Michael Rapoff, Ph.D.

Some of the patients seen by KU Pediatrics.

Clinical Interests:

Assessment and management of pain;
Medical regimen adherence problems;
Adjustment problems in children and adolescents with chronic diseases.

Research Interests:

Pediatric Psychology, adherence to medical regimens, applied behavior analysis, pain management, and psychosocial adjustment to chronic disease.

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Specialty:	Behavioral Pediatrics (Division Chief)
Position:	Ralph L. Smith Professor of Pediatrics and Vice-Chair for Research, Scholarship, and Faculty Improvement
E-Mail:	mrapoff@kumc.edu
Telephone:	913-588-6323
Facsimile:	913-588-2253
Office Location:	G005 Miller
Mailing Address:	Mail Stop 4004 3901 Rainbow Blvd Kansas City, KS 66160

Education & Training:

Undergraduate: BS (Education), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, IL;
Postgraduate:
- M.S. Ed. (Special Education), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, IL;
- M.A. (Human Development), University Of Kansas;
- Ph.D. (Developmental and Child Psychology):University of Kansas;
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Behavioral Pediatrics: University of Kansas Medical Center,Department of Pediatrics

Licensure and Certification:

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory;
Missouri State Committee of Psychologists;
National Registry of Health Services Providers in Psychology.

Professional Societies:

Fellow, American Psychological Association

Awards:

2003 Distinguished Scholar — Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, a division of the American College of Rheumatology
2005 - 40th Anniversary Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, division of the American College of Rheumatology, Star Award for “significant contributions to the field of rheumatology during the past 40 years”; one of 37 awardees

Publications:

Specifically for parents:
- A booklet for parents with ideas on how they can help children with a rheumatic disease adhere to medical treatments.
  http://www.arthritis.org/communities/juvenile_arthritis/Taking_Control/default.asp
Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regimens:
- Articles:
  - Rapoff, M.A. & Christophersen, E.R. (1982). Improving compliance in pediatric practice. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 29, 339 357.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Lindsley, C.B. & Christophersen, E.R. (1984). Improving compliance with medical regimens: A case study with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 65, 267 169.
  - Finney, J.W., Friman, P.C., Rapoff, M.A. & Christophersen, E.R. (1985). Improving compliance with antibiotic regimens for otitis media: Randomized clinical trial in a pediatric clinic. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 139, 89 95.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Lindsley, C.B. & Christophersen, E.R. (1985). Parent perceptions of problems experienced by their children in complying with treatments for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 66, 427 429.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Purviance, M.R. & Lindsley, C.B. (1988). Improving medication compliance for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and its effect on clinical outcome: A single subject analysis. Arthritis Care and Research, 1, 12 16.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Purviance, M.R. & Lindsley, C.B. (1988). Educational and behavioral strategies for improving medication compliance in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 69, 439 441.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (1989). Compliance with treatment regimens for pediatric rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care and Research, 2, S40 S47.
  - Pieper, K.B., Rapoff, M.A., Purviance, M.R. & Lindsley, C.B. (1989). Improving compliance with prednisone therapy in pediatric patients with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Care and Research, 2, 132 135.
  - da Costa, I.G., Rapoff, M.A., Lemanek, K., & Goldstein, G.L. (1997). Improving adherence to medication regimens for children with asthma and its effect on clinical outcome. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30, 687-691.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (2001). Pushing the envelope: Furthering research on improving adherence to chronic pediatric disease regimens. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 26, 277-278.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Belmont, J., Lindsley, C.B., Olson, N.Y., & Padur, J. (2002). Prevention of nonadherence to non-steriodal anti-inflammatory medications for newly diagnosed patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Health Psychology, 21, 620-623.
  - Rapoff, M.A., Belmont, J.M., Lindsley, C.B., & Olson, N.Y. (2005). Electronically monitored adherence to medications by newly diagnosed patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 53, 905-910.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (2006). Management of adherence and chronic rheumatic disease in children and adolescents. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology, 20, 301-314.
- Books and Book Chapters:
  - Rapoff, M.A. (1999). Adherence to pediatric medical regimens. New York: Kluwer/Plenum.
  - Rapoff, M.A. & Christophersen, E.R. (1982). Compliance of pediatric patients with medical regimens: A review and evaluation. In R.B. Stuart (Ed.), Adherence, compliance and generalization in behavioral medicine. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
  - Rapoff, M.A. & Barnard, M.U. (1991). Compliance with pediatric medical regimens. In J.A. Cramer & Spilker, B. (Eds.). Patient compliance in medical practice and clinical trials. New York: Raven Press (pp. 73 98).
  - Rapoff, M.A. (1998). Adherence issues among adolescents with chronic diseases. In S.A. Shumaker, E. Schron, J. Ockene, & W.L. McBee (Eds.), Handbook of health behavior change. 2nd ed. (pp. 377-408). New York: Springer.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (2000). Assessing and enhancing adherence to regimens for pediatric rheumatic diseases. In J.L Melvin & V.F. Wright (Eds.), Rheumatologic rehabilitation series,Volume 3: Pediatric rheumatic diseases (pp. 127-140). Bethesda, MD: The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (2000). Facilitating adherence to medical regimens for pediatric rheumatic diseases: Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. In D. Drotar (Ed.) Promoting adherence to medical treatment in childhood chronic illness: Concepts, methods, and interventions (pp.329-345). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  - Rapoff, M.A. (2001). Adherence. In Robbins, L., Burckhardt, C.S., Hannan, M.T., & DeHoratius, R.J. (Eds.), Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Diseases, 2nd Edition. Atlanta, GA: Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, American College of Rheumatology.
  - Rapoff, M.A., McGrath, A.M., & Smith, S.D. (2006). Adherence to treatment demands. In R.T. Brown (Ed.), Pediatric hematology/oncology: A biopsychosocial approach (pp.138-169). Oxford University Press.
  - Rapoff, M.A. & Bartlett, SJ. Adherence in children and adults. In S. J. Barlett, C.O. Bingham, M.J. Maricic, M.D. Iverson, & V. Ruffing (eds.), Clinical care in the rheumatic disease, 3rd ed (pp. 279-284)., Atlanta: American College of Rheumatology.
Pain Assessment and Management:

Articles:
- Rapoff, M.A., Walsh, D.J. & Engel, J.M. (1988). Assessment and management of chronic pediatric headaches. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 11, 159 178.
- Engel, J.M. & Rapoff, M.A. (1990). A component analysis of relaxation training for children with vascular muscle contraction and mixed headache disorders. In D.C. Tyler & E.J. Crane (Eds.) Advances in Pain Research Therapy, Vol 15, New York: Raven Press, (pp. 273 290).
- Engel, J.M. & Rapoff, M.A. (1990). Biofeedback assisted relaxation training for adult and pediatric headache disorders. The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 10, 283 299.
- Summers, J.D., Rapoff, M.A., Varghese, G., Porter, K. & Palmer, R.E. (1991). Psychosocial factors in chronic spinal cord injury pain. Pain, 47, 183 189.
- Engel, J.M., Rapoff, M.A., & Rogot, A.R. (1992). Long term follow up of relaxation training for pediatric headache disorders. Headache, 32, 152 156.
- Leonard, T.M., Klem, S.A., Asher, M.A., Rapoff, M.A., & Leff, R.D. (1993). Relationship between pain severity and serum b endorphin levels in postoperative patients. Pharmacotherapy, 13, 378 381.
- Engel, J.M., Rapoff, M.A., & Pressman, A.R. (1994). The durability of relaxation training in pediatric headache management. The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 14, 183 190.
- Gragg, R.A., Rapoff, M.A., Danovsky, M.B., Lindsley, C.B., Varni, J.W., Waldron, A., & Bernstein, B.H. (1996). Assessing chronic musculoskeletal pain associated with rheumatic disease: Further validation of the pediatric pain questionnaire. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 21, 237-250.
- Varni, J.W., Rapoff, M.A., Waldron, S.A., Gragg, R.A., Bernstein, B.H., & Lindsley, C.B. (1996). Chronic pain and emotional distress in children and adolescents. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 17, 154-161.
- Varni, J.W., Waldron, S.A., Gragg, R.A., Rapoff, M.A., Bernstein, B.H., Lindsley, C.B., & Newcomb, M.D. (1996). Development of the Waldron/Varni Pediatric Pain Coping Inventory. Pain, 67, 141-150.
- Varni, J.W., Rapoff, M.A., Waldron, S.A., Gragg, R.A., Bernstein, B.H., & Lindsley, C.B. (1996). Effects of perceived stress on pediatric chronic pain. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19, 515-528.
- Rapoff, M.A. (2003). Pediatric measures of pain. Arthritis Care & Research, 49, S90-S95.
- Connelly, M. & Rapoff, .M.A. (2006). Assessing health-related quality of life in children recurrent headache: Reliability and validity of the PedsQL™ 4.0 in a pediatric headache sample. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 698-702.
- Connelly, M., Rapoff, M.A., Thompson, N., & Connelly, W. (2006). Headstrong: A pilot study of a CD-ROM intervention for recurrent pediatric headache. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 737-747.
Books and Book Chapters:
- Sherry, D.D., Varni, J.W., & Rapoff, M.A. (2006). Pain assessment and management. In I.S. Szer, Y. Kimura, P.N. Malleson, & T.R. Southwood (eds.). Arthritis in children and adolescents. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pp. 357-366). New York: Oxford University Press.

Psychosocial Issues and Chronic Pediatric Diseases:

Articles:
- Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Rapoff, M.A., Kamps, J.L., & Olson, N. (2004).The PedsQL* in pediatric asthma: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory* generic core scales and asthma module. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 297-318.
- Barone, V.J., Rapoff, M.A. & Dwight, S.A. (1989). A review of behavioral strategies for the treatment of asthma and asthma related behaviors. The American Journal of Asthma & Allergy for Pediatricians, 2, 180 183.
- Rapoff, M.A., Lindsley, C.B., & Purviance, M.R. (1991). The validity and reliability of parental ratings of disease activity in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 4, 136 139.
- Padur, J.S., Rapoff, M.A., Houston, B.K., Barnard, M.U., Danovsky, M., Olson, N.Y., Moore, M.V., Vats, T.S., & Lieberman, B. (1995). Psychosocial adjustment and the role of functional status for children with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 32, 345 353.
- Snyder, C.R., Hoza, B., Pelham, W.E., Rapoff, M.A., Ware, L.L., Danovsky, M., Highberger, L., Rubinstein, H., & Stahl, K.J. (1997). The development and validation of the Children's Hope Scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22, 399-421.
- Barnum, D.D., Snyder, C.R., Rapoff, M.A., Mani, M.M., & Thompson, R. (1998) Hope and social support in the psychological adjustment of children who have survived burns and their matched controls. Children's Health Care, 27, 15-30.
- von Weiss, R.T., Rapoff, M.A., Varni, J.W., Lindsley, C.B., Olson, N.Y., Madson, K.L., & Bernstein, B.H. (2002). Daily hassles and social support as predictors of adjustment in children with pediatric rheumatic disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 155-165.
- Varni, J.W., Burwinkle, T.M., Rapoff, M.A., Kamps, J.L., & Olson, N. (2004). The PedsQL in pediatric asthma: Reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory generic core scales and asthma module. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 297-318.
Books and Book Chapters:
- Varni, J.W., Rapoff, M.A., Waldron, S.A. (1994). Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Psychological issues. In R.A. Olson, L.L. Mullins, J.B. Gillman, & J.M. Chaney (Eds.). A Sourcebook of Pediatric Psychology. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press ( 89).
- Rapoff, M.A., McGrath, A.M., & Lindsley, C.B. (2003). Medical and psychosocial aspects of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. In Roberts, M.C. (ed.). Handbook of pediatric psychology, 3rd edition (pp. 392-408). New York: Guilford.

Current and Recent Grant Funding:

Michael Rapoff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. “Headstrong: A Novel Minimal Contact Behavioral Intervention for Recurrent Pediatric Headache”, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company, Total Direct Costs: $50,000, 10/01/02 – 9/30/03.
Michael Rapoff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. “Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in childhood asthma.” National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Total Direct Costs: $190,847 for Year One; 1/1/99-12/31/02.
Michael Rapoff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. Carol Lindsley, M.D. and Nancy Olson, M.D. are Co Investigators. Cognitive behavioral management of pain in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis." Arthritis Foundation, Total Direct Costs: $67,063 for Year One, 7/1/96 6/30/99.
Michael Rapoff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. "Headstrong intervention for recurrent pediatric headache." R01,National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Total Direct Costs: $150,000 for Year One, 7/01/04 * 6/30/07.

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