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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge, Maite E. Houwing, Rowena L. Grohssteiner, Ferdows Atiq, Sonja A. M. C. Teuben, Mirjam P. Fransen, Marjon H. Cnossen   +6 more
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The amniotic fluid proteome changes with gestational age in normal pregnancy: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports, 2022
The cell-free transcriptome in amniotic fluid (AF) has been shown to be informative of physiologic and pathologic processes in pregnancy; however, the change in AF proteome with gestational age has mostly been studied by targeted approaches.
Gaurav Bhatti, Roberto Romero, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Eunjung Jung, Francesca Gotsch, Roger Pique-Regi, Percy Pacora, Chaur-Dong Hsu, Mahendra Kavdia, Adi L. Tarca   +10 more
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Parental Expectations of Maternal and Child Health Services [PDF]

Social Work in Public Health, 2015
This article reports on survey research (N = 1,418) aimed at examining whether parental expectations of maternal and child health (MCH) services are influenced by group characteristics (e.g., socioeconomic status [SES], ethnicity, at risk of poverty) and/or individual parenting context variables (e.g., received social support) in a context where these ...
Bradt, Lieve, Vandenbroeck, Michel, Lammertyn, Jan, De Bie, Maria   +3 more
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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Provider REport of Sustainment Scale (PRESS): development and validation of a brief measure of inner context sustainment

Implementation Science, 2021
Background Implementation scientists and practitioners often rely on frontline providers for reporting on implementation outcomes. Furthermore, measures of sustainment are few, and available sustainment measures are mainly setting or evidenced-based ...
Joanna C. Moullin, Marisa Sklar, Mark G. Ehrhart, Amy Green, Gregory A. Aarons   +4 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilization of dental services by preschool children: prevalence and associated factors [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research
Dental associations worldwide recommend that the first dental visit should take place before 12 months of age; however, preschoolers’ utilization of dental services remains low.
Isabela da Costa GONÇALVES, Valéria Silveira COELHO, Joana RAMOS-JORGE, Priscila Seixas MOURÃO, Kaio Henrique SOARES, Maria Letícia RAMOS-JORGE, Izabella Barbosa FERNANDES   +6 more
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Methods, strategies, and incentives to increase response to mental health surveys among adolescents: a systematic review

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023
Background This systematic review aimed to identify effective methods to increase adolescents’ response to surveys about mental health and substance use, to improve the quality of survey information.
Julia Bidonde, Jose F. Meneses-Echavez, Elisabet Hafstad, Geir Scott Brunborg, Lasse Bang   +4 more
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Impact of the free healthcare initiative on wealth-related inequity in the utilization of maternal & child health services in Sierra Leone

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundAs a result of financial barriers to the utilization of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services, the Government of Sierra Leone launched the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI) in 2010.
M. B. Jalloh, A. Bah, Peter Bai James, Stephen Sevalie, K. Hann, A. Shmueli   +5 more
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Psychosocial Functioning After Pediatric Bone Sarcoma: Generic and Survivor‐Specific Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors may experience psychosocial challenges related to childhood cancer after their intensive, body‐altering treatment. This cross‐sectional study aimed to evaluate generic and survivor‐specific psychosocial outcomes in a national cohort of pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors, and ...
Hinke van der Hoek, Heleen Maurice‐Stam, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff‐Lentink, Alied M. van der Aa‐van Delden, Anne Westerweel, Marloes van Gorp, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Lianne M. Haveman, W. Peter Bekkering, Leonie G. Tigelaar, Johannes H. M. Merks, Martha A. Grootenhuis   +14 more
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