... commitment and buy -in, • a framework for child injury activities of government agencies, NGOs, universities, and others interested in preserving and protecting the health ofchildrenand adolescents, and ... analyze, and disseminate data Unique aspects of injury surveillance and epidemiology often require customized training and education This may include advanced graduate training and continuing education ... existing training and education needs in schools andin professional organizations When developing a strategic framework for improving education and training for child injury prevention, each of...
... ID collected the data ID, CE and SM were involved in guiding the study including the design and coordination All authors contributed to the interpretation ofdataand writing of the manuscript ... physical and psychological functioning in a mixed-ethnic clinical sample of obese childrenandadolescents Additionally, as there are reports of increasing levels of obesity in very young children ... Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standards Acta Paediatrica 2005, 94:496-498 Meltzer H, Gatward R, Goodman R, et al: Mental Health ofChildrenandAdolescents in...
... improving HR-QoL in the Risk Avoidance domain and subdomains Our findings regarding the low and moderate correlations between core symptoms and HR-QoL (and the small correlations found in several instances ... Avoidance and Achievement domains and their sub-domains as well as in the sub-domains Emotional Comfort, Satisfaction with Self, Family Involvement, and Social Problem Solving, both inchildrenandadolescents ... placebo-controlled trials were included In total, dataof n = 183 and n = 92 children (6-11 years) and n = 72 and n = 40 adolescents (12-17 years) were analyzed in the atomoxetine and placebo groups, respectively...
... (table 6) Inequalities in computer and Internet use manifest themselves in the locations where childrenandadolescents log in to the Internet Given the role of computers in accessing the Internet, ... Percentage ofchildrenandadolescents using computers at home and at school, by family income: 2001 14 Figure Percentage ofchildrenandadolescents using computers at home and at school, ... use of computers and the Internet by childrenandadolescents The report examines children s andadolescents overall use, how childrenand teens use these technologies, where they use them, and...
... skills, and practice of developmentally appropriate health carein the context of family and community Ⅲ Promote desired social, developmental, and health outcomes of infants, children, andadolescents ... Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Third Edition Presenting key information from the Guidelines, the Pocket Guide serves as a quick reference tool and training ... member and introduce self Ⅲ Use names of family members Ⅲ Incorporate social talk in the beginning of the interview Ⅲ Show interest and attention Ⅲ Demonstrate empathy Ⅲ Appear patient and unhurried...
... marketing method for reaching childrenandadolescentsand include cross-selling, tie-ins, premiums, and sweepstakes prizes Cross-selling and tie-ins combine promotional efforts to sell a product In ... decade in the US, use of public schools as advertising and marketing venues has grown Reasons for the increase in in-school marketing to childrenandadolescents include the desire to increase ... is to examine the food advertising and marketing channels used to target US childrenand adolescents, the impact of food advertising on eating behavior of youth, and current regulation and policies...
... gluten and related prolamines in genetically (mainly HLA) susceptible individuals characterized by a combination of: • gluten dependent clinical manifestations • anti-tissue transglutaminase ... levels Conclusions The new guidelines will offer the option of omitting biopsies in selected cases with symptoms suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of misclassification Preconditions ... Agenda • • • • Change in clinical paradigm Definitions of coeliac disease New diagnostic guidelines Algorithms Interlaken ESPGHAN criteria (1979) Small intestinal biopsy: villous atrophy...
... components ofchildrenandadolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy childrenand adolescents, but also for quality of life ... robust in terms of using non-continuous dataand there is evidence of robustness in the terms of the violation of multivariate normality assumption [17,18] However, Bollen-Stine bootstrap and associated ... (aged 816 years and equally boys and girls) from nine elementary schools in Western Vojvodina to participate in the study They informed all childrenandadolescents about the purpose of the study,...
... competing interests Authors' contributions LR, JMV, ME and JA participated in the conception and design of the study LR, JAPV, and EVO analyzed the data MH and LR participated in the drafting of ... quality of life ofchildrenandadolescents with mental disorders J Am Acad Child Adoles Psychiatry 2002, 41:530-537 Bastiaansen D, Koot HM, Ferdinand RF: Determinants of quality of life inchildren ... longitudinal study to collect information on mental health and HRQOL in a representative sample of German childrenandadolescentsand their parents [31] Although only cross-sectional baseline data...
... Cardiopathies 6Poverty line is calculated according to total income, and number and age of people in the household, as per National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) guidelines ical and psychosocial ... addressing the impact of chronic illness on the quality of life ofchildrenand adolescents, including those in poor districts Abbreviations Strengths and Limitations Our study provides innovative data ... running" instead of "running" and "never was a problem" instead of "never") to increase comprehensibility The second wave of cognitive interviews was carried out in 30 childrenand parents and confirmed...
... psychometric properties of newly developed instruments In determining sample size, the number of items contained in the target instruments, sensitivity of other instruments being used, anddata analysis ... efficacy and effective of treatments and interventions designed to foster increase participation in life activities Implications of the PLA for use in theory testing, research settings, and clinical ... for testing in clinical settings In clinical settings the PLA could be used to lead discussions designed to motivate behavioral change in child and adolescent management of asthma Having children...
... evaluation of the healthcare needs of a school district, and results can be used to inform public policy, including the development of strategic healthcare plans and school health clinics, identifying ... end of the HRQOL continuum are needed for healthy populations [47] and inclusion of emotional well-being, positive affect, vitality, and health perceptions aid in discriminating and measuring ... Health and Development 2005, 31(4):409-415 Kaplan RM, Quality of life in children: A health care policy perspective In Quality of Life in Child and Adolescent Illness Concepts, Methods and Findings...
... to data collection Power analysis In determining sample size for psychometric testing, the number of items contained in the target instrument, sensitivity of other instruments being used, anddata ... Conclusion Findings of this study provide evidence of internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the PLA as a measure of one aspect of quality of life for childrenandadolescents ... terminated normally and resulted in chi-square p-value of 62 for the test of model fit The values of RMSEA < 001 and CFI of 1.00 were also indicative of good fit of the model Factor loadings...
... losing additional data Various sourcesofdata were systematically considered in the selection of items for domains Some of the data were qualitative in nature, for example the clinical opinion ... examined for distribution of responses, frequency of nonresponse, ceiling and floor effects Childrenandadolescents between and 16 years of age and their parents were asked to participate in ... subjective data during the item selection process This included the percentage of 'not applicable' and 'never' responses, a cognitive interview and the clinical judgment of clinicians and investigators...
... Ellert U: Pain among ChildrenandAdolescentsin Germany: Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents (KiGGS) European Journal of Pain 2010, in press ... Determinants of agreement between self-reported and parent-assessed quality of life for childrenin Germany - Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents ... part of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ChildrenandAdolescents (KiGGS) of the Robert Koch Institute, the children self-report- and the parent proxy-report version of the...
... components ofchildrenandadolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy childrenand adolescents, but also for quality of life ... robust in terms of using non-continuous dataand there is evidence of robustness in the terms of the violation of multivariate normality assumption [17,18] However, Bollen-Stine bootstrap and associated ... (aged 816 years and equally boys and girls) from nine elementary schools in Western Vojvodina to participate in the study They informed all childrenandadolescents about the purpose of the study,...
... most challenging cases in radiation oncology Examples are parotid gland sparing in head -and- neck tumors or spinal cord sparing for tumors of the vertebral column The history of IMRT for children ... spillage or integral dose [17-21] This study describes experience and outcome of IMRT for childrenandadolescentsin our institution In addition a review of the available literature reporting on ... aspects of IMRT planning and treatment of the children HB is responsible for the anaesthesia management of the children PH is responsible for the clinical treatment of the children as head of the...
... awards and has received international recognition as a clinical investigator Dr Findling is the principal investigator of a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development contract examining ... ofchildrenandadolescents with bipolar disorder In particular, the number of controlled treatment studies of mania inchildrenandadolescents is rapidly increasing, thereby greatly improving ... lithium in the treatment of pediatric mania and also the principal investigator of a National Institue of Mental Health study assessing the longitudinal course ofchildren with symptoms of mania...
... absence of older adolescentsIn the second study, Geller and Fetner (1989) examined the utility of using the nomogram of Cooper, Bergner, and Simpson (1973) in predicting initial lithium dosing inchildren ... during lithium therapy inchildrenandadolescents is not known However, in our clinical experience of pediatric patients taking lithium, an increase in thyrotropin levels (thyroidstimulating ... exercised in translating the in vitro and animal findings to humans Lithium and Neurotransmission Preclinical studies and information from adult human studies have provided information regarding the...