Kristen A. Copeland, MD
Title
Assistant Professor
Appointment
Assistant Professor
Email
kristen.copeland@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-1687
Fax
513-636-4402
Bio
Kristen Copeland, MD, is a general pediatrician and child health researcher. Her primary research interest is the health of children in child care. Her previous research has focused on illness exclusions from the child care settings, including beliefs and perspectives from all pertinent stakeholders (child care providers, parents and physicians), and knowledge and compliance with national guidelines. More recently, Dr. Copeland has become interested in the opportunities that child care settings offer for disease prevention and health promotion, in particular for the prevention of obesity. She is currently investigating what child care center environmental factors influence children's physical activity levels.
Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Copeland graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and then attended the University of Alabama School of Medicine. She completed a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and pursued further training in public health and health services research as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. She returned to Cincinnati Children's in 2004 as a faculty member in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics.
Credentials
MD: University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 1999.
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2002.
Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2004.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2002.
Research
- Health of children in child care
- Child care illness exclusions
- Physical activity and obesity prevention in child care settings
Research Grants and Contracts
Dean's Scholar in Clinical Research Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training, University of cincinnati; July 2006-June 2007; Primary Investigator.
Publications, Most Recent
Copeland, K.A.; Duggan, A.K.; Shope, T.R.:
Knowledge and Beliefs about Guidelines for Exclusion of Ill Children from Child Care.Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2005, Vol 5(6), 365-371.
Professional Organization Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
AAP Section on Early Education and Child Care
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Health Early Care and Education Consortium
Presentations, Most Recent:
Copeland K.: Child Care: What Clinicians and Researchers Should Know!Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; August 1, 2006; Cincinnati, OH.
Ellis, L.; Copeland, K.; Doyne, E.; DeWitt, T.: Do residents with private-based continuity experiences feel better prepared to practice than those in hospital-based settings?Presented at the APA Regional Breakfast and as a poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2006; San Francisco, CA .
Copeland, K.A.; Blanchard, T.; Finkelstein, J.A.; Southward, L.H.: Physical and Sedentary Activity in Child Care Centers.Poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2006; San Francisco, CA .
Copeland, K.A.; Harris, E.; Cheng, T.L.: Child Care Providers, Parents, and Pediatricians are Unfamiliar with National Illness Exclusion Guidelines.Poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2005; PAS 2005:57:2799; Washington, DC.
Copeland, K.A.; Harris, E.; Cheng, T.L.: Health Beliefs' Effect on the Decision to Exclude Mildly Ill Children from Child Care.Poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2005; PAS 2005:57:916; Washington, DC.
Copeland, K.; Jayaram, L.; Dudley, C.; Leonard, L.: How Do Day Care Providers Decide When a Child is Sick?Poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2004; PAS 2004:56:1356; San Francisco, CA.
Copeland, K.; Shope, T.; Duggan, A.: Parents', Pediatricians', and Child Care Providers' Knowledge of National Illness Exclusion Guidelines and Attitudes Toward Exclusions.Poster presentation at the annual PAS Meeting; May, 2004; PAS 2004:56:1125; San Francisco, CA.
Copeland, K.; Jayaram, L.; Dudley, C.: How Do Day Care Providers Decide When to Send a Child Home?Presented at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Annual Meeting; November, 2003; Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Jayaram, L.; Copeland, K.; Dudley, C.: Illness in Child Care Centers: The Social Dynamics of the Exclusion Process.Presented at the Midwest Qualitative Research Conference; June 19, 2003; Minneapolis, MN.
Related Areas
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