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Equity in aid allocation and distribution: A qualitative study of key stakeho...
The Sustainable Development Goals have spurred a growing interest in and focus on equitable development. In theory, donors can play an important role in promoting equity within... -
Global services and support for children with developmental delays and disabi...
Pamela Collins and colleagues explain the research and policy approaches needed globally to ensure children with developmental delays and disabilities are fully included in... -
Validating a scale to measure engineers’ perceived self-efficacy for engineer...
Education outreach in schools has been identified as a critical route to influence children's perceptions and capabilities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics... -
Baseline characteristics and outcomes of the main perpetrator programme withi...
Effective perpetrator programmes should be embedded within a community response, engage all types of perpetrators and involve an educational approach that integrates the... -
Maternal chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm and very...
CONTEXT: No consensus exists regarding the association between maternal chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm and very preterm neonates. OBJECTIVES: To... -
When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos
Strong evidence now supports the notion that organophosphate pesticides damage the fetal brain and produce cognitive and behavioral dysfunction through multiple mechanisms,... -
Associations between mother-preschooler attachment and maternal depression sy...
The current study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze concurrent and longitudinal associations between maternal depression symptoms and mother-child attachment... -
Diagnostic accuracy of a digital fundus photographic system for detection of ...
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a digital fundus photographic system that consists of taking fundus photographs by a trained technician using a RetCam®... -
When Children Become Adults: Should Biobanks Re-Contact?
At the moment, there are many collections of human biological samples stored for medical—scientific research purposes that include samples from children [1]. These pediatric... -
Object exploration facilitates 4-month-olds’ mental rotation performance
: How do infants learn to mentally rotate objects, to imagine them rotating through different viewpoints? One possibility is that development of infants' mental rotation (MR) is... -
Interest and learning in informal science learning sites: Differences in expe...
This study explored topic interest, perceived learning and actual recall of exhibit content in 979 children and adolescents and 1,184 adults who visited informal science... -
Formal comment on "Assessing the impact of the ‘one-child policy’ in China: A...
For nearly half a century, parents in China have faced compulsory quotas allowing them to have no more than one or two children. A great debate in recent years over the impact... -
International insights into peer support in a neonatal context: A mixed-metho...
Peer support is a widely used intervention that offers information and emotional support to parents during their infant’s admission to the neonatal unit and/or post-discharge.... -
Adolescent perspectives about their participation in alcohol intervention res...
To explore adolescents' experiences of consenting to, and participating in, alcohol intervention trials when attending for emergency care. In-depth semi-structured interviews... -
Primary pupils, science and a model bird species: Evidence for the efficacy o...
Beyond subject matter learning, primary science teaching aims at encouraging positive attitudes toward, and lasting interest in, science. This study tested whether the learning... -
Focal Plant Observations as a Standardised Method for Pollinator Monitoring: ...
Background Recently there has been increasing focus on monitoring pollinating insects, due to concerns about their declines, and interest in the role of volunteers in... -
Formation of homophily in academic performance: Students change their friends...
Homophily, the tendency of individuals to associate with others who share similar traits, has been identified as a major driving force in the formation and evolution of social... -
Magnitude of underweight, wasting and stunting among HIV positive children in...
BACKGROUND:Malnutrition on the background of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection is a complex medical condition that carries significant morbidity and mortality for...
