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Desmond K. Runyan
Researcher at University of Colorado Denver
Publications - 143
Citations - 11969
Desmond K. Runyan is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child abuse & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 140 publications receiving 10813 citations. Previous affiliations of Desmond K. Runyan include Center for Child and Family Health & Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Identification of child maltreatment with the Parent–Child Conflict Tactics Scales: Development and psychometric data for a national sample of American parents.
TL;DR: A parent-to-child version of the Conflict Tactics Scales, the CTSPC is better suited to measuring child maltreatment than the original CTS and is practical for epidemiological research on child malt treatment and for clinical screening.
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A population-based study of inflicted traumatic brain injury in young children.
Heather T. Keenan,Desmond K. Runyan,Stephen W. Marshall,Mary Alice Nocera,David F. Merten,Sara H. Sinal +5 more
TL;DR: In this population of North Carolina children, the incidence of inflicted TBI varied by characteristics of the injured children and their mothers, and these data may be helpful for informing preventive interventions.
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Children who prosper in unfavorable environments: the relationship to social capital
Desmond K. Runyan,Wanda M. Hunter,Rebecca R. S. Socolar,Lisa Amaya-Jackson,Diana J. English,John Landsverk,Howard Dubowitz,Dorothy H. Browne,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Ravi M. Mathew +9 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that social capital may have an impact on children's well-being as early as the preschool years and those interested in the healthy development of children must search for new and creative ways of supporting interpersonal relationships and strengthening the communities in which families carry out the daily activities of their lives.
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Maltreatment's Wake: The Relationship of Maltreatment Dimensions to Child Outcomes.
Diana J. English,Mukund P. Upadhyaya,Alan J. Litrownik,Jane Marie Marshall,Desmond K. Runyan,J. Christopher Graham,Howard Dubowitz +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that a comprehensive assessment of a child's maltreatment experience, including type and severity, when the maltreatment began and the pattern of malt treatment across the life span, is important to understanding the effects of maltreatment on children's growth and development.
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Longscan: A consortium for longitudinal studies of maltreatment and the life course of children
Desmond K. Runyan,Patrick A. Curtis,Wanda M. Hunter,Maureen M. Black,Jonathan B. Kotch,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Howard Dubowitz,Diana E. English,Mark D. Everson,John Landsverk +9 more
TL;DR: The conceptual model, organization, and analytic strategy for LONGSCAN, a consortium including a coordinating center and five independent prospective longitudinal investigations sharing common protocols for data collection, entry, and management, are described.