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The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Anthracyclines: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Anthracycline‐related cardiac remodeling precedes heart failure in childhood cancer survivors. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationships between patient‐specific factors, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and cardiac remodeling.
Hari K. Narayan, Sitong Chen, F. Lennie Wong, Nathan Young, Anna Qi, Christopher Davis, Sanjeet Hegde, Nicholas Gloude, Kasey J. Leger, Kelly D. Getz, Francisco Contijoch, Kirsten Ness, Bonnie Ky, Dennis Kuo, Sheri J. Hartman, Saro H. Armenian   +15 more
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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia

Population Health Metrics
Background Accurate measurement of children’s anthropometry is of central importance for the assessment of nutritional status as well as for the evaluation of nutrition-specific interventions.
Günther Fink, Mpela Chembe, Savanna Henderson, Peter C Rockers, Doug Parkerson   +4 more
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Health care utilisation in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among host communities

Global Public Health
To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries introduced public health and social measures that had indirect societal, economic consequences. Concerns during epidemics include continuity of routine health services.
Chiara Altare, Natalya Kostandova, Md Abul Hasan, Jogie Abucejo Agbogan, Md Lalan Miah, Hannah Crockett, Madison Bates, Sharon Leslie, Brigitte Tonon, Caroline Antoine, Paul Spiegel   +10 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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The Modified Dosages for Acute Malnutrition (MODAM) study: protocol for three integrated randomized controlled trials of novel approaches for the management of childhood wasting in Ethiopia

BMC Nutrition
Background Only a small percentage of children with severe and moderate acute malnutrition receive treatment due to resource limitations, relatively complex treatment protocols, persistent supply chain challenges, and limited early identification among ...
Indi Trehan, Yosef Beyene, Hiwot Darsene, Bailey S. Adams, Maria Wrabel, Getu Gizaw, Liya A. Legese, Bernardette Cichon, Stanley Chitekwe, Mesfin W. Shellemew, Masresha Tessema, Heather C. Stobaugh   +11 more
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The HIV infection healthcare services continuity in the COVID-19 pandemic context: A mixed cross-sectional analysis of associated determinants in Senegal, 2020–2021

The Microbe
COVID-19 pandemic favoured concentration on its response to the detriment of routine services, such as people living with HIV (PLHIV) follow-up, hence the major services discontinuity risk. Thus, Senegalese National Epidemic Management Committee aimed to
Ibrahima Mamby Keita, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacke Leye, Ndeye Mareme Sougou, Boly Diop, Khaly Gueye, Amsatou Samb, Mansanou Fall, Moussa Ba, Bassirou Sarr, Mouhamadou Fallilou Seck, Mame Fatou Mbodj, Sophie Anna Diandy, Vincent Ahmed Gomis, Serigne Abdou Seck, Djibril Barry, Elhadji Mamadou Ndiaye   +15 more
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Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) A Community-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Preschool Children: Process Evaluation Protocol

Trials, 2020
Background Process evaluation can illuminate barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation as well as the drivers of intervention outcomes.
Jacob P. Beckerman-Hsu, Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio, Adam Gavarkovs, Nicole Kitos, Roger Figueroa, Z. Begum Kalyoncu, Kindra Lansburg, Xinting Yu, Crystal Kazik, Adrienne Vigilante, Jessie Leonard, Merieka Torrico, Janine M. Jurkowski, Kirsten K. Davison   +13 more
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Admixture Mapping Reveals Candidate Regions for Methotrexate Neurotoxicity Susceptibility: A Reducing Disparities in Acute Leukemia Consortium Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neurotoxicity is a rare, often dose‐limiting adverse effect of methotrexate (MTX) therapy that disproportionally affects Latino children. Factors contributing to the observed disparity are not well understood. This study leveraged admixture mapping to identify genetic regions associated with MTX‐related neurotoxicity susceptibility ...
Rachel D. Harris, Priya B. Shetty, Olga A. Taylor, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Melissa A. Richard, M. Monica Gramatges, Mark Zobeck, Sandi Pruitt, Amy Hughes, M. Brooke Bernhardt, Ashley Chavana, Van Huynh, Kathleen Ludwig, Laura Klesse, Kenneth Heym, Timothy Griffin, Rodrigo Erana, Juan Carlos Bernini, Han Chen, Bing Yu, Philip J. Lupo, Karen R. Rabin, Michael E. Scheurer, Austin L. Brown, The REDIAL Consortium   +24 more
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Impact of Metastatic Patterns on Survival and Response to Therapy in Neuroblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While the presence of metastases in neuroblastoma (NB) is a well‐established prognostic factor, the clinical significance of dissemination patterns and tumour burden and their impact on response and survival remains poorly understood.
Mariona Morell‐Daniel, Santiago Pérez‐Hoyos, Aroa Soriano, Ana Coma, Amalia Varo, Raquel Hladun, Gabriela Guillén, Soraya Mico, Marta Garrido, Lourdes Rubio, Alba Rubio‐San‐Simón, Ana Minguez, Ricardo López‐Almaraz, Laura Illade, Miguel F. Segura, Lucas Moreno   +15 more
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