Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care Literature review Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care i Methodological design issues in longitudinal studies of children and young people in out-of-home care Executive summary 1 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Methodology used for this rev...

BACKGROUND Studies have suggested that number of siblings and birth order is associated with obesity. However, studies combining these exposures are needed. This study aimed at investigating obesity in children and young adults in regard to different combinations of family size and birth order. METHODS Two cohorts selected from the general population were investigated: The Copenhagen School H...

The Seminar on Young Child Nutrition: Improving Nutrition and Health Status of Young Children in Indonesia held in Jakarta on November 2009 reviewed the current nutritional and health status of young children in Indonesia and identified key nutrient deficiencies affecting their optimal growth. The continuation of child growth from fetal stage is of paramount importance; and maternal and child h...

OBJECTIVE To describe the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders Diagnostic Manual for Infants and Young Children (ICDL-DMIC) created by representatives of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. METHOD A description of the rationale of the different sections of the ICDL-DMIC dealing with infants and young children, focusing on a class...

Our aim in this paper is to resolve a paradox. Since the 1970s, there has been a downward secular trend in the average real and relative earnings of young adults under the age of 35. Despite the fact that most young children live in households headed by adults under 35, there has been no corresponding secular rise in the incidence of low income among children. Rather child poverty has followed ...

We consider young children's construals of biological phenomena and the forces that shape them, using Carey's (1985) category-based induction task that demonstrated anthropocentric reasoning in young urban children. Follow-up studies (including our own) have questioned the generality of her results, but they have employed quite different procedures and either have not included urban children or...

Recent research has suggested that eliciting diadochokinetic (DDK) rate and accuracy in young children is difficult [1], with analysis being timeconsuming. This paper details a new protocol for assessing DDK in young children or children with intellectual impairment (Down’s syndrome) and a method for calculating accuracy scores automatically. Accuracy scores were calculated from auditory and el...

The digital age has reached early childhood, and the use of touch screens by young children is common place. Research on the use of touch screen tablets with young children is becoming more prevalent; however, less information is available on the use of touch screen tablets to support young children with disabilities. Touch screen tablets may offer possibilities to preschool children with disab...

INTRODUCTION There have been various strategies employed to improve the ability of primary care physicians to identify and intervene in the mental health concerns of young children. In this study we assessed community physician needs and ability to identify mental health problems in children less than 6 years of age. METHODS Two surveys were conducted. The purpose of the surveys was to identi...