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Deborah A. Frank
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 157
Citations - 12507
Deborah A. Frank is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Prenatal cocaine exposure. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 149 publications receiving 11234 citations. Previous affiliations of Deborah A. Frank include Boston Medical Center & Harvard University.
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Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity
Erin R. Hager,Anna M. Quigg,Anna M. Quigg,Maureen M. Black,Sharon M. Coleman,Timothy Heeren,Ruth Rose-Jacobs,John T. Cook,Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba,Patrick H. Casey,Mariana Chilton,Diana B. Cutts,Alan Meyers,Deborah A. Frank +13 more
TL;DR: A 2-item FI screen was sensitive, specific, and valid among low-income families with young children, enabling providers to target services that ameliorate the health and developmental consequences associated with FI.
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Effects of Maternal Marijuana and Cocaine Use on Fetal Growth
Barry Zuckerman,Deborah A. Frank,Ralph Hingson,Hortensia Amaro,Suzette Levenson,Herbert L. Kayne,Samantha E. Parker,Robert J. Vinci,K Aboagye,Lise E. Fried +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the use of marijuana or cocaine during pregnancy is associated with impaired fetal growth and that measuring a biologic marker of such use is important to demonstrate the association.
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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers
John T. Cook,Deborah A. Frank,Carol Berkowitz,Carol Berkowitz,Maureen M. Black,Maureen M. Black,Patrick H. Casey,Patrick H. Casey,Diana B. Cutts,Diana B. Cutts,Alan Meyers,Nieves Zaldivar,Anne Skalicky,Suzette Levenson,Timothy Heeren,Mark Nord,Mark Nord +16 more
TL;DR: Whether household food insecurity is associated with adverse health outcomes in a sentinel population ages < or = 36 mo is determined, and a dose-response relation appeared between fair/poor health status and severity of food insecurity.
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Growth, Development, and Behavior in Early Childhood Following Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: A Systematic Review
TL;DR: There is no convincing evidence that prenatal cocaine exposure is associated with developmental toxic effects that are different in severity, scope, or kind from the sequelae of multiple other risk factors.
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Failure to Thrive
TL;DR: Each child who fails to thrive should receive a multidisciplinary evaluation to address the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of nutritional, medical, psychosocial, and developmental factors contributing to growth failure.