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Improved Outcomes for Older Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Neuroblastoma in the Post‐Immunotherapy Era: An Updated Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We describe clinical and biologic characteristics of neuroblastoma in older children, adolescents, and young adults (OCAYA); describe survival outcomes in the post‐immunotherapy era; and identify if there is an age cut‐off that best discriminates outcomes.
Rebecca J. Deyell, Kavitha Srivatsa, Paola Angelini, Pei‐Chi Kao, Brady Payne, Arlene Naranjo, Sveva Castelli, Miho Kato, Miki Ohira, Ulriche Pöetschger, Yaël Mossé, Lucas Moreno, Meredith S. Irwin, Ramya Ramanujachar, Wendy B. London   +14 more
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Patient‐Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher, Jennifer L. Bernstein, Katia M. Crisler, Julia K. Herriott, Kimberly L. Klages, Robin E. Norris, Mariann L. Strenk, Sarah E. Bills, Meghan E. McGrady   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Knowledge to Practice: The Effect of Multimodal Strategies on Hand Hygiene Improvement in Tunisia

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Hand hygiene reduces healthcare-associated infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the multimodal hand hygiene strategy to improve hand hygiene. To compare hand hygiene knowledge and compliance of healthcare practitioners (HCPs) before
Maissa Ben Jmaa, Mariem Ben Hmida, Houda Ben Ayed, Hanen Maamri, Maroua Trigui, Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez, Aelita Sargsyan, Mondher Kassis, Rony Zachariah, Sourour Yaich   +9 more
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When will the coughing stop? Characteristics of children with pertussis (whooping cough) in Armenia (2014-2018)

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Despite the reported cases of whooping cough in Armenia, there has been no formal evaluation of “who these cases are and their load on hospital wards”.
Sose Margaryan, Markus Wells, Hripsime Apresyan, Tatevik Grigoryan, Kristina Akopyan, Olga Denisiuk, Rony Zachariah, Karapet Davtyan   +7 more
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Developmental Disorders in Children Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurocognitive deficits in adult survivors of childhood cancer are well established, but less is known about developmental disorders (DD) arising shortly after cancer diagnosis. Using 2016–2019 linked Ohio cancer registry and Medicaid data, we compared DD among 324 children with cancer and 606,913 cancer‐free controls.
Jamie Shoag, Long Vu, Ritika Miryala, Jeffrey M. Albert, Molly McVoy, Siran M. Koroukian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A country-wide evaluation of infection control for tuberculosis in health-care facilities in Armenia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2019
Introduction: Infection control at health facilities is an important part of TB control programmes. To assess the implementation of tuberculosis infection control (TB IC) measures and barriers hindering their implementation in TB health care facilities (
Joshua Chadwick Jayaraj, Karapet Davtyan, Hayk Davatyan, Anush Khachatryan, Armen Hayrepetyan, Lilit Khachatryan, Seda Abgaryan, Anthony Reid, Chinmay Laxmeshwar, Veerle Hermans, Maite Guardiola, Timothy Grieve, Rony Zachariah   +12 more
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Investing in Operational Research Capacity Building for Front-Line Health Workers Strengthens Countries’ Resilience to Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
(1) Introduction. The Structured Operational Research and Training IniTiative (SORT IT) supports countries to build operational research capacity for improving public health.
Rony Zachariah, Selma Dar Berger, Pruthu Thekkur, Mohammed Khogali, Karapet Davtyan, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Srinath Satyanarayana, Francis Moses, Garry Aslanyan, Abraham Aseffa, Anthony D. Harries, John C. Reeder   +11 more
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Do not Trash the Incentive! Monetary incentives and waste sorting [PDF]

This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an effective tool for increasing domestic waste sorting. We exploit the exogenous variation in the waste management policies experienced during the years 1999-2008 by the 95 municipalities in the ...
Alessandro Bucciol, Marco Piovesan, Natalia Montinari   +2 more
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sure Start Mellow Valley area Through the lens of a camera [PDF]

, 2007
This report gives an account of a participatory evaluation conducted using photography within the Sure Start Mellow Valley area. Information about the current status of the Sure Start programme and the plans for the future are first provided.
Cross, RM, Kennedy, M, Newell, C, South, J   +3 more
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