Publications
PPRG has published in areas of:
Behavioral Mental Health Issues
Child Safety
Environmental Health
Miscellaneous Conditions
Nutrition
Practice-Based Research in Primary Care
Behavioral Mental Health Issues
ADHD Management
Lavigne JV, Dulcan MK, LeBailly SA, Binns HJ. Can parent reports serve as a proxy for teacher ratings in medication management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? J Dev Behav Pediatr (in press)
Lavigne JV, Dulcan MK, LeBailly SA, Binns H, Cummins TK, Jha P. Computer-assisted management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatr 2011,128:e46-53
Associations With Behavior Problems
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Smith A, Weissbluth M, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK. Sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1999;20:164-9.
Behavioral Health Services
Lavigne JV, Gibbons R, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK. Rational service planning in pediatric primary care: Continuity and change in psychopathology among children enrolled in pediatric practices. J Pediatr Psychol 1999;24:393-403.
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Burns A, Smith A. Mental health service use among young children receiving pediatric primary care. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998; 37:11;1175-1183.
Arend R, Lavigne JV, Rosenbaum D, Binns HJ, Christoffel K Kaufer. Relation between taxonomic and quantitative diagnostic systems in preschool children: Emphasis on disruptive disorders. J Clin Child Psychol 1996;25(4):388-397.
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Sinacore J, Cicchetti C, Binns JH, Christoffel K Kaufer, Hayford JR, McGuire P. Interrater reliability of the DSM-III-R with preschool children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 1994;22:679-690.
Natural History of Behavior
Gouze KR, Hopkins J, Lebailly SA, Lavigne JV. Re-examining the epidemiology of sensory regulation dysfunction and comorbid psychopathology. J Abnorm Psychol 2009;37(8):1077-1087.
Lavigne JV, LeBailly SA, Hopkins J, Gouze KR, Binns HJ. The prevalence of ADHD, ODD, depression and anxiety in a community sample of 4-year-olds. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2009;38:315-328
Lavigne JV, Cicchetti C, Gibbons RD, Binns HJ, Larsen L, DeVito C. Oppositional defiant disorder with onset in preschool years: Longitudinal stability and pathways to other disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001;40:1393-1400.
Lavigne JV, Binns HJ, Arend R, Christoffel KK, Hayford JR. Psychopathology and health care use among preschool children: A retrospective analysis. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1998;37:262-70.
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Gibbons RD. Psychiatric disorders with onset in the preschool years: II. Correlates and predictors of stable cause status. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998;37:1255-61.
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Gibbons RD. Psychiatric disorders with onset in the preschool years: I. Stability of diagnosis. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998;37 (12):1246-54
Dietz KR, Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D. Relation between intelligence and psychopathology among preschoolers. J Clin Child Psychol 1997;26:99-107.
Lavigne JV, Gibbons RD, Christoffel KK, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Binns H, Dawson N, Sobel H, Isaacs C. Prevalence rates and correlates of psychiatric disorders among preschool children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1996;35:204-214.
ODD Management
Lavigne JV, LeBailly SA, Gouze KR, Binns HJ, Keller J, Pate L. Predictors and correlates of completing behavioral parent training for the treatment of oppositional defiant disorder in pediatric primary care. Behav Ther 2009;41(2):198-211
Lavigne JV, LeBailly SA, Gouze K, Cicchetti C, Jessup B, Arend R, Pochyly J, Binns HJ. Predictor and moderator effects in the treatment of oppositional defiant disorder in pediatric primary care. J Pediatr Psychol 2008; 33(5):462-472
Lavigne JV, LeBailly SA, Gouze K, Cicchetti C, Pochyly J, Arend R, Jessup BW, Binns HJ. Treating oppositional defiant disorder in primary care: A comparison of three models. J Pediatr Psychol 2008; 33(5):449-461
Preventative Care Delivery
Lavigne JV, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Rosenbaum B, Arend R, Smith K, Hayford JR, McGuire PA, the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Behavioral and emotional problems among preschoolers in primary care: Prevalence and pediatrician's recognition. J Pediatr 1993;91:649-655.
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Child Safety
Child Abuse
Jones R, Flaherty EG, Binns HJ, Price LL, Slora E, Abney D, Harris DL, Christoffel KK, Sege RD. Clinicians’ description factors influencing their report of the child abuse reporting experience study research group. J Pediatr 2008;122(2):259-266.
Thomas DG, Flaherty EG, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Parent expectations and comfort with discussions of normal childhood sexuality and sexual abuse prevention during office visits. Ambul Pediatr 2004;4:3;232-236.
Flaherty EG, Jones R, Sege R. Telling their stories: Primary care practitioners' experience evaluating and reporting injuries caused by child abuse. Child Abuse Negl. 2004;28(9):939-945.
Flaherty EG, Sege R, Mattson CL, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Assessment of suspicion for abuse in the primary care setting. Ambul Pediatr 2002;2:120-126.
Flaherty EG, Sege R, Binns HJ, Mattson CL, Christoffel KK; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Health care providers' experience reporting child abuse in the primary care setting. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2000;154:489-493.
Gun control
Senturia Y, Christoffel KK, Donovan M, and the PPRG. Gun storage patterns in U.S. homes with children: A pediatric practice-based survey. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:265-269.
Naureckas S, Galanter C, Naureckas E, Donovan M, Christoffel KK and PPRG. Children's and women’s ability to fire handguns. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995;149:1318-1322.
Senturia YD, Christoffel KK, Donovan M, and the PPRG. Children's household exposure to guns: A pediatric practice-based survey. J Pediatr 1994;93:469-475.
Injury prevention
Miller P, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, and the PPRG. Children’s bicycle helmet attitudes and usage: Association with parental rules. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:259-264.
Senturia YD, Morehead T, LeBailly S, Horwitz E, Kharasch M, Fisher J, Christoffel KK. Bicycle-riding circumstances and injuries in school-aged children: A case-control study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:485-489.
Senturia YD, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Tanz RR, and the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Exposure corrected risk estimates for childhood product related injuries. Accid Anal Prev 1993;25:473-477.
Senturia YD, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK, Tanz RR, Pediatric Practice Research Group. In-office survey of children's hazard exposure in the Chicago area. Age-specific exposure information and methodological lessons. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1993;14:169-175.
Paul RI, Christoffel KK, Binns HJ, Jaffe DM, and the PPRG. Foreign body ingestions in children: Risk of complication varies with site of initial health care contact. J Pediatr 1993;91:121-127.
Pedestrian Injury
Christoffel KK, Donovan M, Schofer J, Wills KE, Lavigne JV, The Kids 'n' Cars Team. Psychosocial factors in childhood pedestrian injury: A matched case-control study. J Pediatr 1996;87:33-41.
Wills KE, Tanz RR, Christoffel KK, Schofer JL, Lavigne JV, Donovan M, Kalangis K. Supervision in childhood injury cases: A reliable taxonomy. Accid Anal Prev 1997;29:133-137.
Wills KE, Christoffel KK, Lavigne JV, Tanz RR, Schofer JL, Donovan M, Kalangis K, the Kids 'N' Cars Research Team. Patterns and correlates of supervision in child pedestrian injury. J Pediatr Psychol 1997;22:89-104.
Christoffel KK, Schofer JL. Evaluation of a systematic aproach for identifying injury scenarios. Kids 'N' Cars Team. Inj Prev 1996;2:221-227.
Schofer JL, Christoffel KK, and the Kids 'N' Cars Team. Child pedestrian injury taxonomy based on visibility and action. Accid Anal Prev 1995;27:317-333.
Christoffel KK, Schofer JL, Lavigne JV, et al. "Kids'N'Cars", an ongoing study of pedestrian injuries: description and early findings. Children's Environmental Quarterly 1991;8:41-50.
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Environmental Health
Lead
Ko S, Schaefer PD, Vicario MC, Binns HJ. Relationships of video assessments of touching and mouthing behaviors during outdoor play in urban residential yards to parental perceptions of child behaviors and blood lead levels. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2007;17:47-57.
Finster ME, Gray KA, Binns HJ; for the Safer Yards Project. Lead levels of edibles grown in contaminated residential soils: A field survey. Sci Total Env 2004;320:245-57.
Binns HJ, Gray KA, Chen T, Finster ME, Peneff N, Schaefer PD, Ovsey V, Fernandes J, Brown M, Dunlap B. Evaluation of landscape coverings to reduce soil lead hazards in urban residential yards: The Safer Yards Project. Environ Res 2004;96:127-138.
Myers S, Rowell B, Binns HJ. Lead poisoning and asthma: An examination of comorbidity. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002;156:863-866.
Shinn NJ, Bing-Canar J, Cailas M, Peneff N, Binns HJ, for the Chicago Neighborhood-Based Childhood Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention Project. Determination of spatial continuity of soil lead levels in an urban residential neighborhood. Environ Res 2000;82:46-52.
Binns HJ, LeBailly SA, Fingar AR, Saunders S; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Evaluation of risk assessment questions used to target blood lead screening in Illinois. J Pediatr 1999;103:100-106.
Mehta S, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. What do parents know about lead poisoning? The Chicago Lead Knowledge Test. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998;152:1213-1218.
Practice Services
Binns HJ, LeBailly SA, Poncher J, Kinsella TR, Saunders SE, and the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Is there lead in the suburbs? Risk assessment in Chicago suburban pediatric practices. J Pediatr 1994;93:164-171.
Tobacco
Lavigne JV, Hopkins J, Gouze KR, Bryant FB, Lebailly SA, Binns HJ, Lavigne PM. Is smoking during pregnancy a risk factor for psychopathology in young children? A methodological caveat and report on preschoolers. J Pediatr Psychol 2010; 36(1):10-24.
Martin LA, Dilley KJ, Ariza AJ, Sullivan C, Seshadri R, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Tobacco- related documentation in pediatric practice. Acad Pediatr 2009;9(5):353-359.
Binns HJ, O’Neil J, Benuck I, Ariza AJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Influences on parents’ decisions for home and automobile smoking bans in households with smokers. Patient Educ Couns 2009:74:272-276.
Benuck I, Gidding SS, Binns HJ. Identification of adolescent tobacco users in a pediatric practice. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001;155(1);32-35
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Miscellaneous Conditions
Chronic Fatigue
Katz BZ, Boas S, Shiraishi Y, Mears CJ, Taylor R. Exercise tolerance testing in a prospective cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and recovered controls following infectious mononucleosis. J Pediatr 2010; 157(3):468-72
Katz BZ, Shirashi Y, Mears CJ, Binns HJ, Taylor R. Chronic fatigue syndrome in after infectious mononucleosis in adolescents. J Pediatr 2009;124(1): 189-193.
Mears CJ, Taylor RR, Jordan KM, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Sociodemographic and symptom correlates of fatigue in an adolescent primary care sample. J Adolesc Health 2004;35:528e.21-26.
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Nutrition
Cholesterol Research
Obarzanek E, Kimm SYS, Barton BA, et al. Long-term safety and efficacy of a cholesterol-lowering diet in children with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: seven-year results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC). J Pediatr 2001;107:256-264.
Lauer RM, Obarzanek E, Hunsberger SA, et al. Efficacy and safety of lowering dietary intake of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol in children with elevated LDL cholesterol: the Dietary Interventions Study in Children. Am J Clin Nutrition 2000:72(5 Suppl):1332S-1342S.
Lavigne JV, Brown KM, Gidding S, et al.A cholesterol-lowering diet does not produce adverse psychological effects in children: Three-year results from the Dietary Intervention Study in Children. Health Psychol 1999:18:604-13.
Griffin TC, Christoffel KK, Binns HJ, McGuire PA and the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Family history evaluation as a predictive screen for childhood hypercholesterolemia. J Pediatr 1989;84: 365-373.
Gastrointestinal Research
Nelson P, Chen E, Syniar G, Christoffel KK. Prevalence of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during childhood. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2000;154:150-154.
Nelson SP, Chen EH, Syniar GM, Christoffel K Kaufer, and the PPRG. Prevalence of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during infancy: A pediatric practice based survey. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:569-572.
Nelson, S.P., et al., One-year follow-up of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux during infancy. J Pediatr, 1998. 102(6): p. e67.
Nutrition and Growth
Ariza AJ, Greenberg RS, LeBailly SA, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Parent perspectives on messages to be delivered after nutritional assessment in pediatric primary care practice. Ann Fam Med 2005;3(suppl 2):S37-S39.
Ariza AJ, Binns HJ. Childhood nutritional status: Ongoing surveillance is necessary. (Commentary) Swiss Medical Weekly 2004;134:511-513.
Reau N, Senturia Y, LeBailly S, Christoffel KK, and the PPRG. Infant and toddler feeding patterns and problems: Normative data and a new direction. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1996;17:149-153.
Binns HJ, Senturia YD, LeBailly S, Donovan M, Christoffel KK, for the PPRG. Growth of Chicago-area infants, 1985 through 1987: Not what the reference curves predict. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:842-849.
Obesity
Descriptive
Greenberg RS, Ariza AJ, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Activity and dietary habits of mothers and children: Close ties. Clin Pediatr 2010;49(11):1026-32. PMID: 20724327
Nsiah-Kumi PA, Ariza AJ, Mikhail LM, Feinglass J, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Family history and parent’s beliefs about consequences of overweight in children and their ability to influence their children’s health behaviors. Acad Pediatr 2009;9:53-59.
Welch KR, Ariza AJ, Wieczorek JL, Binns HJ. Characteristics of obese children aged 1-4 years at a referral clinic. J Natl Med Assoc 2008:100;884-891.
Eckstein KC, Mikhail LM, Ariza AJ, Thomson JS, Millard SC, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Parents’ perceptions of their child’s weight and health. J Pediatr 2006; 117: 681-690.
Ariza AJ, Chen EH, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK. Risk factors for overweight in 5 6 year old Hispanic-American children: a pilot study. J Urban Health 2004;81:150-161
Intervention service delivery
Adhikari PD, Parker LA, Binns HJ, Ariza AJ. Influence of electronic health records and in-office weight management support resources on childhood obesity care. Clin Pediatr 2011 (in press). PMID: 21576184
Naureckas SM, Zweigoron R, Haverkamp KS, Kaleba EO, Pohl SJ, Ariza AJ. Developing an electronic clinical decision support system to promote guideline adherence for healthy weight management and cardiovascular risk reduction in children: A progress update. Transl Behav Med 2011;1:103-107.
Ariza AJ, Laslo KM, Thomson JS, Seshadri R, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Promoting growth interpretation and lifestyle counseling in primary care. J Pediatr 2009;154:596-601,e1.
Trapp LW, Ryan AA, Ariza AJ, Garcia CM, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Primary care identification of infants at high risk for overweight and obesity. Clin Pediatr 2008;48:313-316.
Brickman W, Binns HJ, Jovanovic BD, Kolesky K, Mancini AJ, Metzger BE; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Acanthosis nigricans: A common finding in overweight youth. Pediatr Dermatol 2007;24:601-6.
Dilley KJ, Martin LA, Sullivan C, Seshadri R, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Identification of overweight status is associated with higher rates of screening for comorbidities of overweight in pediatric primary care practice. J Pediatr 2007:119;e148-e155.
Drobac S, Brickman W, Smith T, Binns HJ. Evaluation of a type 2 diabetes screening protocol in an urban pediatric clinic. J Pediatr 2004;114(7):141-148.
Binns HJ, Ariza AJ. Guidelines help clinicians identify risk factors for overweight in children. Pediatr Ann 2004;33:18-22.
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Practice-Based research in Primary Care
Description of Practice Patients and Services
Ariza AJ, Binns HJ, Christoffel KK; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Evaluating computer capabilities in a primary care practice-based research network. Ann Fam Med 2004;2(5):418-420.
Preventative Healthcare
Manning KM, Ariza AJ, Massimino TK, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Health supervision visits of very young children: Time addressing three key topics. Clin Pediatr 2009; 48(9): 931-938.
Martin LA, Ariza AJ, Thomson JS, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Seconds for care: evaluation of five health supervision visit topics using a new method. J Pediatr 2008;153:706-711, e2.
Binns HJ, Lanier D, Pace WD, Galliher JM, Ganiats TG, Grey M, Ariza AJ, Williams R; for the Primary Care Network Survey (PRINS) Participants.Describing primary care encounters: The primary care network survey and the national ambulatory medical care survey. Ann Fam Med 2007;5:39-47.
Binns HJ, LeBailly SL, Gardner HG for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. The physicians’ office laboratory: 1988 and 1996 survey of Illinois pediatricians. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998;152:585-592.
Methods of Practice-Based Research
LeBaily S, Ariza A, Bayldon B, Binns HJ; for the Pediatric Practice Research Group. The origin and evolution of a regional pediatric practice-based research network: Practical and methological lessons from the Pediatric Practice Research Group. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2003;33(4):124-134.
Senturia YD, Binns, HJ, Christoffel KK. Sampling issues in a regional pediatric practice-based network. J Family Practice 1994;38:415-421.
Poncher J. The Pediatric Practice Research Group: A niche for the primary care physician. The Child’s Doctor 1990;7(2):9-14.
Christoffel KK, Binns HJ, Stockman JA, McGuire P et. al. Practice-based research: Opportunities and obstacles. J Pediatr 1988;82:399-406.
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