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Fallon, Sally – Journal of Family Life, 1997
A review of Dr. Weston Price's work on the nutritional practices of "primitive" peoples and their subsequent levels of physical development shows that animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper functioning of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Dental Health, Dietetics, Eating Habits
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Direct linkGladen, Beth C.; Rogan, Walter J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (this issue) examine various technical issues related to six studies of perinatal PCB exposure and neurodevelopment and one study of adult PCB exposure and motor function. They raise questions about possible imperfections of the studies, but many of their assertions are unsupported or frankly…
Descriptors: Validity, Psychomotor Skills, Child Health, Prenatal Influences
Cook-Cottone, Catherine – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Pediatric exposure to polychlorinated biphynels (PCBs) is a national health concern with significant implications for school psychologists. According to the healthcare collaboration model, the school psychologist plays a key role in the provision of services to children affected by environmental teratogens. To effectively function as healthcare…
Descriptors: School Psychology, School Psychologists, Counselor Role, Child Health
Hebben, Nancy – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The seven cohort studies of the relation between prenatal and postnatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to cognitive, neuropsychological and behavioral development have suggested that exposure to PCBs can cause persistent changes in cognitive functioning. D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (this issue) apply six scientific…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Validity, Statistical Significance, Child Health
Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Kaufman, Alan S.; Sparrow, Sara S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
In this paper we address the points raised by groups of scientists who were invited to respond to our initial critique of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) research in this special issue. In that article, we applied six objective criteria to more than two decades of published PCB research and concluded that much of the research was badly flawed. The…
Descriptors: Probability, Evaluation Criteria, Beliefs, Toxicology
Weisglas-Kuperus, Nynke; Vreugdenhil, Hestien J. I.; Mulder, Paul G. H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The aim of the review of D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (funded by the General Electric Company; this issue) is to "evaluate [the] literature relating the effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) upon neurobehavioral, health-related, and cognitive deficits in neonates, developing infants,…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Neonates, Validity, Psychomotor Skills
Rice, Deborah C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This invited response to the paper by D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (CKS), and the responses by the investigative teams of the studies criticized by them, addresses specific errors of logic and interpretation by CKS, and integrates comments made by the study investigators. CKS provide a flawed analysis of the literature on the…
Descriptors: Validity, Psychomotor Skills, Child Health, Prenatal Influences
Winneke, Gerhard; Walkowiak, Jens; Kramer, Ursula – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
This paper comments on a critical review of cohort studies on PCB-related neurodevelopmental deficit in young children by D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, and S.S. Sparrow (CKS). Major points of criticism of CKS, namely alleged violation of statistical principles, presumed lack of clinical significance of findings, and alleged insufficient control of…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Criticism, Statistical Inference, Validity
Jacobson, Joseph L.; Jacobson, Sandra W. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
In this paper, we respond to the criticisms and concerns raised by D.V. Cicchetti, A.S. Kaufman, & S.S. Sparrow (this issue) in their review of the PCB literature, with particular attention to our own research in Michigan. We agree that multiple comparisons and functional significance are issues that would benefit from more discussion.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Validity, Psychomotor Skills, Risk
