Biomedical subjects

L V Gordon

Publications and source records attributed to L V Gordon.

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PubMed2001

How much did the Medicaid expansions for children cost? An analysis of state Medicaid spending, 1984-1994.

The authors examine the relationship between the Medicaid eligibility expansions for children and state Medicaid spending during the period from 1984 to 1994. They find that the Medicaid expansions had relatively low incremental cost per enrollee--substantially below the average Medicaid expenditure for children. Expansion children tend to be older and have fewer disabilities. Moreover, many of the most expensive expansion children would have been covered by Medicaid-medically-needy provisions had the expansions not occurred. The authors examine the implications of our findings for intensified Medicaid outreach efforts and for the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1982

Parental participation in nutrition education homework.

Over a three-week period, a sample of fourth grade pupils brought home nutrition education homework, with which their parents had previously agreed to help. Pupils in a comparison group had the same nutrition program in school but with no homework assignments. Six months later, parents in both samples anonymously completed a survey form inquiring about nutritional practices at home. Returns were obtained from 214 parents in the homework group and from 218 parents in the non-homework group. A significantly greater percentage of parents in the homework group reported that meals at home had changed in an important way in the interim period, that their children were eating more of the "right foods" for breakfast and for supper, and that they had requested printed materials on how to plan a balanced diet. In a parallel study, a greater reduction in cigarette smoking had been reported by parents who had helped their children with anti-smoking homework. The corroborative nature of the two sets of outcomes would suggest that it is worth while to encourage parental involvement with homework in nutrition education at the elementary grade levels.

Attitude to Health↗

PubMed1981

Smoking-related attitudes and behaviors of parents of fourth grade students.

In an attempt to determine the effect of tobacco education homework on the smoking behavior and/or attitudes of parents of fourth graders, a sample of students was given homework assignments at the beginning of the school year with which their parents had agreed to help. A control sample had the regular tobacco education unit, with no homework assignments. A follow-up survey at the end of the school year revealed that for parents who had been cigarette smokers at the beginning of the school year, those in the homework sample (n = 215) reported smoking fewer cigarettes and a greater reduction in smoking than those in the nonhomework sample (n = 89). While parents in the two samples did not differ in their general attitude toward cigarette smoking, those in the homework sample were more opposed to their children starting to smoke at a later time and more approving of tobacco education introduced as early as the fourth grade.

Adult↗

PubMed1980