conclusions the results of this study suggested that parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers largely explained sexual risk taking among adolescents. therefore, prevention efforts aimed at reducing risky sex should compose of these factors. in fact, the results suggested that earlier prevention efforts may be warranted. results according to the results, about one-fifth of subjects...

Implications of the dynamical systems approach to understanding movement dysfunction in infants are discussed. Traditional theories of motor development attribute changes in movement to the hierarchical maturation of the central nervous system. The dynamical systems approach emphasizes that movement self-organizes as the result of the interaction of the participating subsystems in developmental...

The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI) is an expert scientific forum addressing the worldwide burden of pertussis, which remains a serious health issue, especially in infants. This age cohort is at risk for developing pertussis by transmission from those in close proximity. Risk is increased in infants aged 0 to 6 weeks, as they are too young to be vaccinated. Older infants are at risk when thei...

BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory infection that is highly prevalent in infants. Severe cases of RSV infection require hospitalisation; this is most likely to occur in infant populations at high risk. The study assesses the cost-effectiveness of palivizumab versus no prophylaxis in infants at high risk of hospitalisation with RSV in the United Kingdom...

AIM This study is aimed to investigate differences between cognitive, language and motor development of high-risk infants related to birth weight and gestational age. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred sixty high-risk infants who were born 32 weeks, 1 500 gr and below included in this study. According to corrected age, 58 infants were 1 month, 72 were at 4 months, 82 were at 8 months and 65 wer...

During 1975-7, 96 mothers were referred to University College Hospital for delivery from 39 other hospitals because their pregnancies were considered to be at very high risk. One hundred of the 111 infants born to the 96 mothers weighed 2500 g or less and 60 weighed 1500 g or less. A high proportion of the infants developed serious illnesses necessitating intensive care. The birth-weight-specif...