotti RJ, Wang J,  Gase L & Simons-Morton B (2009, In Press) Tobacco control policy and adolescent cigarette smoking status in the United States. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11, 875-885.

Nansel TR, Craig W, Overpeck MD, Saluja G, Ruan J and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Bullying Analyses Working Group (2004) Cross-national consistency in relationship between bullying behaviors and psychosocial adjustment. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.;158:730-746.

Ghandour RM, Overpeck MD, Huang ZJ, Kogan MD, Scheidt PC (2004) Headache, stomachache, backache, and morning fatigue among adolescent girls in the United States: associations with behavioral, sociodemographic, and environmental factors. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. ;158(8):797-803.

Saluja G, Iachan R, Scheidt PC, Overpeck MD, Sun W, Giedd JN (2004) Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms Among Young Adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. ;158:760-765.

Nansel T, Overpeck M, Haynie D, Ruan J, Scheidt P (2003) Relationships Between Bullying and Violence Among US Youth. Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine;157:348-353.

The WHO cross-national study on health behavior in school-aged children from 28 countries: Findings from the United States. Journal of School Health, August 2000, pages 227-8.

Yu SM, Huang ZJ, Schwalberg R, Overpeck M, Kogan MD. (2002) Association of language spoken at home with health and school issues among US Asian adolescents. J School Health, 72:192-198.

Reports

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland (2003) U.S. Teens in Our World: Understanding the Health of U.S. Youth in Comparison to Youth in Other Countries.

Overpeck MD, Pickett W, King, MA, et al. Application of the ICECI Classification of External Causes of Injury to the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey. In: Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics, Vol III. Hyattsville, MD: DHHS Pub No. PHS-00-1026-0.

Steele, C., Jutai, J., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children with Physical Disabilities. Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports, 1994, 32, Department of Veterans Affairs: Baltimore, MD., 1995, 324.

Steele, C., Jutai, J., Biggar, D., Bortolussi, J., Kalnins, I. and Stevens, E. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children with Physical Disabilities. Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports, 1992-93, 30-31, Department of Veterans Affairs: Baltimore, MD., 1994, 432.

U.S. Departments of Education and Justice (1999). 1999 Annual Report on School Safety. Washington, D.C. available on web site at www.ed.gov/pubs.edpubs.html