OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for infection during a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in a rural Missouri community. DESIGN Community-based case-control study. SETTING Madison County, Missouri. PARTICIPANTS Case patients had laboratory-confirmed Cryptosporidium infection. Controls were randomly selected from the community. INTERVENTIONS Pool water and municipal tap water were analyzed f...

OBJECTIVE It has been hypothesized that early infections protect against the development of atopic disease, but there have been few long-term follow-up studies. We estimated the associations between early respiratory infections and doctor-diagnosed asthma, allergic rhinitis, and skin-prick sensitization in children at 10 years of age in the Oslo Birth Cohort, established in 1992-1993. We also c...

BACKGROUND Determining the most important demographic correlates of sedentary behavior and physical activity will help identify the groups of children that are most in need of intervention. Little is known in regards to the demographic correlates of sedentary behavior and physical activity in toddlers (aged 12-35 months), where long-term behavioral patterns may initially be formed. Therefore, t...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present research was to explore the sexual behaviors of 2- to 7-year-old children through reports of day-care personnel. An overall aim of this exploratory study was to provide information about the frequencies of child sexual behaviors. Also, the aim was to explore any age and gender differences. METHOD A representative sample of 364 Finnish children not screened...

OBJECTIVE Determine whether Color Me Healthy (CMH), an interactive nutrition and physical activity program for preschool children, increases fruit and vegetable consumption. DESIGN Intervention study. Data were collected at baseline, 1 week post-intervention, and 3 months post-intervention. SETTING Child care centers. PARTICIPANTS Preschool children (n = 263) in 17 child care centers. I...

The children of the cost, quality, and outcomes study go to school: Executive summary. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS W E WOULD LIKE TO THANK the directors, principals, administrators, and teachers who graciously gave their time to this study and let us visit their child care centers, schools, and classrooms. We would also like to thank the children and families who participated in this study. We have been ve...