heterotopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly of upper gastrointestinal tract. heterotopic pancreas tissue is very rarely found in ileum. intussusception in children is usually idiopathic, but definitive aetiology can be established in 90% of adult cases. we are reporting a case of pancreatic heterotopia presenting as a lead point of ileo-ileal intussusception in a 1year 3month year...

Effects of adult deaths on subsequent health and socioeconomic well-being of rural families of Bangladesh were examined. Data for this study were drawn from the longitudinal Sample Registration System (SRS) operational in two rural areas of the then MCH-FP Extension Project (Rural) of ICDDR,B. In total, deaths of 327 married adults aged 15-59 years, during January 1983-December 1987, were revie...

The long-term toll of war captivity on secondary traumatization (ST) on adult children has recently been exemplified. Several studies have also revealed that indirect exposure to trauma might be accompanied by positive psychological changes. This study examined secondary posttraumatic growth (SG) among adult children of former prisoners of war (ex-POWs' children) who were compared with adult ch...

PURPOSE The aim of this paper is to examine conceptual issues that challenge development of valid and useful measures of children's participation. METHOD Ambiguities in the current definition of participation in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) are examined along with their implications for developing valid measures for children and youth. RESULTS...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to obtain data about typical children on the 99-item Sensory Profile, a newly developed tool derived from sensory history items reported in the literature and designed to assess children's responses to commonly occurring sensory events. METHOD Parents of 64 typical children 3 to 10 years of age completed the Sensory Profile; parents used a five-point L...

OBJECTIVE To investigate cross-cultural validity of a newly developed Assessment of Children's Hand Skills (ACHS) in children with and without disabilities. SUBJECTS One group of 138 Australian children and 134 Taiwanese children, age range 2-12 years (a total of 149 typically developing children and 123 children with disabilities). METHODS Rasch model analysis was used to evaluate rating s...

BACKGROUND Increasing emphasis on family-centred approaches to services and supports for families of children with disabilities has surfaced the issue of accountability for family outcomes. We present a review of literature about the impacts of children with disabilities on families as a backdrop to proposing family quality of life as a concept that encompasses impacts of disability and one tha...

BACKGROUND In the new Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality of education defined as equity and inclusion alongside traditional learning outcomes, has replaced the narrow goal of access to primary education stipulated in the Millennium Development Goal 2. Since 2000, considerable progress has been made towards improving access to school for children in India, yet questions remain regarding not...