This is CMCH's Typepad Profile.
Join Typepad and start following CMCH's activity
CMCH
The Center on Media and Child Health is an interdisciplinary research center based at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Recent Activity
The Research Blog Has Moved!
The CMCH Research Blog has moved! Please join us on our brand new website, where you will find the latest information on all things media and child health. Update your bookmarks, and visit us here: http://cmch.tv/researchers/research-blog/ For our readers who receive updates via email, look for new email notifications arriving... Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Youth and LGBTQ Representation on Television
Posted Jun 12, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Effects of Media on Children under the Age of Two
Posted Jun 4, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
National Safety Month
Posted Jun 2, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
New Article from CMCH's Dr. Michael Rich
Posted Apr 3, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Advertising Overload
Posted Mar 18, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
International Women's Day 2014
Posted Mar 7, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Pediatric Obesity New to MeSH 2014 Update
Every year, the U.S. National Library of Medicine updates its list of Medical Subject Headings, also known as MeSH descriptors. These descriptors are used to categorize articles in the MEDLINE database, which can be accessed through PubMed. This year, 304 terms were added, 40 were updated, and 8 were removed.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2014 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Reflecting on 2013
With 2014 approaching, it is a good time to reflect on our research activities here at CMCH. Members of the CMCH team participated in a variety of activities surrounding research in 2013, including conducting original research; publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals; headlining talks and conferences; participating in roundtables; and providing... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
1
Media Interventions: New Studies in the Database of Research
Posted Dec 16, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Media and Aggression: New Studies in the Database of Research
Posted Dec 3, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Video Games: New Studies in the Database of Research
Posted Nov 18, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Youth, Sexuality, and Media: New Articles in the Database of Research
Posted Nov 7, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What topics are researchers exploring about children, media and health? Check out the list below! Affuso, O. et al. (2011). Validity of self-reported leisure-time sedentary behavior in adolescents. Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine, 10(1), 2. Researchers discovered that adolescents often under-report the amount of time they spend engaged in... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What topics are researchers exploring about children, media and health? Check out the list below! Bailey, B.W. et al. (2011). Energy cost of exergaming: a comparison of the energy cost of 6 forms of exergaming. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(7), 597-602. Video games that are also a form... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Internet Addiction: New studies in the CMCH Database of Research
Posted Oct 15, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What topics are researchers exploring about children, media and health? Check out the list below! Divecha, Z. et al. (2012). Tweeting about testing: do low-income, parenting adolescents and young adults use new media technologies to communicate about sexual health? Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 44(3), 176-183. The majority of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What topics are researchers exploring about children, media and health? Check out the list below! Bellieni, C.V. et al. (2010). Distracting effect of TV watching on children's reactivity. European Journal of Pediatrics, 169(9), 1075-1078. The authors studied different aspects of television to determine its level of distraction on a child's... Continue reading
Posted Oct 4, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What topics are researchers exploring about children, media and health? Check out the list below! Donovan, E. et al. (2013). Assessing the feasibility of a web-based self-management program for adolescents with migraines and their caregivers. Clinical Pediatrics, 52(7), 667-670. Researchers created a web-based prototype to help adolescents manage their migraines.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Studies Recently Added to the CMCH Database of Research
What questions are researchers asking about children, media and health lately? Take a look at some of these studies. Andreassen, C.S., et al. (2012). Development of a Facebook addiction scale. Psychological Reports, 110(2), 501-517. Can you measure addiction to social networking? Is the scale accurate? Baumgartner, S.E., et al. (2012).... Continue reading
Posted Aug 8, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Latest Studies Added to the CMCH Database of Research
Check out some of these studies recently added to our database of research. Lin, M.P., et al. (2011). Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors associated with internet addiction in a nationally representative sample of college students in Taiwan. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 14(12), 741-746. Do young people with Internet addiction... Continue reading
Posted Jul 8, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
CMCH added a favorite at Center on Media and Child Health
Jul 3, 2013
CMCH Partners With Youth for HIV Testing Awareness
A team of youth led by CMCH's David Bickham, PhD, and Yulin Hswen, MPH, recently created a PSA urging young people to get tested for HIV. Since research shows that 13- to 24-year-olds are the group of Americans least likely to know they are infected with the virus, the video... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Latest Studies Added to the CMCH Database of Research
We're hard at working adding new studies on media and child health to our database of research. Check out some of the latest! Bruce, A.L., et al. (2012). Brain responses to food logos in obese and healthy weight children. The Journal of Pediatrics, 162(4), 759-764. This study found that when... Continue reading
Posted Jun 17, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
Recently Added Studies on Children, Media, and Health
Check out some of the latest studies added to the CMCH Database of Research. Borzekowski, D.L.G., et al. (2010). The role of Kilimani Sesame in the healthy development of Tanzanian preschool children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31(4), 298-305. The authors found that children who watched the Tanzanian production of... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at Center on Media and Child Health
Comment
0
More...
Subscribe to CMCH’s Recent Activity