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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on July 10, 2008
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(8):819-820; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsn069
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Commentary: Multiple Risk Models in Pediatric Research—Considering the Context that Shapes Children's Health

Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, PhD

Brown University/Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, PhD, Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, 1 Hoppin St., Providence, RI, 02902 USA. E-mail: dkoinismitchell@lifespan.org

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The consideration of context and culture in pediatric research has increased dramatically over the past decade. The journal's Special Section on Diversity and Health Disparities is a critical step towards generating manuscripts that focus on contextual and cultural issues that may explain differences in pediatric health outcomes across children from diverse backgrounds. The increased emphasis on acknowledging a range of processes that may affect children's psychological and health-related functioning has been followed by the use of more rigorous research methods, sophisticated statistical techniques, and larger sample sizes to address broad as well as specific questions regarding why context matters in relation to pediatric functioning. A theme that cuts across research that includes pediatric populations is that children's . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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