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Getting the Measure of Prosocial Behaviors: A Comparison of Participation and Volunteering Data in the National Child Development Study and the Linked Social Participation and Identity Study

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018
Measures of prosocial behavior can influence policy, legislation, investment, and inform assessments of the overall state of society. Evidence suggests that methods are important in determining these measures. To widen and deepen our understanding of the
Katherine Brookfield, J. Parry, V. Bolton   +2 more
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Estimating the heterogeneous relationship between peer drinking and youth alcohol consumption in Chile using propensity score stratification [PDF]

, 2014
When estimating the association between peer and youth alcohol consumption, it is critical to account for possible differential levels of response to peer socialization processes across youth, in addition to variability in individual, family, and social ...
Delva, Jorge, Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew, Han, Yoonsun, Xie, Yu   +3 more
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Infant and young child feeding practices and child linear growth in Nepal : regression-decomposition analysis of national survey data, 1996–2016 [PDF]

, 2020
Suboptimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices have profound implications on child survival, health, growth, and development. First, our study analysed trends in 18 IYCF indicators and height-for-age z-score (HAZ) and stunting prevalence ...
Argaw, Alemayehu, Chitekwe, Stanley, Dahal, Pradiumna, Hanley-Cook, Giles, Kolsteren, Patrick   +4 more
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Adverse childhood experiences and multiple mental health outcomes through adulthood: A prospective birth cohort study

SSM - Mental Health, 2021
Objective: Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is associated with a broad range of mental health-related outcomes. Previous studies tended to use retrospectively reported ACEs, measure mental health outcomes at a one time point in adulthood ...
Dawid Gondek, Praveetha Patalay, Rebecca E. Lacey   +2 more
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Examining the quality and sample representativeness of linked 1958 National Child Development Study and Hospital Episode Statistics data.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objectives It is important to evaluate the quality of linkages between cohort and administrative data to discern the likely reliability of research using the linked data resource.
Richard Silverwood, Nasir Rajah, Lisa Calderwood, Bianca De Stavola, Katie Harron, George Ploubidis   +5 more
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
A Amouzou, AR Hosseinpoor, C Kurowski, CG Victora, CG Victora, D Gwatkin, D McIntyre, DR Gwatkin, E Zere, E Zere, Frida N Ngalesoni, FutureInstitute, George M Ruhago, H Masanja, I Rudan, J Boerma, J Bryce, L Say, M Fox, M Islam, M Munga, MC Hogan, MOHSW, MOHSW, N Daniels, N Kakwani, N Walker, NBS[Tanzania] and ORCMacro, Ole F Norheim, R Lozano, S Thomsen, T Mkandawire, TH Julian, UNICEF, W DeCormier-Plosky, W Winfrey, W.H.O   +36 more
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Understanding the introduction and use of a mobile device-supported health information system in Nigeria [PDF]

, 2014
Copyright @ 2014 The Authors.This paper presents an in-depth analysis of efforts to introduce a mobile health information system in Nigeria as part of a development initiative aimed at improving maternal and child health.
Asuzu M.C., Bowker G., Kimaro H.C., Law J., Monteiro E., Oates B., WHO, WHO, Yin R.K.   +8 more
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Gestational Weight Gain Growth Charts Adapted to Japanese Pregnancies Using a Bayesian Approach in a Longitudinal Study: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Tracking gestational weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy makes it possible to optimize pregnancy outcomes, and GWG growth curves are well suitable for this purpose. The GWG guidelines for Japanese were revised in 2021.
Naho Morisaki, Aurélie Piedvache, Seiichi Morokuma, Kazushige Nakahara, Masanobu Ogawa, Kiyoko Kato, Masafumi Sanefuji, Eiji Shibata, Mayumi Tsuji, Masayuki Shimono, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Kusuhara, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group   +13 more
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Maternal blood count parameters of chronic inflammation by gestational age and their associations with risk of preterm delivery in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), are three reportedly predictive biomarkers that reflect subclinical chronic inflammatory burden.
Naho Morisaki, Aurélie Piedvache, Chie Nagata, Takehiro Michikawa, Seiichi Morokuma, Kiyoko Kato, Masafumi Sanefuji, Eiji Shibata, Mayumi Tsuji, Masayuki Shimono, Shouichi Ohga, Koichi Kusuhara, Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group   +12 more
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Parental Secure Base Support and Child Secure Base Use in Mexican Same-Sex Families

Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 2022
The aim of this research was to determine whether the well-documented link between heterosexual parents’ secure base support (i.e., sensitivity) and child secure base behavior (i.e., security) was present among Mexican same-sex families with 1-to 6-year ...
Fernando Salinas-Quiroz, Fabiola Rodríguez-Sánchez, Verónica Cambón, Paola Silva, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Antonio Martínez   +5 more
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