Felton Earls
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felton Earls |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felton |
| FAMILY NAME | Earls |
| SIGNATURE | EARLS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard Medical School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1060 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Double-jeopardy: The joint impact of neighborhood disadvantage and low social cohesion on cumulative risk of disease among African American men and women in the Jackson Heart Study
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cumulative Biological Risk Among a Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of African American Adults: An Examination in the Jackson Heart Study
The U nited N ations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Its Relevance for Adolescents
The U nited N ations C onvention on the R ights of the C hild ( CRC , U nited N ations G eneral A ssembly, 1989) is a transformative document which has already improved the lives of millions of young people worldwide. Ratified into law by the majority of the countries of the world, it is the first human rights treaty focusing specifically on the rights of individuals under 18 years of age. The rights described in the treaty, however, are often se…
Enhancing adolescent self-efficacy and collective efficacy through public engagement around HIV/Aids competence: A multilevel, cluster randomized-controlled trial
Toward a science of citizenship
A health promotion curriculum for adolescent young citizens: Deliberation and public action for HIV/Aids–competent communities
Children: From Rights to Citizenship
This article introduces the themes of children's rights and citizenship and surveys the authors' contributions to this volume of The Annals. The volume marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As the most widely ratified of all human rights covenants, adoption of the CRC represents a landmark achievement in the history of childhood. Yet there remains a noticea…
Adolescents as Deliberative Citizens: Building Health Competence in Local Communities
Given the host of tragic events that children experience, it is often compelling for well-intended adults to respond in a protective and charitable fashion. The child rights approach asks for more. Building on their collective experiences in the developmental and social sciences, the authors present in roughly chronological fashion a synopsis of the theoretical explorations and scientific evaluation that completes a framework to advance the statu…
Young Citizens as Health Agents: Use of Drama in Promoting Community Efficacy for HIV/Aids
A community-based cluster randomized control trial in a medium-sized municipality in Tanzania was designed to increase local competence to control HIV/AIDS through actions initiated by children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. Representative groups from the 15 treatment communities reached mutual understanding about their objectives as health agents, prioritized their actions, and skillfully applied community drama (“skits”) to impart knowled…
The Evolution of Child Rights Councils in Brazil
If it is true that a child rights framework alters our views and actions towards improving children’s lives, it is also true that the breadth of the concept makes concrete implementation difficult. In this paper the expansiveness of the concept is addressed by focusing attention on a community-based model of child-care derived from the Child Rights Legislation in Brazil. Departing from a general view of the child related policies in Brazil, the c…
Refining the measurement of exposure to violence (ETV) in urban youth
Correlational analysis, classical test theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and multilevel Rasch modeling were used to refine a measure of adolescents' exposure to violence (ETV). Interpersonal violence could be distinguished from other potentially traumatic events; it was also possible to distinguish three routes of exposure (victimization, witnessing, and learning of). Correlations confirmed that ETV subscales are related to measures of aggres…
Behavioral Profiles in 4?5 year-old Children: Normal and Pathological Variants
A Multilevel Study of Neighborhoods and Parent-to-Child Physical Aggression: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The majority of children in the United States experience parent-to-child physical aggression (PCPA), a disciplinary strategy out of favor with many experts. Several decades of research have documented a link between community characteristics and severe child maltreatment. None have taken a multilevel approach to study whether neighborhoods affect the amount of corporal punishment and/or physical abuse used by individual families. Data for this ar…
The Social Ecology of Child Health and Well-Being
The term social ecology refers to the nested arrangement of family, school, neighborhood, and community contexts in which children grow up. In this chapter, new directions in public health science as reflected in the theoretical and methodological implications of the concept are explored. The contributions of this ecologically oriented approach to child health practice, designed as it is from a health promotions perspective, are considered. A cri…
On the application of community psychology to public health: Explanation versus identification
On the application of community psychology to public health: Explanation versus identification
Community psychology and public health should be natural allies, yet the two fields operate sufficiently independently of each other to undermine their capacity to reach what might be common objectives. This discontinuity is in part a reflection of differential priority attached to explaining health outcomes and identifying individuals' health status by the two fields. To foster crossdisciplinary work here we highlight the distinction between exp…
Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Girls' Pubertal Maturation: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The goal of this study was to determine whether aspects of pubertal maturation vary across race/ethnicity. To this end, we investigated two components of pubertal maturation (i.e., onset of menarche and perceptions of pubertal timing) in a multiethnic, multisocioeconomic sample of urban adolescent girls (N = 866). There were 314 African American, 404 Latina, and 148 White adolescents across low, middle, and high socioeconomic status (SES) backgro…
Urban Poverty: Scientific and Ethical Considerations
Concentrated urban poverty in the United States is addressed from a dual perspective. The first viewpoint is derived from the social science literature. To advance the existing base of knowledge, reference is made to a specific research program, the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. This effort is currently in mid-course of a decade-long study of children from all major racial/ethnic, social class, and neighborhood groups in …
Children at the Margins of Society: Research and Practice
Frontiers of research on children, youth, and families
Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children
We propose a theoretical framework on the structural sources and spatially embedded nature of three mechanisms that produce collective efficacy for children. Using survey data collected in 1995 from 8,782 Chicago residents, we examine variations in intergenerational closure, reciprocal local exchange, and shared expectations for informal social control across 342 neighborhoods. Adjusting for respondents' attributes, we assess the effects of neigh…
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for public health
Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population
Jacqueline McGuire, Felton Earls, Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 1042-1046
At the Threshold: The Developing Adolescent (Book)
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children
We propose a theoretical framework on the structural sources and spatially embedded nature of three mechanisms that produce collective efficacy for children. Using survey data collected in 1995 from 8,782 Chicago residents, we examine variations in intergenerational closure, reciprocal local exchange, and shared expectations for informal social control across 342 neighborhoods. Adjusting for respondents' attributes, we assess the effects of neigh…
Treatment-seeking for depression by black and white Americans
How Early Can We Tell: Predictors of Childhood Conduct Disorder and Adolescent Delinquency
It is often argued that intervention efforts can benefit from the early identification of children at risk for antisocial disorders. Little is known, however about the predictive efficacy of early predictors This study examined the predictive power of a variety of characteristics of the preschool child for antisocial outcome at ages 11 and 15. The subjects were 1,037 members of a longitudinal investigation of a New Zealand birth cohort. Groups wi…
Double-jeopardy: The joint impact of neighborhood disadvantage and low social cohesion on cumulative risk of disease among African American men and women in the Jackson Heart Study
Refining the measurement of exposure to violence (ETV) in urban youth
Correlational analysis, classical test theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and multilevel Rasch modeling were used to refine a measure of adolescents' exposure to violence (ETV). Interpersonal violence could be distinguished from other potentially traumatic events; it was also possible to distinguish three routes of exposure (victimization, witnessing, and learning of). Correlations confirmed that ETV subscales are related to measures of aggres…
Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Girls' Pubertal Maturation: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The goal of this study was to determine whether aspects of pubertal maturation vary across race/ethnicity. To this end, we investigated two components of pubertal maturation (i.e., onset of menarche and perceptions of pubertal timing) in a multiethnic, multisocioeconomic sample of urban adolescent girls (N = 866). There were 314 African American, 404 Latina, and 148 White adolescents across low, middle, and high socioeconomic status (SES) backgro…
Enhancing adolescent self-efficacy and collective efficacy through public engagement around HIV/Aids competence: A multilevel, cluster randomized-controlled trial
Young Citizens as Health Agents: Use of Drama in Promoting Community Efficacy for HIV/Aids
A community-based cluster randomized control trial in a medium-sized municipality in Tanzania was designed to increase local competence to control HIV/AIDS through actions initiated by children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. Representative groups from the 15 treatment communities reached mutual understanding about their objectives as health agents, prioritized their actions, and skillfully applied community drama (“skits”) to impart knowled…
Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population
Jacqueline McGuire, Felton Earls, Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 1042-1046
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cumulative Biological Risk Among a Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of African American Adults: An Examination in the Jackson Heart Study
The U nited N ations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Its Relevance for Adolescents
The U nited N ations C onvention on the R ights of the C hild ( CRC , U nited N ations G eneral A ssembly, 1989) is a transformative document which has already improved the lives of millions of young people worldwide. Ratified into law by the majority of the countries of the world, it is the first human rights treaty focusing specifically on the rights of individuals under 18 years of age. The rights described in the treaty, however, are often se…
Children: From Rights to Citizenship
This article introduces the themes of children's rights and citizenship and surveys the authors' contributions to this volume of The Annals. The volume marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As the most widely ratified of all human rights covenants, adoption of the CRC represents a landmark achievement in the history of childhood. Yet there remains a noticea…
Stressful Life Events and Psychiatric Symptoms in Black Adolescent Females
The relationship between stressful life events andpsychiatric morbidity in a sample of over 1,300 Black adolescent females is reported in this article. The sample was part of a large-scale effort to evaluate primary health services for adolescents in ten United States cities. Black females were considered of special interest since divergent ideas exist regarding their vulnerability to psychiatric problems. On one hand, they are deemed to be at hi…
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
Adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy: Socioenvironmental problems, physical health, and mental health
Adolescents as Deliberative Citizens: Building Health Competence in Local Communities
Given the host of tragic events that children experience, it is often compelling for well-intended adults to respond in a protective and charitable fashion. The child rights approach asks for more. Building on their collective experiences in the developmental and social sciences, the authors present in roughly chronological fashion a synopsis of the theoretical explorations and scientific evaluation that completes a framework to advance the statu…
The Evolution of Child Rights Councils in Brazil
If it is true that a child rights framework alters our views and actions towards improving children’s lives, it is also true that the breadth of the concept makes concrete implementation difficult. In this paper the expansiveness of the concept is addressed by focusing attention on a community-based model of child-care derived from the Child Rights Legislation in Brazil. Departing from a general view of the child related policies in Brazil, the c…
Urban Poverty: Scientific and Ethical Considerations
Concentrated urban poverty in the United States is addressed from a dual perspective. The first viewpoint is derived from the social science literature. To advance the existing base of knowledge, reference is made to a specific research program, the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. This effort is currently in mid-course of a decade-long study of children from all major racial/ethnic, social class, and neighborhood groups in …
Pregnancies, Childrearing, and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Precocious fathers
Based on available evidence, it appears reasonable to assume that the psychological and social consequences of becoming a father during adolescence are the same as those more traditionally associated with adolescent motherhood. Guidelines for research to enhance knowledge of this important but relatively neglected area are outlined
Cultural and national differences in the epidemiology of behavior problems of preschool children
Attachment to a special object at the age of three years: Behavior and temperament characteristics
Play observations of three-year old children and their relationship to parental reports of behavior problems and temperament characteristics
Adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy: Socioenvironmental problems, physical health, and mental health
Treatment-seeking for depression by black and white Americans
Stressful Life Events and Psychiatric Symptoms in Black Adolescent Females
The relationship between stressful life events andpsychiatric morbidity in a sample of over 1,300 Black adolescent females is reported in this article. The sample was part of a large-scale effort to evaluate primary health services for adolescents in ten United States cities. Black females were considered of special interest since divergent ideas exist regarding their vulnerability to psychiatric problems. On one hand, they are deemed to be at hi…
Epidemiology and child psychiatry: Entering the second phase
Recent progress in epidemiological studies describing the prevalence, distribution, and possible determinants of psychiatric disorders in children have pointed the way toward a new, experimental phase for research. Such investigations would be formal in design, use principles of a preventive trial, and exploit all current knowledge about the role of risk factors and causal mechanisms. This paper proposes the prevention of conduct disorder as the …
How Early Can We Tell: Predictors of Childhood Conduct Disorder and Adolescent Delinquency
It is often argued that intervention efforts can benefit from the early identification of children at risk for antisocial disorders. Little is known, however about the predictive efficacy of early predictors This study examined the predictive power of a variety of characteristics of the preschool child for antisocial outcome at ages 11 and 15. The subjects were 1,037 members of a longitudinal investigation of a New Zealand birth cohort. Groups wi…
Pregnancies, Childrearing, and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
Human Development and Criminal Behavior: New Ways of Advancing Knowledge
At the Threshold: The Developing Adolescent (Book)
Predictive Modeling of Change in Depressive Disorder and Counts of Depressive Symptoms in Urban Youths
A longitudinal multivariate model examined data from a sample of 2,415 adolescents residing in 10 cities to see if both depressive symptoms and diagnosis of depressive disorder change over time in association with the same salient events. The model posits that risk variables (e.g., stressful circumstances and traumatic events), protective variables (e.g., social relationships), and a Risk × Protective interaction statistically predict change in d…
Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population
Jacqueline McGuire, Felton Earls, Exploring the Reliability of Measures of Family Relations, Parental Attitudes, and Parent-Child Relations in a Disadvantaged Minority Population, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 1042-1046
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for public health
Children at the Margins of Society: Research and Practice
Frontiers of research on children, youth, and families
Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children
We propose a theoretical framework on the structural sources and spatially embedded nature of three mechanisms that produce collective efficacy for children. Using survey data collected in 1995 from 8,782 Chicago residents, we examine variations in intergenerational closure, reciprocal local exchange, and shared expectations for informal social control across 342 neighborhoods. Adjusting for respondents' attributes, we assess the effects of neigh…
Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Girls' Pubertal Maturation: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The goal of this study was to determine whether aspects of pubertal maturation vary across race/ethnicity. To this end, we investigated two components of pubertal maturation (i.e., onset of menarche and perceptions of pubertal timing) in a multiethnic, multisocioeconomic sample of urban adolescent girls (N = 866). There were 314 African American, 404 Latina, and 148 White adolescents across low, middle, and high socioeconomic status (SES) backgro…
Urban Poverty: Scientific and Ethical Considerations
Concentrated urban poverty in the United States is addressed from a dual perspective. The first viewpoint is derived from the social science literature. To advance the existing base of knowledge, reference is made to a specific research program, the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. This effort is currently in mid-course of a decade-long study of children from all major racial/ethnic, social class, and neighborhood groups in …
The Social Ecology of Child Health and Well-Being
The term social ecology refers to the nested arrangement of family, school, neighborhood, and community contexts in which children grow up. In this chapter, new directions in public health science as reflected in the theoretical and methodological implications of the concept are explored. The contributions of this ecologically oriented approach to child health practice, designed as it is from a health promotions perspective, are considered. A cri…
On the application of community psychology to public health: Explanation versus identification
On the application of community psychology to public health: Explanation versus identification
Community psychology and public health should be natural allies, yet the two fields operate sufficiently independently of each other to undermine their capacity to reach what might be common objectives. This discontinuity is in part a reflection of differential priority attached to explaining health outcomes and identifying individuals' health status by the two fields. To foster crossdisciplinary work here we highlight the distinction between exp…
A Multilevel Study of Neighborhoods and Parent-to-Child Physical Aggression: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
The majority of children in the United States experience parent-to-child physical aggression (PCPA), a disciplinary strategy out of favor with many experts. Several decades of research have documented a link between community characteristics and severe child maltreatment. None have taken a multilevel approach to study whether neighborhoods affect the amount of corporal punishment and/or physical abuse used by individual families. Data for this ar…
Behavioral Profiles in 4?5 year-old Children: Normal and Pathological Variants
Psychology (32 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Public health (10 works)