The Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) seeks to improve the health of children in Arkansas and the nation through high quality research in child health services, child health and development, and child health nutrition. Research results at CARE have affected child health policies in Arkansas and throughout the country.

CARE is the only facility in a Department of Pediatrics in the region offering multi-disciplinary, applied research that focuses on children, their families, and communities.

Interactive disciplines include:

• Epidemiology

• Health economics

• Health policy

• Health services research

• Medical sociology

• Nutrition

• Pediatrics

• Pharmacology and toxicology

• Psychology

Research is conducted in three major areas:

• Health Services Research identifies cost-effective practices that result in improved health outcomes for children.

• Child Health and Development examines low birth weight medically vulnerable children in longitudinal research and offers care for children with growth, nutrition, and development problems.

• Nutrition Research conducts health, behavior, and nutrition studies in relation to child health and development and family functioning, including the effects of welfare reform on the nutritional status of children, and the effects of interventions on these conditions.

Faculty Members:

    Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, Section Chief

    Stephen M. Bowman, PhD

    Patrick Casey, MD

    James M. Robbins, PhD

    Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH

    John M. (Mick) Tilford, PhD

    Judith L. Weber, PhD

Additional web links:

Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center

    http://www.acnc.uams.edu/

Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute

    http://achri.ach.uams.edu/

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