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Understanding Health Risks for Adolescents in Protective Custody [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Children in child welfare protective custody (e.g., foster care) are known to have increased health concerns compared to children not in protective custody. The poor health documented for children in protective custody persists well into adulthood; young
Beal, Sarah J.   +3 more
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Environmental factors and children's malnutrition in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
Ethiopia has one of the highest child malnutrition rates in the world. A considerable effort to monitor child malnutrition rates over the last two decades shows that, despite some improvements, approximately half of the children under five are still ...
Silva, Patricia
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Motivation and health behavior in the prevention of childhood obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The objectives of the present thesis were to investigate self-efficacy and motivational interviewing as motivational frameworks for health behavior change in the prevention of childhood obesity, and to explore child health services as a setting for ...
Bohman, Benjamin
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The Impact of Ethnic-Immigrant Status and Obesity-Related Risk Factors on Behavioral Problems among US Children and Adolescents

open access: yesScientifica, 2012
We examined the prevalence and correlates of parent-reported behavioral problems among immigrants and US-born children aged 6–17 years. The 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health was used to develop an 11-item factor-based behavioral problems index ...
Gopal K. Singh, Stella M. Yu
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Prospective Study on Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Al-Dakhliya Governorate in Oman

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2014
Objectives: Postnatal Depression (PND) is a major health problem. It has a serious impact on the mother, her child and family. Studies have shown wide diversity of its prevalence across different cultures. Its epidemiology and its associated risk factors
Fatma Ibrahim Al Hinai   +1 more
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Protective services caseworkers' understanding of the DSM : Improving risk assessment through professional development training [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Child protective service workers often must consult mental health professionals during the risk assessment process in order to make appropriate decisions about placement and treatment.
Davidson, J.C., Levine, Joanne
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Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This is one of a series of five papers outlining the particular domains and dimensions of inequality where new research may yield a better understanding of responses to this growing issue.Mental health is recognized as a central determinant of individual
Jennifer Greif Green   +3 more
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Determinants of maternal health care utilisation in India : Evidence from a recent household survey [PDF]

open access: yes
In India, utilisation of basic health services has remained poor. The reasons may be low levels of household income, high illiteracy and ignorance, and a host of traditional factors.
Shariff, Abusaleh, Singh, Geeta
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Youth Aware of Mental Health for Danish School Adolescents: Study Protocol for a Cluster‐Randomized Feasibility Pilot Trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Objectives (1) To investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of delivering the Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) program in Danish public schools to 8‐9th‐grade students, and (2) to explore the preliminary effects of the program on self ...
Lasse K. Harris   +7 more
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External Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis of mothers2mothers' Mentor Mother Programme in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This external evaluation examines whether the core component of m2m's Mentor Mother Model -- peer education an psychosocial support services -- improves the uptake of Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) services, as wel as the health and ...

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