Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 226-231 , May 2007

Community Perspectives of Childhood Behavioral Problems and ADHD Among African American Parents

  • Omolara Olaniyan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • Susan dosReis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Victoria Garriett, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
    • ,
  • Matthew P. Mychailyszyn, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Julia Anixt, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Peter C. Rowe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 200 N Wolfe St, Room 2055, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Received 24 July 2006 ,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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PII: S1530-1567(07)00030-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.02.002

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 226-231 , May 2007

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