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Filter by:In this pilot prospective longitudinal observational study, women who are pregnant and who will be experiencing childbirth for the first time will be recruited at the third trimester and observed longitudinally for psychiatric and pain characteristics until 3 months postpartum. The primary outcome is postpartum depression, assessed by Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Infants will also be observed for infant development characteristics over time. Women who choose to receive labor epidural analgesia will be observed, as well as women who choose to avoid labor epidural analgesia. At baseline, women will complete baseline surveys as well as a baseline pain sensitivity test (quantitative sensory testing, QST). During labor, they will complete an electronic pain diary delivered by a bedside mobile device. Three postpartum assessments will occur over 3 months to assess maternal depression, other psychosocial variables, and infant development.
The purpose of this survey is to collect data from intrauterine life until the age of 18 of children born in Haute Vienne. The interest to realize such survey is to find correlations and interactions that may exist between the events that occurred during intrauterine life and those that will occur after the birth of the child. The investigators will examine every aspect of these children's lives from the perspectives of health, social sciences and environmental health These are medical events (occurrence of disease, medication), but also socio-cultural for this child (living environment, exposure to possible contaminants, events in family history). This cohort aims to include 3000 children a year (whose parents consented to their inclusion), all born at Haute-Vienne.
The investigators believe that there is an association between H. pylori infection and nutritional status and between H. pylori infection and cognitive development. The current study will examine this association in Israeli children, aged 6-12 years.
The purpose of the study is to test whether nutritional supplementation during pregnancy is associated with 1) improved maternal health during pregnancy; 2) improved infant birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes, and 3) whether the association between nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and infant outcomes is partially mediated by reductions in maternal perceived stress and stress reactivity during pregnancy.
Worldwide about 88 million children drop out of primary school annually. One of the contributory factors is a lack of school readiness among young children, their families and their teachers. To better prepare young children for school, investment in early childhood interventions is necessary. Young children require good health, adequate nutrition and social-emotional, cognitive and communication skills to succeed in school, which requires both support in the family environment and a stable transition to the classroom environment. Preschool programmes are designed to prepare children for formal learning. However, in many low- and middle-income countries there is poor access to quality preschool programmes. Further, the scale-up of early childhood interventions is challenged by a number of barriers such as poor supply (e.g. policy provisions, financing, distance, early child development workforce), inadequate cross-sector coordination, low demand (e.g. knowledge mobilization, agency, community of purpose, opportunities to participate) and weak quality of services (e.g. training, supervision and monitoring systems). In partnership with the National Commission for Human Development, we propose to implement an early childhood care and education programme in rural Sindh that is championed by Community Youth Leaders. The Community Youth Leaders will run community preschools for children aged 3-6 years, and will also coordinate local community engagement and local stakeholder strategies across sectors to leverage demand-side actions to promote ownership and scale-up of early childhood interventions. The LEAPS Programme (Youth Leaders for Early Childhood Assuring Children are Prepared for School) will be evaluated by a cluster randomized controlled efficacy trial. The primary outcome will be children's school readiness, indexed by both early academic and social emotional competencies assessed following 6-9 months of intervention exposure. The compliance, fidelity and quality of the implementation process will also be assessed in order to understand how these features moderate outcomes and whether community-engagement strategies facilitate demand-side actions for scale-up. The expected outcomes for this trial will include a model for quality preprimary education that addresses a current supply-side gap, and will facilitate learning for demand-side actions to support scale-up across a broad range of early childhood interventions.
When immediate clamping of the umbilical cord (ICC) occurs at birth, 20 to 30% of the fetal-placental blood volume is left behind in the placenta. Preliminary results from our current study comparing effects of ICC versus placental transfusion from delayed cord clamping (DCC) show that infants who have DCC have higher ferritin levels at 4 months of age and more myelin in important regions of the brain. Our objective for this follow-up study is to see if the effects of placental transfusion persist to three and four years of age. The investigators plan to enroll only children who participated in the previous trial (Infant Brain Study/NCT01620008) at birth for assessments at three and four years of age. Assessments include MRIs and neurodevelopmental testing to examine cognitive, motor, visual, and behavioral outcomes. The proposed research addresses two central questions regarding the potential benefits of DCC on brain myelin development in children who were born healthy at term: 1. Does DCC result in increased brain myelin deposition at three and four years of age? and 2) Are DCC, iron stores, and brain myelin content in infancy associated with improved cognitive, motor, and socio-behavioral outcomes at three and four years of age?
The goals of the The Building Wealth and Health Network (The Network) are to develop and rigorously test an asset building model that will build financial, social and human capital through asset building, financial education and trauma-informed peer support. Program components include: 1) Matched savings accounts; 2) Financial literacy classes; and 3) Peer support groups using the Sanctuary ® trauma-informed approach to social services. This program is offered in partnership with the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The program elements will fulfill work requirements for the program called temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The hypothesis is that the program's combination of services will result in improved economic security through boosting income, increasing assets, and building a supportive social network, that then translates to better health outcomes.
The Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE) Child Study is a prospective longitudinal population-based study with a life course approach to health and disease. The LIFE Child Study focuses on two main research objectives: - What are premises of normal growth, development and health in children? - Which factors contribute to the development of non-communicable diseases such as childhood obesity and its co-morbidities, atopy and mental health problems? Detailed assessments will be conducted alongside long-term storage of biological samples in 1,000 pregnant women and more than 5,000 children and their families.
Background: Responsive stimulation and/or enhanced nutrition interventions delivered to children through health programs shows improved cognitive, language, and motor, and the social-emotional status. This could benefit young children in Lebanon and worldwide to improve their developmental potential. Aim: This study aims to implement Care for Child Development (CCD) intervention for children aged 0-3 years within a supportive environment in Day Care Centers and to investigate its effectiveness on early child development. Methodology: CCD program will be implemented in 10 randomly selected daycare centers in Lebanon where three providers in each center will be trained (CCD-group). Another group of 10 day care centers will serve as controls (WV-group). 228 Children in each group will receive either early stimulation based on CCD and education from the World Vision Infant and Young Child Feeding (WV-IYCF) project (CCD-group) or education from the WV-IYCF project (WV-group). Caregivers' knowledge and behaviors will be assessed before and after the intervention using a predetermined questionnaire and behavioral checklist. Early child development will be assessed using Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3) and Bayley Scale for infant Development (BSID-III). Expected Outcome: Implementation of CCD program in day care centers will be feasible and will lead to enhanced early child development. This study will serve as a prototype for program implementation throughout the country and the region.
Early detection and intervention for developmental delays are crucial in promoting healthy child development, hence the need for formal screening. In the Arabic speaking population developmental screening tools are scarce in the native language and there is a need for such a tool for pediatricians and health care workers to use routinely. This study aims to translate, adapt and validate the newest version of ASQ (ASQ-3) to Arabic (A-ASQ-3) based on the previously published study showing that ASQ-2 was culturally sensitive. The previously translated A-ASQ-2 will be revised and updated to match the new ASQ-3, then revised by experts in child development. Questionnaires will be adapted and field-tested on 15 subjects per age group (total of 75). For validity, the revised version will be tested on 500 Lebanese children (100 children per age group) selected from all Lebanese governates. It is expected to generate a culturally adapted and validated Arabic tool for screening children for any developmental delay up to 3 years of age. This tool once published will be available for use by primary care providers and caregivers in Arabic speaking countries. It may be used to screen children for developmental delay as early as 7 months therefore prompting prevention of further delay by starting early intervention and promoting child development.