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Howard Dubowitz
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 182
Citations - 11658
Howard Dubowitz is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child abuse & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 178 publications receiving 10653 citations. Previous affiliations of Howard Dubowitz include University of San Diego & University of Maryland Medical Center.
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Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: distinction without a difference?
Jon M. Hussey,Jane Marie Marshall,Diana J. English,Elizabeth Dawes Knight,Anna S. Lau,Howard Dubowitz,Jonathan B. Kotch +6 more
TL;DR: In this high-risk sample, the behavioral and developmental outcomes of 8-year-old children with unsubstantiated and substantiated maltreatment reports filed between ages 4 and 8 were indistinguishable.
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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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Health care needs of children in the foster care system.
TL;DR: Potential areas for health services research include study of the impact of different models of health care delivery, the role of a medical home in providing continuity of care, the perception of the foster care experience by the child, children's adjustment to foster care, and foster parent education on health outcomes.
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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.