Craig Garfield MD MAPP

PubMed

• Paternal Leave Practices Among a Representative Sample of Recent Fathers in Georgia: 2018-2019.
  Clarissa D Simon, John James Parker, Katherine Bean, Anne Bendelow, Craig F Garfield
  Pediatrics. 2025-06-10
• A compact, wireless system for continuous monitoring of breast milk expressed during breastfeeding.
  Jihye Kim, Seyong Oh, Raudel Avila, Hee-Sup Shin, Matthew Banet
  Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2025-05-14
• Paternal Health and Health Behaviors During the Perinatal Period: Results from a Representative Survey of Fathers in Georgia, 2018-2019.
  Raj M Dalal, Clarissa D Simon, John James Parker, Anne Bendelow, Michael Bryan
  Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2025-05-01

Journal Articles

• Supporting fatherhood before and after it happens  
  Garfield CF, Pediatrics, 1/1/2015
• "Paternal and Maternal Concerns for their Very Low Birth Weight Infants Transitioning from the NICU to Home"  
  Garfield, CF, Lee, Y., Kim, H., Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 1/1/2014
• Long-term effects of birth weight and breastfeeding duration on inflammation in early adulthood  
  McDade, T. W., Metzger, M. W., Chyu, L., Duncan, G. J., Garfield, CF., & Adam, E. K., Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B: Biological Sciences, 1/1/2014
• "A Mixed-Method Examination of Maternal and Paternal Nocturnal Caregiving"  
  Insana, S., Garfield, CF, Montgomery-Downs, H., Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 1/4/2013
• "Effects of FDA advisories on the pharmacologic treatment of ADHD, 2004-2008"  
  Kornfield, R., Watson, S., Higashi, A., Conti, R., Dusetzina, SB., Garfield, CF., Dorsey, ER., Huskamp, HA., Alexander, GC, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2013
• "Religion and Spirituality as Important Components of Men's Health and Wellness: An Analytic Review"  
  Garfield, CF, Isacco, A, and Sahker, E, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1/1/2013
• "Double Bind: Primary Caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs and Their Access to Leave Benefits"  
  Chung PJ, Garfield CF, Elliott MN, Vestal KD, Klein DJ, Schuster MA, Academic Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• "Economic impact of paclitaxel shortage in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer"  
  Havrilesky, L., Garfield, CF, Barnett, J., Cohn, D., Gynecologic Oncology, 1/1/2012
• "Trends in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ambulatory Diagnosis and Medical Treatment in the United States, 2000-2010"  
  Garfield, CF, Dorsey, ER., Zhu, S., Huskamp, HA., Conti, R., Dusetzina, SB., Higashi, A., Perrin, J., Kornfield, R., Alexander, GC, Academic Pediatrics, 1/1/2012
• "Urban Fathers' Involvement in their Child's Health and Healthcare"  
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 1/1/2012
• "Sad Dads: A Challenge for Pediatrics"  
  Garfield, CF and Fletcher, R, Pediatrics, 1/1/2011
• "The effects of early paternal depression on children's development"  
  Fletcher, R., Freeman, E., Garfield, CF and Vimpani, G, The Medical Journal of Australia, 1/1/2011
• "Correlates of coparental support among married and non-married fathers"  
  Isacco, A., Garfield, CF, Rogers, TE, Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 1/1/2010
• "Men's Health and Fatherhood in the Urban Midwestern United States"  
  Garfield, CF, Isacco, A., & Bartlo, W., International Journal of Men's Health, 1/1/2010
• "Improving Communication Between Patients and Providers Using Health Information Technology and Other Quality Improvement Strategies: Focus on Low-Income Children"  
  Ngo-Metzger, Q., Hayes, G.R., Chen, Y., Cygan, R., and Garfield, CF, Medical Care Research and Review, 1/1/2010
• "Improving Communication Between Patients and Providers Using Health Information Technology and Other Quality Improvement Strategies: Focus on Asian Americans"  
  Ngo-Metzger, Q., Hayes, G.R., Chen, Y., Cygan, R., and Garfield, CF, Medical Care Research and Review, 1/1/2010
• "Child Healthcare Decision-making: Examining ‘Conjointness' in Paternal Identities Among Residential and Non-residential Fathers"  
  Isacco, A and Garfield, CF, Fathering, 1/1/2010
• "Association between Adolescent Viewership and Alcohol Advertising on Cable Television"  
  Chung PJ, Garfield CF, Elliott MN, Ostroff J, Ross C, Jernigan DH, Vestal KD, Schuster MA, American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), 1/20/2009
• "Urban Fathers' Role in Maternal Postpartum Depression"  
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Fathering, 1/1/2009
• "Where is the F in MCH? Father Involvement in African American Families"  
  Lu M, Jones L, Bond M, Pumpuang M, Maidenberg M, Jones D, Garfield CF, Rowley DL, Ferre C, Ethnicity and Disease, 1/1/2009
• "Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs: Perceived Effects of Leave from Work and the Impact of Paid Leave"  
  Schuster, MA, Chung, P J, Elliott, MN, Garfield, CF, Vestal, KD and Klein, DJ, American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), 1/1/2009
• "Awareness and Use of California's Paid Family Leave Insurance Among Parents of Chronically Ill Children"  
  Schuster, MA, Chung, PJ., Garfield, CF, Elliott, MN, Vestal, KD and Klein, DJ, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1/3/2008
• "A Review of Men's Health and Masculinity"  
  Garfield, CF., Isacco, A., Rogers, T., American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1/1/2008
• "Need for and Use of Family Leave among Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs"  
  Chung, PJ., Garfield, CF, Elliott, M. N., Carey, C., Eriksson, C. S., Schuster, Mark A., Pediatrics, 1/1/2007
• "Fatherhood as a Component of Men's Health"  
  Garfield, CF, Clark-Kauffman, B., Davis, M. M., Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), 1/15/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

• Lifestyle Medicine Textbook 
  Chapter: "Perspectives on Men's Health" 
  Garfield, CFEditors: Rippe.CRC PressEdition 2nd,2013
• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 
  Chapter: "Variations in Family Composition." 
  Garfield, CFEditors: Carey and Coleman.Edition 4th,2009
• Pediatrics: An On-line Medical Reference 
  Chapter: "Rhinitis Medicamentosa." 
  Garfield, CFEditors: Steven Altschuler et al.Emedicine Online Textbooks, St. PetersburgEdition 1st,2001

Abstracts/Posters

• "Adolescent Reproductive Knowledge, Attitudes and Believes and Future Fatherhood."
  Garfield, CF, Duncan, G, Peters A., Rutsohn, J, McDade, T, Adam, E, Chase-Lansdale, PL, APHA, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
• "Am I able to be a good parent?"Mothers' and Fathers' Concerns of VLBW NICU Graduates Transitioning Home.
  Garfield, CF., Lee, YS., Bolcki, K., Kim, HN, Garfield, CF., Lee, YS., Bolcki, K., Kim, HN, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• "Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the United States, 2000-2010."
  Garfield CF, Dorsey, ER, Zhu, S, Huskamp, HA, Conti, R, Higashi, AS, Perrin, J, Dusetzina, S, Alexander GC, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Denver, CO, 1/1/2011
• "U.S. Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2010."
  Garfield CF, Dorsey ER, Zhu S, Huskamp HA, Conti R, Dusetzina SB, Higashi A, Alexander GC, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, 1/1/2011
• "U.S. Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2010."
  Garfield CF, Dorsey ER, Zhu S, Huskamp HA, Conti R, Dusetzina SB, Higashi A, Alexander GC, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 1/1/2011
• "U.S. Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2010."
  Garfield CF, Dorsey ER, Zhu S, Huskamp HA, Conti R, Dusetzina SB, Higashi A, Alexander GC, International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 1/1/2011
• "A Qualitative Study of how Children Affect Father's Health."
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 1/1/2008
• "Father Involvement in Child Health."
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1/1/2007
• "Barriers for Pediatricians to Identifying Mothers At-risk for Postpartum Depression"
  Garfield, CF, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 1/1/2007
• "Paternal Reports of Healthcare Decision-making: A Qualitative Study"
  Isacco A, Rogers T, Garfield, CF, American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2007
• "Canary in a Coal Mine: Fathers' Reports of Mother's Mental Health."
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2006
• "Detached, independent, or coparental identity? Fathers and child healthcare decision-making."
  Isacco A and Garfield, CF, American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2006
• "Impact of Family Leave on Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)"
  Chung PJ, Garfield CF, Elliott MN, Eriksson C, Schuster M, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2006
• "Fathers and the Well Child Visit."
  Garfield, CF and Isacco, A, Society for Pediatric Research Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

• "Developing a Measure of Father Involvement in Child Healthcare." 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
• "Adolescent Reproductive Knowledge, Attitudes and Believes and Future Fatherhood." 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• "PRAMS for DADs: A new pilot project to better understand the health, experiences, and behaviors of new fathers before and after the birth of their infant." 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2015
• "Moving beyond Bystanding: Paternal Involvement During Pregnancy and the Prenatal Period." 
  Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2015
• Keynote Speaker, "A Time for Action: Young Men's Health." 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2015
• "Young Men's Health and the Transition to Fatherhood: Implications for Prevention and Pre-conception Health" 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2015
• "Designing mHealth for Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the NICU" 
  1/1/2014
• "Young Men's Risk and Protective Behaviors and the Transition to Fatherhood" 
  Vancouver - 1/1/2014
• "Obesity Measures in Young Males and the Transition to Fatherhood." 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2014
• "Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes from Preconception to First Year of Life" 
  Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2013
• "Early Origins of Inflammation: Long Term Effects of Birth Weight and Breastfeeding Duration on C-Reactive Protein in Young Adulthood." 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2013
• "Religiosity and Fathers' Health: A Test of the Life-Course Development Theory." 
  HI - 1/1/2013
• "The Power of Health Information Technology in the Intensive Care Unit" 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2013
• "Father Involvement and Child, Family, and Father Wellbeing" 
  Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2012
• "Perspectives on Urban Fathers and Health in the United States" 
  Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland - 1/1/2012
• "Fathering: History, Hormones, Health, Home" 
  Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL - 1/1/2012
• "A Longitudinal Analysis of Fatherhood and Paternal Depression." 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• "NICU-2-HOME: Supporting the transition to home from the NICU" 
  1/1/2012
• "NICU-2-HOME: Theory-driven implications for improving Self-Efficacy and Mental Well-being of Parents of VLBW Infants" 
  1/1/2012
• "Self-Efficacy Theory as a Framework For Interventions That Support Parents of NICU Infants." 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2012
• "New Perspectives on Fathers Involvement in Families" 
  1/23/2011
• "The effects of early paternal depression on children's development." 
  Melbourne, Australia - 1/15/2011
• "Actions Taken by Postpartum Mothers and Fathers during their Nocturnal Awakenings." 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2011
• "Designing an mHealth Program to Meet the Needs and Enhance Usage among Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• "NICU-2-HOME: Supporting the Transition to Home from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit using a Mobile Application" 
  1/1/2011
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Other

• "Self-efficacy theory as a framework for interventions that support parents of NICU infants." 
  Lee, Y., Garfield, CF, Kim, H., 2012 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops,
  1/1/2012
• Perinatal depression and child development: Strategies for primary care providers. 
  Wiedmann, M., & Garfield, CF, Family Practice Education Network, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, Vol. 2
  1/1/2008
• "The Perinatal Mental Health Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act" 
  Garfield CF (Consultant), Senator Don Harmon's (D-IL) State Bill 15
  1/1/2007
• "Fathers and Pediatricians: Enhancing Men's Roles in the Care and Development of their Children." 
  Coleman WL, Garfield, CF, and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement, Pediatrics
  1/1/2004
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