BACKGROUND An effective and cost-effective treatment is required for the treatment of childhood obesity. Comparing parent-only interventions with interventions including the child may help determine this. METHODS A systematic review of published and ongoing studies until 2013, using electronic database and manual searches. INCLUSION CRITERIA randomized controlled trials, overweight/obese ch...

BACKGROUND South Africa accounts for more than a sixth of the global population of people infected with HIV and TB, ranking her highest in HIV/TB co-infection worldwide. Remote areas often bear the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality, yet there are spatial differences within rural settings. OBJECTIVES The primary aim was to investigate HIV/TB mortality determinants and their spatial di...

background: to study the outcome of cases with nuchal translucency (nt) ≥ 95th centile in the first trimester of pregnancy. methods: this cross sectional study was performed at iranian fetal medicine foundation (fmf) between january 2009 and december 2011. totally, 186 cases with nt≥ 95th centile who attended for the first trimester screening were studied. all cases with increased nt including ...

In upper arm replantation, a successful anastomosis guarantees the viability and good quality repair determines the overall function of the hand. There is paucity of successful arm replantation case reports in the literature. This is a case report of a successful arm replantation in a four year child with a near total functional outcome. We have used different scores to assess the functional ou...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of the GOALS (Getting Our Active Lifestyles Started) family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention during the first 3 years of implementation. DESIGN Single-group repeated measures with qualitative questionnaires. SETTING Community venues in a socioeconomically deprived, urban location in the North-West of England. PARTICIPANTS 70 overweight or ob...

BACKGROUND Provision of anticipatory guidance for parents is recommended as an effective strategy to prevent injuries among young children. Technology-based anticipatory guidance has been suggested to reinforce the effectiveness of injury prevention and improve parents' knowledge of child safety. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a technology-based injury prevention pr...

OBJECTIVE The role of demographic, developmental, and familial mediating factors on treatment outcome of sexually abused preschool children was evaluated. METHOD Sixty-seven sexually abused preschool children and their parents were evaluated shortly after disclosure of sexual abuse and then were provided with one of two treatment interventions. At the completion of treatment, the parents and ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate outcome, management, and prevention in Munchausen syndrome by proxy, non-accidental poisoning, and non-accidental suffocation. DESIGN Ascertainment through British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and questionnaires to responding paediatricians. SETTING The UK and Republic of Ireland, September 1992 to August 1994. SUBJECTS Children under 14 years diagnosed with the ...

Using a representative sample of children all born to unwed parents drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and a potential outcome approach to account for self-selection into marriage, we investigate whether marriage after childbearing has a causal effect on early child development. Comparing children with similar background characteristics and parental mate-selection pattern...