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Children, Volume 5, Issue 9

2018 September - 17 articles

Cover Story: Parenting a child with chronic pain can be extremely stressful, sometimes devastating, and has been associated with high rates of parental anxiety and depression. Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as a promising approach for improving the wellbeing of parents, including improvements in parental stress and mood, though few programs target parents of children with health conditions. Clinical and research initiatives need to assess ways to deliver MBIs to parents of children with health conditions, so these programs can be easily implemented into busy family life. View this paper.
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,770 Views
17 Pages

The Feasibility and Acceptability of The Girls Peer Activity (G-PACT) Peer-led Mentoring Intervention

  • Michael B. Owen,
  • Charlotte Kerner,
  • Sarah L. Taylor,
  • Robert J. Noonan,
  • Lisa Newson,
  • Maria-Christina Kosteli,
  • Whitney B. Curry and
  • Stuart J. Fairclough

19 September 2018

Enjoyment of physical activity (PA) is positively correlated with PA engagement. The inclusion of peers has been found to increase the likelihood of PA enjoyment in youth. Peer-led strategies, incorporating peer networks in the intervention delivery,...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,231 Views
4 Pages

18 September 2018

Salivary gland tumors are extremely rare and encompass a diverse group of histologies. Less than 5% of the affected population is pediatric. We present a case of 6-year-old child with pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid. The patient underwent a superf...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,842 Views
13 Pages

Multidisciplinary Perioperative Care for Children with Neuromuscular Disorders

  • J. Matthew Kynes,
  • Martin Blakely,
  • Kevin Furman,
  • William B. Burnette and
  • Katharina B. Modes

12 September 2018

Children with neuromuscular diseases present unique challenges to providing safe and appropriate perioperative care. Given the spectrum of disease etiologies and manifestations, this is a population that often requires specialized multidisciplinary c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,407 Views
10 Pages

8 September 2018

The risk of a child dying before age five in Burundi is almost 1.6 times higher than that in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region. However, variations in the all-cause mortality rates across Burundi have not yet been measured directly a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,539 Views
12 Pages

6 September 2018

Data on types of community first aid use and treatment provided post-injury from many low‒middle-income countries, including India, are lacking. This cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged one month to 18 years of age, in Ujjain, Ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,252 Views
9 Pages

4 September 2018

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has not been systematically institutionalized in pediatric hospital care in Germany so far. For the responsible implementation and systematic evaluation of CAM in pediatric care, a model project was initia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,040 Views
20 Pages

3 September 2018

Parenting a child with chronic pain can be stressful and impact parent functioning in a variety of areas. Several studies have examined mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for parents of children with different health and mental health conditions....

  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
9,194 Views
18 Pages

Genetic Predisposition to Neuroblastoma

  • Erin K. Barr and
  • Mark A. Applebaum

31 August 2018

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor in children under the age of one. It displays remarkable phenotypic heterogeneity, resulting in differences in outcomes that correlate with clinical and biologic features at diagnosis. While neuroblastoma...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
53 Citations
10,230 Views
13 Pages

31 August 2018

Among the over 21 million children with life-limiting conditions worldwide that would benefit annually from a pediatric palliative care (PPC) approach, more than eight million would need specialized PPC services. In the United States alone, more than...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,119 Views
9 Pages

Teachers’ Strategies in Combating Diseases in Preschools’ Environments

  • Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi,
  • Melissa A. Weinstein,
  • Jessica R. Hauser and
  • Cecilia S. Obeng

30 August 2018

Scholarship on child health indicates that the early years of life are vital for all aspects of health and development. In particular, a solid health foundation predicts good life outcomes; therefore, systematic strategies for combating diseases are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,353 Views
9 Pages

Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time

  • Pedro F. Saint-Maurice,
  • Yang Bai,
  • Spyridoula Vazou and
  • Gregory Welk

30 August 2018

This study describes age, sex, and season patterns in children’s physical activity behaviors during discrete time periods, both in school and at home. Participants were 135 elementary, 67 middle, and 89 high-school students (128 boys and 163 gi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
7,478 Views
9 Pages

Weight Loss Medications in Young Adults after Bariatric Surgery for Weight Regain or Inadequate Weight Loss: A Multi-Center Study

  • Alexander T. Toth,
  • Gricelda Gomez,
  • Alpana P. Shukla,
  • Janey S. Pratt,
  • Hellas Cena,
  • Ginevra Biino,
  • Louis J. Aronne and
  • Fatima Cody Stanford

29 August 2018

This paper presents a retrospective cohort study of weight loss medications in young adults aged 21 to 30 following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) between November 2000 and June 2014. Data were collected from patients who...

  • Review
  • Open Access
207 Citations
19,800 Views
7 Pages

High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treatment Review

  • Valeria Smith and
  • Jennifer Foster

28 August 2018

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. One subset, high-risk neuroblastoma, is very difficult to treat and requires multi-modal therapy. Intensification of therapy has vastly improved survival rates, and research is fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,252 Views
12 Pages

Can the Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents (MARS-A) Program Be Provided Online? Voices from the Youth

  • Nicholas Chadi,
  • Elli Weisbaum,
  • Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise,
  • Sara Ahola Kohut,
  • Christine Viner,
  • Miriam Kaufman,
  • Jake Locke and
  • Dzung X. Vo

28 August 2018

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to improve health and well-being in adolescents with chronic illnesses. Because they are most often delivered in person in a group setting, there are several barriers that limit access to MBIs fo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,050 Views
11 Pages

Chronic Pediatric Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  • Camila B. Walters,
  • J. Matthew Kynes,
  • Jenna Sobey,
  • Tsitsi Chimhundu-Sithole and
  • K. A. Kelly McQueen

27 August 2018

Chronic pain is a serious health concern and potentially debilitating condition, leading to anxiety, depression, reduced productivity and functionality, and poor quality of life. This condition can be even more detrimental and incapacitating in the p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
96 Citations
22,327 Views
9 Pages

21 August 2018

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. The prevalence of comorbid depression seems to correlate with higher functioning forms of ASD and increasing age. Adolescence is a time when youth struggle with identity and i...

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