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Perspectives on “Disease” and “Disability” in Child Health: The Case of Childhood Neurodisability [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
Chronic health conditions are often associated with what is termed disability. Traditional thinking has focused on diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases and disorders, with less attention to people's functional abilities and their contextual determinants.
Anton Rodney Miller, Anton Rodney Miller, Peter Rosenbaum, Peter Rosenbaum   +3 more
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Countdown to 2015: tracking donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health.

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Timely reliable data on aid flows to maternal, newborn, and child health are essential for assessing the adequacy of current levels of funding, and to promote accountability among donors for attainment of the Millennium Development Goals ...
Borghi, Josephine, Mills, Anne, Josephine Borghi, Dirk H Mueller, Patouillard, E, Borghi, J, Mueller, Dirk H, Mueller, DH, Mills, A, Powell-Jackson, T, Powell-Jackson, Timothy, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Patouillard, Edith, Anne Mills, Edith Patouillard   +14 more
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Pediatric Mediastinal Gray Zone Lymphoma With Germline TET2 Heterozygous Variant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Matthew R. Schuelke, Julia Wang, Haley Newman, Evelyn Kurpiewski, Anne Reilly, Susan R. Rheingold, Gerald Wertheim, Moe Takeda, Daniel J. Zheng, Kaitlin Devine   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases: integrating health services and control efforts. [PDF]

, 2013
Recent data for the global burden of disease reflect major demographic and lifestyle changes, leading to a rise in non-communicable diseases. Most countries with high levels of tuberculosis face a large comorbidity burden from both non-communicable and ...
Abubakar, Ibrahim, Pletschette, Michel, Migliori, Giovanni Battistai, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Zafar, Afia, Hoelscher, Michael, Pantaleo, Guiseppe, Kim, Peter, Lawn, Stephen D, Swaminathan, Soumya, Memish, Ziad A, Maeurer, Markus, Hasan, Rumina, Marais, Ben J., A Memish, Ziad, Marais, Ben J, Zumla, Alimuddin, Craig, Gill, Lawn, Stephen D., Glaziou, Philippe, Lönnroth, Knut, Mwaba, Peter, Schito, Marco, Zijenah, Lynn, Bates, Matthew, Memish, Ziad A., Colagiuri, Ruth, Mwaba, P., Zafar, A., Hasan, R., Zijenah, L., Marais, B.J., Glaziou, P., Kim, P., Abubakar, I., Pletschette, M., Lönnroth, K., Migliori, G.B., Hoelscher, M., Memish, Z.A., Bates, M., Craig, G., Lawn, S.D., Colagiuri, R., Pantaleo, G., Zumla, A., Schito, M., Maeurer, M., Swaminathan, S.   +48 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Supplier Quality and the Distribution of Child Health [PDF]

There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between the health of poor and more affluent children in the UK do not widen over early childhood. One reason may be that through the universal public funded health care system all children
Carol Propper, John A. Rigg, Simon Burgess   +2 more
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Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Over thirty years have passed since the Alma-Ata Declaration on primary health care in 1978. Many governments in the first decade following the declaration responded by developing national programmes of community health workers (CHWs), but ...
Le May Alex, Alex Le May, Lewin, Simon, Jason B Christopher, Christopher, Jason B, Le May, Alex, Ross, David A, Simon Lewin, Lewin Simon, Christopher Jason B, Ross David A, David A Ross   +11 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 3: Investment in social science research in neglected diseases of poverty: a case study of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [PDF]

, 2011
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.BACKGROUND: The level of funding provides a good proxy for the level of commitment or prioritisation given to a particular issue.
Allotey, P, Daniel Reidpath, Allotey, Pascale, Reidpath, Daniel, Subhash Pokhrel, Reidpath Daniel, Pokhrel Subhash, Reidpath, DD, Allotey Pascale, Pascale Allotey, Pokhrel, S, Pokhrel, Subhash   +11 more
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