Research Bio
Dr. Klein is Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence for Children and Secondhand Smoke. The Center is conducting a national program of research, education and advocacy efforts to engage pediatricians in helping eliminate children's exposure to tobacco. Dr. Klein's other research is on the organization and effectiveness of adolescent health services and on health promotion and disease prevention for children and adolescents. Ongoing studies address:
1) adolescents' access to health care and their care use patterns
2) randomized trials of guideline based adolescent smoking cessation counseling by primary care physicians, with outreach and adjuncts to promote quitting
3) adolescents use of interactive communication and its implications for health care
4) obesity prevention and interventions in primary care practice
2013 May
Avila-Tang E, Elf JL, Cummings KM, Fong GT, Hovell MF, Klein JD, McMillen R, Winickoff JP, Samet JM. "Assessing secondhand smoke exposure with reported measures." Tobacco control. 2013 May 0; 22(3):156-63. Epub 2012 Sep 04. |
2013 Apr 17
McMillen RC, Winickoff JP, Wilson K, Tanski S, Klein JD. "A dual-frame sampling methodology to address landline replacement in tobacco control research." Tobacco control. 2013 Apr 17; Epub 2013 Apr 17. |
2012 Sep
Proimos J, Klein JD. "Noncommunicable diseases in children and adolescents." Pediatrics. 2012 Sep 0; 130(3):379-81. Epub 2012 Aug 13. |
2012 Jun 21
Winickoff JP, McMillen R, Klein JD. "The Joint Commission's new tobacco-cessation measures." The New England journal of medicine. 2012 Jun 21; 366(25):2429. |
2012
Leu MG, O'Connor KG, Marshall R, Price DT, Klein JD. "Pediatricians' use of health information technology: a national survey." Pediatrics. 2012 130(6):e1441-6. Epub 2012 Nov 19. |
