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A review of risk factors for overweight in preschool children: A policy perspective [PDF]

, 2006
Hawkins, SS, Law, C
core   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

Is Childcare Availability in Addiction Treatment Associated with County-Level Childcare Prices and Median Income in the United States? [PDF]

Health Serv Insights
Ware OD, Geiger GR, Howard MA, Baca-Atlas SN, Baca-Atlas MH.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Treating preschooler behavioural sleep problems via parent‐mediated telehealth: A randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Behavioural sleep problems in the preschool developmental period (ages 3–5 years) are highly prevalent and associated with a myriad of deleterious consequences including anxiety, in the short‐ and long‐term. This study examined a parent‐focused behavioural sleep intervention for children aged from 3 to 5 years, delivered ...
Amy Shiels, Lara J. Farrell, Caroline L. Donovan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PRESCHOOL CHILD

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1933
openaire   +3 more sources

Bimanual or unimanual stacking strategies under different cognitive loads: Evidence of a cognitive/action trade‐off in the coordination strategy of 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous studies have found that increased cognitive load during a task might result in the use of ‘easier’ motor strategies that nevertheless achieve task goals. Here, we investigated the influence of cognitive load on bimanual or unimanual strategy use in preschoolers, through a combination of secondary data analysis and new empirical data ...
Lisanne Schröer, Johanna‐Katharina Maninger, Richard P. Cooper, Denis Mareschal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intervention characteristics and speech therapy strategies in care for autistic children in health services: a scoping review. [PDF]

Codas
Barros RCB, Ferreira EB, Silva PMVA, Khalil MM, Oliveira APM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Better movers, better friends? A test for the environmental stress hypothesis in typically developing primary school children

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Relations between children's motor skills and internalizing problems are poorly understood. The environmental stress hypothesis (ESH), originally developed for motor‐impaired children, may provide understanding, yet has been scarcely examined in typically developing children.
Anne G. M. de Bruijn, Johanna E. A. Brocken   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging early development gaps in rural Egypt: a community-based approach to equitable childhood care. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Metwally AM, El-Din EMS, Abouelnaga MW, Nassar MS, Shehata MA, Ahmed DE, Elshaarawy GA, Ibrahim NA, Armaneous AF, Elabd MA.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond performance: Emotions before and after semi‐high‐stakes mathematics testing among school‐aged students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Previous research has shown that testing differs significantly from other classroom activities and is associated with heightened negative emotions and lower levels of positive emotions. However, relatively little is known about students' emotions surrounding testing, particularly in higher‐stakes assessment settings. Aims This study
Reetta Kyynäräinen, Santeri Holopainen, Jari Metsämuuronen, Umar Bin Qushem, Mikko‐Jussi Laakso, Katarina Alanko   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source