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The amniotic fluid cell-free transcriptome in spontaneous preterm labor

Scientific Reports, 2021
The amniotic fluid (AF) cell-free RNA was shown to reflect physiological and pathological processes in pregnancy, but its value in the prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery is unknown.
Gaurav Bhatti, Roberto Romero, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Roger Pique-Regi, Percy Pacora, Eunjung Jung, Lami Yeo, Chaur-Dong Hsu, Mahendra Kavdia, Adi L. Tarca   +9 more
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Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial

BMC Public Health, 2019
BackgroundGhana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 live births by the year 2030 if maternal and child health services utilization are ...
R. Alhassan, E. Nketiah-Amponsah, M. Ayanore, A. Afaya, S. M. Salia, Japiong Milipaak, E. Ansah, S. Owusu-Agyei   +7 more
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Cyclical vomiting syndrome in a 10 year old girl: a case report

Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2012
A 10 year old girl presented with repeated episodes of vomiting over a one year period. She had intense nausea and severe vomiting, occurring in cycles which needed repeated hospital admissions, severely affecting her functioning.
Swarna Wijetunge, Manisha Dalpatadu
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Trust of community health workers influences the acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2017
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are a component of the health system in many countries, providing effective community-based services to mothers and infants.
M. Grant, A. Wilford, L. Haskins, S. Phakathi, N. Mntambo, C. Horwood   +5 more
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The association between salivary oxytocin, age, and puberty in children with and without OCD

Scientific Reports
The oxytocin system has been thought to contribute to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Few studies, only involving adults, have investigated this hypothesis and have found inconsistent results regarding oxytocin system activity and OCD.
Anna-Rosa Cecilie Mora-Jensen, Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen, Manja Gersholm Grønberg, Eli R. Lebowitz, Daniel S. Quintana, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Charlotte Sewerin Larsen, Lasse Kristoffer Bak, Gitte Lund Christensen, Linea Pretzmann, Valdemar Uhre, Sofie Heidenheim Christensen, Camilla Uhre, Nicoline Løcke Jepsen Korsbjerg, Christine Lykke Thoustrup, Julie Hagstrøm, Melanie Ritter, Kerstin Jessica Plessen, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Nicole Nadine Lønfeldt   +19 more
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Review of Aboriginal child health services in remote Western Australia identifies challenges and informs solutions

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundDespite a national focus on closing the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child health outcomes in Australia, there remain significant challenges, including provision of health services in very remote communities.
P. Dossetor, K. Thorburn, June Oscar, M. Carter, James P Fitzpatrick, C. Bower, J. Boulton, Emily F. M. Fitzpatrick, J. Latimer, Elizabeth J. Elliott, A. Martiniuk   +10 more
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Effect of Ebola virus disease on maternal and child health services in Guinea: a retrospective observational cohort study

Lancet Global Health, 2017
Summary Background The 2014 west African epidemic of Ebola virus disease posed a major threat to the health systems of the countries affected. We sought to quantify the consequences of Ebola virus disease on maternal and child health services in the ...
A. Delamou, A. E. El Ayadi, Sidikiba Sidibé, T. Delvaux, B. Camara, S. D. Sandouno, A. Béavogui, G. Rutherford, J. Okumura, Wei‐Hong Zhang, V. De Brouwere   +10 more
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Is better mentalization always the remedy? Mentalization and internalising symptoms of psychopathology in children and adolescents: a rapid scoping review

Nordic Psychology
Mentalization theory (MT) is an influential theoretical framework with deficits in mentalizing hypothesised to be a key transdiagnostic factor in the development and treatment of various psychopathologies.
Martin Skovsgaard Batenburg, Mette Bentz, Signe Holm Pedersen   +2 more
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Determining the effective coverage of maternal and child health services in Kenya, using demographic and health survey data sets: tracking progress towards universal health coverage

Tropical medicine & international health, 2017
Effective coverage (EC) is a measure of health systems’ performance that combines need, use and quality indicators. This study aimed to assess the extent to which the Kenyan health system provides effective and equitable maternal and child health ...
P. Nguhiu, E. Barasa, J. Chuma
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Readiness to provide child health services in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: mapping, monitoring and ongoing supportive supervision

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In 2018, 875 000 under-five children died in India with children from poor families and rural communities disproportionately affected. Community health centres are positioned to improve access to quality child health services but capacity is ...
Lorine Pelly, Kanchan Srivastava, Dinesh Singh, Parwez Anis, Vishal Babu Mhadeshwar, Rashmi Kumar, Maryanne Crockett   +6 more
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