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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
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Epidemiological issues in health needs assessment

BMJ, 1998
This is the second in a series of six articles describing approaches to and topics for health needs assessment, and how the results can be used effectively Series editor: John Wright The first article in this series explained the importance of health needs assessment in the context of planning and delivering health care to populations.1 It mentioned ...
R, Williams, J, Wright
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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

Identification of needs of integrated approaches of occupational health and safety and health promotion [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives
Background: Occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions predominantly target workplace ergonomic, psychosocial, and material risks. Workplace health promotion (WHP) interventions have a primary focus on health education-related activities and ...
Yanming Lu, Nektarios Karanikas, Julie-Anne Carroll   +2 more
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Needs for Children's Health Promotion Education as Perceived by Child Care Center Teachers and Mothers [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the needs for children’s health promotion education programs as perceived by child care center teachers and mothers.
Young-Ran Lee, Sun-Nam Park, Mi-Ran Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Health Services Needs Assessment for Retinoblastoma in Ethiopia

JCO Global Oncology, 2023
PURPOSEThe aim of this study was to document the available resources and needs for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of retinoblastoma (RB) in Ethiopia.METHODSA health services needs assessment focused on RB care in Ethiopia was conducted ...
Sadik Taju Sherief, Fran Wu, Jacquelyn O'Banion, Tiliksew Teshome, Helen Dimaras   +4 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 needs assessment

, 2012
Key points Health needs should be distinguished from the need for health-care, which is nowadays defined in terms of ability to benefit. Health-care needs assessment is central to the planning process. There are three commonly contrasted approaches to needs assessment: corporate, comparative and epidemiological.
Gillam, Stephen, Yates, Jan, Badrinath, Padmanabhan   +2 more
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Structuring health needs assessments: the medicalisation of health visiting [PDF]

Sociology of Health & Illness, 2004
Abstract  This paper draws on Foucault to understand the changing discourse and impact of structured ‘health needs assessments’ on health visiting practice. Literature about this activity makes little mention of the long‐standing social purposes of health visiting, which include surveillance of vulnerable and invisible populations, providing them ...
Cowley, S, Mitcheson, J, Houston, A M
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