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Filter by:The association between nutrition in early life and its long-term health consequences has long been known. However, there is a scarcity of scientific evidence on how nutritional status affects child growth and development in remote, rural agro-pastoral communities with distinct dietary intake habits, geographical location, socio-economic status, and cultures.
propranolol and anabolic steroids have a role in pediatric burn patients and their combined effects are to be studied here. They decrease the catabolic response to burn trauma and minimize the duration of growth arrest hence improving the outcome
The aim of this work is to assess language development in cochlear implanted children in Assiut university hospital and to assess the impact of some related factors (age of implantation, family motivation and education, age of hearing loss and the pre-implanted language therapy or pre-implanted hearing aid wearing) on this development. Adoption of newborn hearing screening programs across the nations has resulted in early identification and confirmation of hearing losses in youngest and vulnerable populations. Early identification often results in early intervention using hearing technology assistance via hearing aids or cochlear implants, parental education programs, and speech-language therapy The major goal of intervention is to capitalize on providing sensory, motor, and interactive exchanges at the earliest stages of communication development as a means of reducing the deleterious effects of auditory deprivation
The goals of the proposed research are to determine whether repeated exposure to a low sodium food will result in reduced preference for salt in that food among children; and to determine whether such reductions in preference are related to dietary intake of salt, taste receptor genotype, and anthropometric and physiological measures.
The objective of this research is to conduct a small randomized pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of Sit Down and Play (SDP), a brief, low-cost program delivered in the primary care setting to enhance parent-child interactions and explore potential impacts on parenting behaviors.
The primary aim for this study is to determine if maternal Kangaroo Care (KC) provided during painful procedures in early life will mitigate stress release and will improve neurobehavioural outcomes in infants, decrease subsequent pain response, and enhance maternal-child interaction beyond the period of hospitalization.
The goal of the study is to determine whether there are age-, diet- and genetically-related differences in the perception of sweeteners, both nutritive and non-nutritive.
Many Indonesian infants are already iron deficient before they reach the age of six months, which also determines the high prevalence of anemia among under-five children. Iron deficiency ultimately leads to anemia, and there is clear evidence that iron deficiency anemia during early childhood has a marked negative effect on child development and cognitive function (Lozoff et al.1991; Idjradinata & Pollitt, 1993). This negative impact on childhood development is one of the main reasons why iron deficiency during infancy should be prevented or treated. Since diets low in iron is usually also low in zinc, zinc deficiency --which has negative consequence on growth-- is common in iron deficiency area. In Southeast Asia, the condition is exacerbated by the rich phytate content in the complementary foods which inhibits the absorption of iron as well as zinc (Gibson, 1994). Thus, combining both iron and zinc, hence, is expected to decrease both iron and zinc deficiencies and hence improve growth and development of the children. Recently, there has been an emerging view which looks at the two-way relationship between nutrition, health, and psychosocial well-being. This concept is supported by studies on "positive deviance", a term used to refer to children who grow and develop well in impoverished environments where most children are victims of malnutrition and chronic illness (Zeitlin et al., 1990). The mechanism which helps to explain how psychosocial factors, such as the affect between mother and child, are associated with adequate growth and development: 'Psychological stress has a negative effect on the use of nutrients whereas psychological well-being stimulates the secretion of growth-promoting hormones. Pleasantly stimulating interactions can enhance the child's tendency to exercise its developing organ systems and hence to utilize nutrients for growth and development'. Understanding how the psychosocial environment can promote or inhibit the benefit of supplementation intervention is necessary in order to have a better way of setting about providing supplements. In fact, many supplementation programs do not incorporate complementary program elements that would help to improve the health and psychosocial development of children at the same time that they improve nutritional status' (Myers, 1995). Looking from this perspective, not only will supplementation benefit the psychosocial development but also the psychosocial environment can promote the benefit of the supplementation on the nutritional status and developmental outcomes of infants. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether multi-micronutrient supplementations (zinc+iron, zinc+iron+vit.A) have positive effect on infants' growth and developmental outcomes, and whether the effect is modified by psychosocial care.
This study will utilize two validated tools for assessing child development and behavior, to investigate the outcomes for children born preterm compared with those born at full term. Two hundred children born or cared for during the neonatal period at Mount Sinai Hospital will be enrolled. Parents will be asked to complete a behavioral assessment questionnaire, and which will assess development in an examination administered by a trained occupational therapist at Mount Sinai Hospital.
This study aims to identify early life exposures to metals and chemicals by measuring the concentration of metals and organic compounds in shed primary teeth. The researchers will also investigate associations between the presence of these chemicals in teeth and children's social, emotional, and neuro-development.