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Childhood abuse affects emotional closeness with family in mid- and later life.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that the aftermath of childhood abuse does not dissipate with time, but continues to influence family relationships in mid- and later life. Identifying the links between childhood adversities and adult relationships can help identify strategic points for intervention to reduce the long-term effects of accumulated adverse experiences over the life course. PMID: 23369347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Savla JT, Roberto KA, Jaramillo-Sierra AL, Gambrel LE, Karimi H, Butner LM Tags: Child Abuse Negl Source Type: research

[Pediatric outcome after selective feticide for 30 complicated monochorionic twin pregnancies.]
CONCLUSION: Pediatric outcome after selective feticide appeared to be poorer for TTTS progressing despite serial amniodrainage than for other indications. PMID: 23369677 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gynecologie, Obstetrique et Fertilite - January 28, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Delabaere A, Favre N, Velemir L, Bentaoui S, Coste K, Laurichesse-Demas H, Lemery D, Gallot D Tags: Gynecol Obstet Fertil Source Type: research

Melatonin does little to improve sleep in children with developmental disorders [HEALTH BRIEFS]
Source: AAP News - January 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kemp, C. Tags: Health Briefs Source Type: research

Rhythmic auditory stimulation influences syntactic processing in children with developmental language disorders.
Conclusion: Together with previous findings on deficits in temporal processing and sequencing, as well as with the recent proposition of a temporal sampling (oscillatory) framework for developmental language disorders (U. A. Goswami, 2011, Temporal sampling framework for developmental dyslexia, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 15, pp. 3–10), our results point to potential avenues in using rhythmic structures (even in nonverbal materials) to boost linguistic structure processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Neuropsychology - January 28, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Przybylski, Lauranne; Bedoin, Nathalie; Krifi-Papoz, Sonia; Herbillon, Vania; Roch, Didier; Léculier, Laure; Kotz, Sonja A.; Tillmann, Barbara Source Type: research

Impairments in real-world executive function increase from childhood to adolescence in autism spectrum disorders.
Conclusions: Older children with ASD show greater EF problems compared with the normative sample than younger children with ASD. Specifically, there is a widening divergence from the normative sample in metacognitive executive abilities in children with ASD as they age. This, in combination with significant, albeit more stable, impairments in flexibility, has implications for the challenges faced by high-functioning individuals with ASD as they attempt to enter mainstream work and social environments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Neuropsychology - January 28, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Rosenthal, Michael; Wallace, Gregory L.; Lawson, Rachel; Wills, Meagan C.; Dixon, Eunice; Yerys, Benjamin E.; Kenworthy, Lauren Source Type: research

Design and methods for evaluating an early childhood obesity prevention program in the childcare center setting
We describe here the methods for conducting an obesity prevention randomized trial in the child care setting. Methods: A randomized, controlled obesity prevention trial is currently being conducted over a three year period (2010-present). The sample consists of 28 low-income, ethnically diverse child care centers with 1105 children (sample is 60% Hispanic, 15% Haitian, 12% Black, 2% non-Hispanic White and 71% of caregivers were born outside of the US). The purpose is to test the efficacy of a parent and teacher role-modeling intervention on children's nutrition and physical activity behaviors. . The Healthy Caregivers-Heal...
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - January 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ruby NataleStephanie ScottSarah MessiahMaria SchrackSusan UhlhornAlan Delamater Source Type: research

Mindfulness for adolescents: A promising approach to supporting emotion regulation and preventing risky behavior
This article reviews the contextual and neuropsychological challenges of the adolescent period with particular attention to the role that universal prevention can play in moderating the harmful effects of stress. The centrality of emotion regulation skills to long‐term health and wellness suggests their importance in prevention and intervention efforts for youth. Mindfulness has been shown to be an effective means of reducing stress and improving emotion balance in research with adults, although research on mindfulness with adolescents is limited. The authors present available data and describe one potentially effective ...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Patricia C. Broderick, Patricia A. Jennings Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Adolescents' perceptions of institutional fairness: Relations with moral reasoning, emotions, and behavior
This article addresses how low‐income urban adolescents view the fairness of different aspects of American society, including how wealth is distributed, the nature of legal constraints, and overall social opportunities and legitimacy. This research emerged from efforts to understand the moral and emotional nature of some adolescents' aggressive tendencies. Recently it has become clearer that aggression can serve many purposes and that, for some adolescents, aggression is a coherent though problematic response to larger familial, neighborhood, and institutional forces. Consequently, the authors focus on the connections be...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: William F. Arsenio, Susanna Preziosi, Erica Silberstein, Benjamin Hamburger Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Behaving badly or goodly: Is it because I feel guilty, shameful, or sympathetic? Or is it a matter of what I think?
Abstract The article provides a brief review of theory and research on the roles of guilt, shame, and sympathy in predicting moral behaviors. Two models are presented and contrasted. The guilt‐based model proposes that guilt and shame jointly predict prosocial and aggressive behaviors. In contrast, the sympathy‐based model suggests that perspective taking and sympathy are linked to such behaviors. In both models, prosocial moral reasoning is proposed as a possible mediator in these relations. Results from a study of college students suggest support for both models. Moreover, there is evidence that prosocial moral reaso...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Gustavo Carlo, Meredith McGinley, Alexandra Davis, Cara Streit Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Linking moral emotion attributions with behavior: Why “(un)happy victimizers” and “(un)happy moralists” act the way they feel
This article addresses the question of why the emotions children and adolescents anticipate in the context of hypothetical scenarios have been repeatedly found to predict actual (im)moral behavior. It argues that a common motivational account of this relationship is insufficient. Instead, three links are proposed that connect cognitive representations of emotional experiences related to future (im)moral actions with decision making and action. Accordingly, it is argued that moral emotion attributions can represent a dominant desire (link 1), outcome expectancies (link 2), or an emotional response to anticipated (in)consist...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Tobias Krettenauer Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Moral judgments and emotions: Adolescents' evaluations in intergroup social exclusion contexts
This article examines children's moral judgments and emotional evaluations in the context of social exclusion. As they age, children and adolescents face increasingly complex situations in which group membership and allegiance are in opposition with morally relevant decisions, such as the exclusion of an individual from a group. While adolescents are often characterized as being conformists to group norms, research demonstrates that their judgments about fairness, justice, and rights can supersede negative or exclusive norms espoused by groups. Additionally, young people's emotional evaluations of members who do not confor...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Shelby Cooley, Laura Elenbaas, Melanie Killen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Adolescents' emotions and reasoning in contexts of moral conflict and social exclusion
This article explores how adolescents feel and think about contexts of moral conflict and social exclusion. We asked twelve‐year‐old adolescents how they would feel about intentionally harming another peer, omitting a prosocial duty, and excluding another peer. We then asked them to explain the reasoning behind their feelings and report on levels of sympathy. In all contexts, adolescents anticipated a variety of negative emotions for reasons of fairness and empathy. However, more feelings of guilt were reported in contexts of intentional harm than in other contexts. Adolescents with high levels of sympathy reported mor...
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Tina Malti, Sophia F. Ongley, Sebastian P. Dys, Tyler Colasante Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Emotion and the moral lives of adolescents: Vagaries and complexities in the emotional experience of doing harm
This article considers the research on the relation between emotion and moral thinking, offers a perspective that aims to broaden and elaborate our understanding of the connections between emotion and morality in adolescence, and sets a new agenda for research on this topic.
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Cecilia Wainryb, Holly E. Recchia Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Executive Summary
Source: New Directions for Youth Development - January 28, 2013 Category: Child Development Tags: Executive Summary Source Type: research

Becoming independent storytellers: Modeling children's development of narrative macrostructure
This study presents a theoretically driven strategy that addresses a methodological challenge present when tracking longitudinally the cessation or ‘fading’ of behaviors by capturing withdrawal of maternal assistance over time relative to change in child participation. Data are the co-constructed narratives of 31 mother–child dyads when the children were 3, 4, and 5 years old. Responsibility for providing narrative macrostructure shifted from children relying on maternal prompts to contributing them spontaneously, while maternal contributions showed a gradual cessation. The findings support the notion of ...
Source: First Language - January 28, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Kelly, K. R., Bailey, A. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Mindful storytellers: Emerging pragmatics and theory of mind development
Emerging pragmatic language skills involve social, cognitive and linguistic abilities, including children’s awareness of the conversational partner’s mental states. The present study investigated the relation between children’s theory of mind (ToM) and features of pragmatic language skills assessed through narrative discourse. One hundred and fifteen Spanish-speaking children attending preschool and first grade (57 girls, 58 boys) participated. Children completed a standardized measure of receptive language, narrated a wordless picture book and completed first- and second-order ToM tasks. ToM was signific...
Source: First Language - January 28, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Fernandez, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

If it's red, it's not Vap: How competition among words may benefit early word learning
One of the most prominent issues in early cognitive and linguistic development concerns how children figure out meanings of words from hearing them in context, since in many contexts there are multiple words and multiple potential referents for those words. Recent findings concerning on-line sentence comprehension suggest that, within the conversational context, potential referents compete for mappings to words. Three experiments examined whether such competitive processes may play a role in young children’s learning of novel adjectives in an artificial word learning task. According to a competitive process view, alt...
Source: First Language - January 28, 2013 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Yoshida, H., Hanania, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

No Woman Should Die Giving Life
Every single day, 452 women in sub-Saharan Africa die from pregnancy-related causes; that’s 18 women every hour. Against this backdrop, heads of state gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit met at a side event on Sunday, Jan. 27 to renew their commitment to reducing the maternal mortality rate on the continent. Back in May 2009, the African Union and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched CARMMA, the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa, with the aim of expanding the availability of reproductive health services and moving Africa closer to ach...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Blain Biset Tags: Active Citizens Africa Aid Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Gender Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Poverty & MDGs Regional Categories United Nations Women's Health Afric Source Type: news

Simple Ways to Calm a Crying Baby
“My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “She wakes every hour throughout the night, every night, I’m exhausted.” --Statements frequently spoken by new parentsread more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Sleep 12 months amp babies baby sleep baby sleeping back to sleep colleagues crying babies crying baby decreases desire duration emotional states Ferberize fuss good foundation hun Source Type: news

Saving the Lives of Women and Children: Progress on MDGs - 22 January 2013
Since 2007, the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals has brought together a number of actions and initiatives, all aimed at fulfilling the promises given by world leaders in the Millennium Declaration in 2000. Since then, the campaign has issued regular updates on progress on women's and children's health.
Source: UNFPA News - January 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

In Pre-School Children, Complex Thinking Skills Are Already Beginning To Form
New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 Â½. Researchers have previously attributed higher-order thinking development to knowledge acquisition and better schooling, but the new longitudinal study shows that other skills, not always connected with knowledge, play a role in the ability of children to reason analytically...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

[Developmental abnormalities in children following surgery under general anesthesia : Anesthesiological problem?]
[Developmental abnormalities in children following surgery under general anesthesia : Anesthesiological problem?] Anaesthesist. 2013 Jan 27; Authors: Eckle VS, Grasshoff C PMID: 23354489 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Anaesthesist - January 27, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Eckle VS, Grasshoff C Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research

How to Strengthen Your Bonds with Your Kids
Bonding with our kids is something that most recognize as essential. However, how do you really know that your bonding with your kids? What are the essential markers of bonding--and what is the take-away that your kids need to gain from you? Check out whether you are conveying the four messages that strengthen and confirm your bond with your children.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John T. Chirban, Ph.D, Th.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Sex Bonds confidence creativity discernment experiences four messages innate capacity loving relationships myriads nbsp participation personal connections personal inventory phras Source Type: news

Rotation And Generation Of Mental Imagery In Children With Specific Language Impairment
ConclusionsThe results suggest imagery deficit in language‐impaired children is not caused by mental rotation, but by other aspects of image processing, such as generation, maintenance and interpretation of visual images.©2013 The Author(s)/Acta Pædiatrica ©2013 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica
Source: Acta Paediatrica - January 26, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maria Guarnera, Elena Commodari, Cristina Peluso Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research

Teen Binge Drinking: All Too Common
One of the most widely available drugs on the market, alcohol, is making headline news again as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) releases a report that one in five high school girls engage in binge drinking.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 26, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, M.S., L.P.C. Tags: Addiction Child Development Parenting 10 years 12th grade Adolescents and Alcohol binge drink binge drinking CDC cdc study center for disease control drinks drunken stupor good question havoc headline news high school girls Source Type: news

Translation of the Children Helping Out - Responsibilities, Expectations and Supports (CHORES) questionnaire into Brazilian-Portuguese: semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and experiential equivalences and application in normal children and adolescents and in children with cerebral palsy
CONCLUSIONS: The translation of the CHORES questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese offers a unique instrument for health professionals in Brazil, enabling the documentation of child and teenager participation in daily household tasks and making it possible to develop scientific investigation on the topic.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia - January 26, 2013 Category: Physiotherapy Source Type: research

Relating empathy and emotion regulation: Do deficits in empathy trigger emotion dysregulation? - Schipper M, Petermann F.
Emotion regulation is a crucial skill in adulthood; its acquisition represents one of the key developmental tasks in early childhood. Difficulties with adaptive emotion regulation increase the risk of psychopathology in childhood and adulthood. This is, fo...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

Traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder in youth: recent research findings on clinical impact, assessment, and treatment - Gerson R, Rappaport N.
Childhood trauma can have a profound effect on adolescent development, with a lifelong impact on physical and mental health and development. Through a review of current research on the impact of traumatic stress on adolescence, this article provides a fram...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Role of childhood adversity in the development of medical co-morbidities associated with bipolar disorder - Post RM, Altshuler LL, Leverich GS, Frye MA, Suppes T, McElroy SL, Keck PE, Nolen WA, Kupka RW, Grunze H, Rowe M.
OBJECTIVE: A role for childhood adversity in the development of numerous medical conditions in adults has been described in the general population, but has not been examined in patients with bipolar disorder who have multiple medical comorbidities which co...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Cyberbullying in those at clinical high risk for psychosis - Magaud E, Nyman K, Addington J.
AIM: Several studies suggest an association between experiences of childhood trauma including bullying and the development of psychotic symptoms. The use of communications technology has created a new media for bullying called 'cyberbullying'. Research has...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Sporadic unilateral retinoblastoma or first sign of bilateral disease?
CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that an oncogenic RB1 mutation in the blood is a risk factor for metachronous bilateral retinoblastoma. Additional clinical risk factors for metachronous bilateral disease are diagnosis at young age (≤0.5 years) and multifocal unilateral retinoblastoma. Early genetic analysis may identify children at high risk of developing metachronous bilateral disease and may help to preserve vision using risk-adapted follow-up and early treatment. PMID: 23355526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - January 26, 2013 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Temming P, Viehmann A, Biewald E, Lohmann DR Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research

Discriminant and Convergent Validity of the Anxiety Construct in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
This study examined 88 children, aged 7-11 years, with ASD referred for concerns about anxiety. A multitrait-(social anxiety, separation anxiety, overall anxiety severity, and overall ASD severity), multimethod-(diagnostic interviews, parent-, and child-based measures) analysis was conducted. Results from structural equation modeling suggest statistical discrimination between anxiety and ASD severity and convergence among differing reports of two of the anxiety subdomains (separation anxiety and overall anxiety). These findings suggest that anxiety symptoms experienced by children with ASD are separate from ASD symptom se...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Renno P, Wood JJ Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research

The Relationships between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Cardiometabolic Markers in Young Children
Abstract: Background: The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been implicated as a major contributor to the development of obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Objective: To evaluate the relationships between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and cardiometabolic markers in young children. Design: A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. Participants: A total of 4,880 individuals aged 3 to 11 years from nationally representative samples of US children participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examin...
Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association - January 25, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Ethan C. Kosova, Peggy Auinger, Andrew A. Bremer Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Case of the Month #180: Atypical Thalamic and Mesencephalic Neurocytoma—A Rare Neoplasm in Children
An 8-month-old full-term infant presented with right hand weakness and head tilt to the right, observed for the first time at the age of 5 months, with gradual progression during the next 2.5 months. Psychomotor development was within normal limits. Results of a physical examination revealed partial hemiparesis in the right upper and lower extremities associated with enhanced deep tendon reflexes and Babinski reflex on the right. No sensory deficit was identified. Findings also included right-sided facial weakness, left ptosis, and abnormal extraocular movements. Head circumference was appropriate to the age, and anterior ...
Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal - January 25, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Anatoly Shuster, Mehran Midia Tags: Canadian Residents’ Corner / Coin canadien des résidents en radiologie Source Type: research

Stop Typecasting Overweight Kids
Duke's new program uses an upbeat, family-centered approach to encourage kids to move and eat healthy.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 25, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. Tags: Child Development Diet Happiness Health Integrative Medicine adolescents and their families behavior changes biggest loser childhood obesity doing the right thing dr sarah fighting fat fitness goals fitness routine getting kids Source Type: news

What Is Your Teen Doing Right?
Writing a list of the things your teen is doing right may help you get out of the 'parenting' mindset and help you parent more effectively.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - January 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Darling, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting adolescent brain adults exercise fear impulses inhibition laurence steinberg learning theorists math nbsp negative consequences part of the brain pleasure centers positive parenting prefrontal co Source Type: news

Parental refusal of vaccination and transplantation listing decisions: A nationwide survey
Abstract Many professional societies and research studies recommend complete vaccination before pediatric solid organ transplantation. Nevertheless, incompletely vaccinated children often receive transplants. As the number of parents refusing to vaccinate children for nonmedical reasons increases, pediatric transplantation programs face difficult listing decisions. Given the importance of psychosocial criteria in listing decisions, this study explores how parental refusal of vaccination affects those listing decisions. Surveys were emailed to individuals at 195 pediatric solid organ transplantation programs in the United S...
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 25, 2013 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jennifer M. Ladd, Katrina Karkazis, David Magnus Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Incidence of cataract development by 6 months’ corrected age in the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity study
Conclusions: By 6 months’ corrected age, a small number of both ET and CM eyes developed cataracts following diode laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity. Absence of obvious intraoperative complications does not preclude subsequent cataract development, which can occur without laser treatment.
Source: Journal of AAPOS - January 25, 2013 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Bradley V. Davitt, Stephen P. Christiansen, Robert J. Hardy, Betty Tung, William V. Good, Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group Tags: Major Articles Source Type: research

Gender patterns in the contribution of different types of violence to posttraumatic stress symptoms among South African urban youth.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings provide some preliminary motivation for focusing trauma intervention initiatives in this community on girls who have experienced sexual abuse compounded by victimization in the community, and boys who have been direct victims of either domestic or community violence. Further research is required to establish whether the risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptoms identified among adolescents in this study are consistent across different communities in South Africa, as well as across other resource-constrained contexts. PMID: 23357516 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Kaminer D, Hardy A, Heath K, Mosdell J, Bawa U Tags: Child Abuse Negl Source Type: research

Early life exposures to home dampness, pet ownership and farm animal contact and neuropsychological development in 4 year old children: A prospective birth cohort study.
In conclusion, damp housing in early life may have adverse effects on neuropsychological development at 4 years old. More research is needed to explore the possible involvement of mycotoxins in the observed results. PMID: 23357052 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - January 25, 2013 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Casas L, Torrent M, Zock JP, Doekes G, Forns J, Guxens M, Täubel M, Heinrich J, Sunyer J Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: research

Environmental Opportunities Questionnaire: development of a measure of the environment supporting early motor development in the first year of life.
Conclusion: The preliminary analyses reported here suggest more work could be done on the EOQ to strengthen its use for research or clinical purposes; however, it is adequate for use in its current form. Implications for Rehabilitation New and feasible 21-item questionnaire that enables identification of malleable environmental factors that serve as potential points of intervention for children that are not developing typically. Therapeutic tool for use by therapists to inform and guide discussions with caregivers about potential influences of environmental, social and attitudinal factors in their child's early devel...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 25, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Doralp S, Bartlett DJ Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Prevalence and characteristics of rib fractures in ex‐preterm infants
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Tags: CURRENT LITERATURE Source Type: research

Physical disability after injury‐related inpatient rehabilitation in children
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Tags: CURRENT LITERATURE Source Type: research

Neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm children born in England in 1995 and 2006: the EPICure studies
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Tags: CURRENT LITERATURE Source Type: research

Short term outcomes after extreme preterm birth in England: comparison of two birth cohorts in 1995 and 2006 (the EPICure studies)
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Tags: CURRENT LITERATURE Source Type: research

Diagnostic exome sequencing in persons with severe intellectual disability
Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Richard Reading Tags: CURRENT LITERATURE Source Type: research

Farm exposure and time trends in early childhood may influence DNA methylation in genes related to asthma and allergy
ConclusionsIn this first pilot study, DNA methylation patterns change significantly in early childhood in specific asthma‐ and allergy‐related genes in peripheral blood cells, and early exposure to farm environment seems to influence methylation patterns in distinct genes.
Source: Allergy - January 25, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: S. Michel, F. Busato, J. Genuneit, J. Pekkanen, J.‐C. Dalphin, J. Riedler, N. Mazaleyrat, J. Weber, A. M. Karvonen, M.‐R. Hirvonen, C. Braun‐Fahrländer, R. Lauener, E. Mutius, M. Kabesch, J. Tost, Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Air pollution interacts with past episodes of bronchiolitis in the development of asthma
ConclusionIn children, the interaction between air pollution and past episodes of bronchiolitis resulted in a greater prevalence of asthma and pointed to an association with bronchial hyper‐reactivity and decreased lung function. These results suggest mechanisms underlying the development of asthma.
Source: Allergy - January 25, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: B. J. Kim, J. H. Seo, Y. H. Jung, H. Y. Kim, J. W. Kwon, H. B. Kim, S. Y. Lee, K. S. Park, J. Yu, H. C. Kim, J. H. Leem, J. Y. Lee, J. Sakong, S. Y. Kim, C. G. Lee, D. M. Kang, M. Ha, Y. C. Hong, H. J. Kwon, S. J. Hong Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Introduction to the Special Section on Genomics
Source: Child Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Elena L. Grigorenko, Mary Dozier Tags: SPECIAL SECTION: Genomics Source Type: research

In This Issue
Source: Child Development - January 25, 2013 Category: Child Development Tags: IN THIS ISSUE Source Type: research