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Demographic Predictors Associated With Elevated Screen Use in Preschoolers: A Multinational Cross‐Sectional Study Based on Parents' Reports

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The widespread use of smartphones and tablets has greatly increased screen exposure among preschoolers. Since early childhood is crucial for cognitive, behavioural and social development, excessive screen time represents a major public health concern.
Neha Pirwani, Róbert Járai, Robert Podstawski, Ricardo de la Vega, Celal Bulgay, Attila Szabo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of birth weight in a low- and middle-income country: Sri Lanka Child Growth Cohort (SLCGC). [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Wickramasinghe VP, Liyanage G, De Silva H, De Silva Weliange S, Walpita Y, Jayaweera H, Siriwardena I, Rowel D, Daniel A, Senarath U, Sri Lanka Child Growth Cohort (SLCGC).   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Examining Policies and Practices to Support Young People Transitioning From Out‐of‐Home Care (OOHC) in Asia: What Do We Know From Existing Grey Literature?

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Young people transitioning from out‐of‐home care, also known as care leavers, are globally recognised as a vulnerable group. There is a scarcity of literature on leaving care across the Global South, including Asia. The authors examined policies and practices from the grey literature to gain insights from broader literature beyond peer ...
Rangga Radityaputra, Philip Mendes, Susan Baidawi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying household liquid medicine dosing errors in Sri Lanka: A hidden public health risk. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Jayasinghe M, Madhushika H, Wijesekera K, Subasinghe S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Harnessing social media data to track species range shifts

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity monitoring programs and citizen science data remain heavily biased toward the Global North. Especially in megadiverse countries with limited biodiversity records, incorporating social media data can help address existing data gaps.
Shawan Chowdhury, Niloy Hawladar, Ripon C. Roy, César Capinha, Phillip Cassey, Ricardo A. Correia, Gideon Gywa Deme, Moreno Di Marco, Enrico Di Minin, Ivan Jarić, Richard J. Ladle, Jonathan Lenoir, Mohammad Momeny, Jooel J. Rinne, Uri Roll, Aletta Bonn   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergence of a novel zoonotic brugian filarial infection during post-validation surveillance for lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
Gunaratna IE, Huggins LG, Atapattu U, Liyanage L, Shilpeswarage N, Vallipuranathan M, Colella V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Descrição atualizada da paralisia cerebral

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Resumo A paralisia cerebral (PC) é um termo descritivo amplamente utilizado para um espectro de deficiências motoras causadas por lesão ou malformação cerebral não progressiva ocorrida durante as fases iniciais do desenvolvimento. Avanços recentes nas áreas da genética, de pesquisa em inflamação e em neurofisiologia têm refinado a compreensão ...
Bernard Dan, Peter Rosenbaum, Lucinda Carr, Martin Gough, John Coughlan, Nonyelum Nweke   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary trends of dengue virus serotype-2 strains in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

BMC Microbiol
Ariyaratne D, Jayadas TTP, Jeewandara C, Senadheera B, De Silva M, Gomes L, Bary F, Syenina A, Ranasinghe D, Kuruppu H, Wijewickrama A, Ooi EE, Malavige GN.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The insulin‐like growth factor system and the progression of renal complications of type 2 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Chronic kidney disease is associated with dysregulation of the insulin‐like growth factor (IGF) system. Alterations in IGF bioavailability, driven by IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs), may influence the decline in renal function. However, the longitudinal relationship between baseline IGF‐I, IGF‐II, IGFBPs and progression of kidney ...
Adrian Heald, Yasitha lllangasekera, Andreas Matheou, Ram Prakash Narayanan, Stephen White, Hellena Habte‐Asres, Abigail Lay, Liliana Shalamanova, William Ollier, Graham A. Hitman, Ritwika Mallik, Philip A. Kalra, Martin Whyte, J. Martin Gibson   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary thalassemia screening: behaviours and constructs among youths from a thalassemia hot spot in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

BMC Res Notes
Yapa CN, Weerakoon NN, Tillakeratne TN, Amarasinghe GS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source