John Manford Pascoe, MD

Dr. John Pascoe is part of the developmental pediatrics team at Dayton Children’s, supporting children with developmental, behavioral and learning differences. They partner with families to create care plans that help each child reach their full potential. He has a special interest in treating complex pre-school and school-aged children with learning and behavioral problems including ADHD. Dr. Pascoe is also a professor of pediatrics at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

awards and honors:
Consumers' Research Council of America: Guide to America's Top Pediatricians
Past President, Academic Pediatrics Association
Past Chair, Literature Selection and Technical Review Committee of the National Library of Medicine, 2014-15
Recipient, Ellen Rudy Clore Excellence in Research Writing Award, Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 2006

publications and presentations:
Pascoe JM and Earp JA. The Effect of Mothers' Social Support and Life changes on the Stimulation of Children in the Home. Am J Pub Health, 74:358-360, 1984. Editorial discussing paper, p. 310
Pascoe JM, Chessare J and Ulrich L. Help with Prenatal Household Tasks and Newborn Birthweight; Is There an Association? J Dev Beh Pediatr, 8:207-212, 1987
Pascoe JM, Ialongo N, Horn W and Reinhardt MA. The Reliability and Validity of the Maternal Social Support Index. Fam Medicine, Vol. 20, 4:271-275, 1988
Horn WF, Ialongo NS, Pascoe JM, et al. Additive Effects of Psychostimulants, Parent Training, Self Control Therapy with ADHD Children. J Am ACAD, Child Adolesc Psychiatry 30:2, pp. 233-240, 1991
Pascoe JM. Social Support During Labor and Duration of Labor. Public Health Nursing, Vol 10, No 2, pp. 97-99, 1993
Kemper KJ, Osborn LM, Hansen D and Pascoe JM. Family Psychosocial Screening: Should We Focus on High Risk Settings? J of Dev/Beh Peds Vol 15, No 5:336-341, 1994
Pascoe JM, Kokotailo P et al. Correlates of Multigravid Mothers’ Binge Drinking During Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995;149:1325-1329
Pascoe, JM. America’s Families: Then and Now, Current Problems in Pediatrics, Vol 26, No.5, pp 159-169, 1996
Pascoe JM, editor. Report on Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century: A National Medical Education Project. Fam Med. 2004;36 suppl:S1-S150
Pascoe JM, Babbott D, Pye KL, Rabinowitz HK, Veit KJ, Wood DL. The UME-21 project: connecting medical education and medical practice. Fam Med. 2004;36 suppl:S12-S14
Pascoe JM, Little DR, Forbis SG, Slora EJ. Patient visits to a Midwestern primary care practice-based research network: a comparison to two national primary care data sets. Southern Medical Journal 2008;7:693-698
Gupta RS, Pascoe JM, Blanchard TC, Langkamp D, Duncan PM, Gorski PA, Southward LH.Child Health in Child Care: A Multi-state Survey of Head Start and Non-Head Start Child Care Directors. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 2009 May-Jun;23(3):143-9
Pascoe JM, Lee M, Specht SL, McNicholas CI, Spears W, Gans A, Heneghan AM. Mothers with positive or negative depression screens evaluate a maternal resource guide. J Pediatr Health Care. 2010 Nov-Dec;24(6):378-84. Epub 2010 Jun 9
Bevans KB, Bhatt SK, Pascoe JM, Pati S. Measurement of Maternal Instrumental Support: Findings from Three Population-Based Cohort Studies. Matern Child Health J. 2013 Jan;17(1):14-22
Spears W, Pascoe J, Khamis H, McNicholas CI, Zagory J, Pakvasa M, Eberhart G. Parents’ Perspectives on their Children’s Health Insurance: Plight of the Underinsured. J Pediatr. 2013 Feb;162(2):403-8.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.07.039. Epub 2012 Aug 23
Correlates of mothers' perception of their communities' social capital: a community-based study. Pascoe JM, Specht S, McNicholas C, Kasten E, Spears W, Looman W. Matern Child Health J. 2013 Oct;17(8):1382-90. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1138-0
Pascoe JM, Wood DL, Kuo A, Duffee JH; Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; Council on Community Pediatrics. Mediators and adverse effects of child poverty in the United States. Pediatrics. 2016; 137(4): e20160340