Faculty
Economics
Economics
Economics
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- PhD program in Health Services
- Maternal and Child Health Track, (MPH program)
Dr. Zimmerman is an internationally recognized expert in the role of early television exposure on children's mental health and developmental outcomes. His research has demonstrated an effect of television viewing before age 3 on subsequent attentional problems and on poor reading and math ability at school entry. His research has also found an association between early viewing and a variety of aggressive and anti-social behaviors. These adverse effects are specific to the types of content children watch. Dr. Zimmerman's other research interests include the determinants of parental help-seeking for their children's mental health problems. Dr. Zimmerman was awarded the Distinguished Mentor Award by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine in 2005.
Child Health Institute
Box: 354920
Seattle, WA 98195-4920
(voice) 206-616-9392 (fax) 206-616-4623
fzimmer@u.washington.edu
- HSERV 524
Advanced Health Services Research Methods II
http://www.childhealthinstitute.org/
- developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- exhibiting bullying behavior
- performing poorly in school
- becoming more resistant to parental requests to turn off the TV
http://www.maketvwork.com
PI: Christakis Dates: 07/2006 - 06/2010
This randomized controlled trial seeks to develop and test an evidence-based, interactive internet program's ability to improve the quality of care for young children with asthma.
PI: Zimmerman Dates: 12/2002 - 05/2008
This research proposes to explore the causality of the positive association between socio-economic status and good mental health.
PI: Christakis Dates: 09/2002 - 09/2006
The primary goal of this project is to study the effectiveness of a Parent-Initiated Prevention Program (PIPP) in changing primary providers delivery of preventive care as well as parental preventive behaviors.
PI: Lozano Dates: 09/2001 - 08/2005
The major goal of this study is to achieve sustainable reductions in medical errors in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), through the use of real-time point-of-care hand held computers.
PI: Huebner Dates: 07/2000 - 06/2005
The MCH Training program exists to educate future leaders and assist current leaders to solve MCH problems, conduct applied research, and collaborate with community and government partners to improve the health and well being of women, infants, children, and adolescents.
PI: Gloyd Dates: 05/2001 - 04/2005
The goals of the PATH-collaborative partnership are aimed at improving the likelihood that the results of reproductive health research in developing countries will ultimately influence health policy and practice.
PI: Lozano Dates: 08/2001 - 05/2004
This randomized controlled trial aims to improve quality of care for children with asthma through a real-time computerized intervention delivered at the point of care.
PI: Davis Dates: 09/2001 - 08/2003
To study the provision of evidence at the point of pediatric care, in order to increase the application of evidence-based medicine, to change physician behavior, and expedite the translation of research into clinical practice
PI: Zimmerman Dates: 04/2001 - 03/2003
The major goal of this project is to explore racial, gender, and income-related disparities in the incidence and treatment of depression in the U.S. population.
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA, Meltzoff AN. Media Viewing by Children Under 2 Years Old. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2007 May; 161(5):473-479.
Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Almgren GA, Huebner CA, Mayer JS. Birth outcomes among urban African-American women: A multilevel analysis of the role of racial residential segregation. Social Science and Medicine 63 (12): 3030-3045 (December, 2006).
Zimmerman FJ. Agreeing on More than Chicken Soup: Intra-household Decision-Making and Treatment for Child Psychopathology. Review of Economics of the Household 4(3): 229-252. September, 2006.
Zimmerman FJ and Bell JF. Income Inequality and Physical and Mental Health: Testing Associations Consistent with Proposed Causal Pathways. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60(6) 513-521 (June) 2006.
Zimmerman FJ and Katon W. Socioeconomic Status, Depression Disparities, and Financial Hardship: What Lies Behind the Income - Depression Relationship? Health Economics 14(12): 2005.
Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ, DiGiuseppe DL, McCarty CA. Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children. Pediatrics 2004 113(4).
Zimmerman FJ, Glew GM, Christakis DA, Katon W. Early Cognitive Stimulation, Television Watching, and Subsequent Bullying Among Grade-School Children. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2005 159(4):354-388.(April)
Zimmerman FJ. Social, Demographic and Economic Determinants of Disparities in Mental Health Specialty Utilization Among Children: Evidence from a National Sample. (forthcoming in Health Services Research).
Zimmerman FJ and Katon W. Socioeconomic Status, Depression Disparities, and Financial Hardship: What Lies Behind the Income - Depression Relationship? (forthcoming in Health Economics).
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA, Vander Stoep A. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Patient: Work Attributes and Depression Disparities. Social Science and Medicine 58(10): 1889-1901 (2004).
