One-Year Follow-Up of a Vocal Hygiene Program for School-Age Children

AbstractThe purpose of this follow-up study was to explore the effectiveness of an intensive treatment program—Camp Dream. Speak. Live.—within older, school-age children who stutter. Twenty-three school-age children who stutter (age range: 7–14 years) attended this week-long intensive therapy program for the first time. Outcome measures included Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering and the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pediatric Peer Relationships Form. Findings demonstrate significant improvements in quality of life and communication attitudes can be achieved in a short period of time when increasing fluency is not a target.

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EMDR With Children and Adolescents After Single-Incident Trauma An Intervention Study

Journal of EMDR Practice and Research ◽

10.1891/1933-3196.3.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 2-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Thomas Hensel

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Eye Movement ◽

Private Practice ◽

Intervention Study ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Slight Improvement

This study used a naturalistic design to investigate the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with children and adolescents who were exposed to single-incident trauma. Participants were 36 children and adolescents ranging in age from 1 year 9 months to 18 years 1 month who were referred consecutively to the author’s private practice. Assessments were conducted at intake, post-waitlist/pretreatment, and at follow up. EMDR treatment resulted in significant improvement (Cohen’s d = 1.87). Follow-ups after 6 months revealed stable, further slight improvement. It was shown that children younger than 4 years of age can be treated using EMDR and that the group of preschool children had the same benefit from the treatment as the school-age children.

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Adherence to a snacking dietary pattern and soda intake are related to the development of adiposity: a prospective study in school-age children

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s136898001300133x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. 1507-1513 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Monal R Shroff ◽

Wei Perng ◽

Ana Baylin ◽

Mercedes Mora-Plazas ◽

Constanza Marin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Waist Circumference ◽

Dietary Pattern ◽

Multivariable Analysis ◽

Skinfold Thickness ◽

Thickness Ratio ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Food Items

AbstractObjectiveSnacking has been related to increased prevalence of overweight among school-age children in cross-sectional studies. It is uncertain, however, whether snacking influences the development of adiposity over time.DesignWe examined whether adherence to a snacking dietary pattern was associated with greater increases in children's BMI, subscapular:triceps skinfold thickness ratio and waist circumference over a median 2·5-year follow-up. Dietary patterns were identified through principal component analysis of an FFQ administered at recruitment in 2006. Anthropometric follow-up was conducted annually. Linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate rates of change in each indicator according to quartiles of adherence to the snacking pattern. We also examined change in BMI, subscapular:triceps skinfold thickness ratio and waist circumference in relation to intake of the food items in the snacking pattern.SubjectsChildren (n 961) 5–12 years of age.SettingPublic schools in Bogotá, Colombia.ResultsAfter adjustment for age, sex, total energy intake and socio-economic status, children in the highest quartile of adherence to the snacking pattern had a 0·09 kg/m2 per year higher BMI gain than children in the lowest quartile (P trend = 0·05). A similar association was observed for mean change in subscapular:triceps skinfold thickness ratio (highest v. lowest quartile difference = 0·012/year; P = 0·03). Of the food items in the snacking pattern, soda intake was positively and significantly associated with change in BMI (P trend = 0·01) and waist circumference (P trend = 0·04) in multivariable analysis.ConclusionsOur results indicate that snacking and soda intake are associated with development of adiposity in school-age children.

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Pertussis Outbreak Analysis in Republic of Moldova

Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention ◽

10.31631/2073-3046-2017-16-3-96-100 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 96-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. . Bukova ◽

A. . Melnik ◽

L. . Tsurcan ◽

A. . Cheban ◽

V. . Gutsu

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Whooping Cough ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Epidemiological Data ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Age Group ◽

Republic Of Moldova ◽

Igm Antibodies ◽

One Year

There are analyzed the incidence of whooping cough for the period of 1993 - 2016 in Republic of Moldova in this article. 210 from 280 cases of pertussis reported in 2016 and. Specific IgM antibodies of 174 patients were investigated. The epidemic process of pertussis is cyclical, with a period of 3 - 4 years, with a higher incidence in urban areas and in children up to two years, with a tendency to increase the proportion among the patients of school-age children and adults. The decrease in vaccination coverage from 95.4% in 2008 to 89.7% in 2015 led to an increased incidence. From total number of cases, 68.1% were children aged from 0 to 6 years old. The age structure of registered cases in 2016 included: 22.4% under one year old; 44.3% between 1 - 2 years, 27.1% school age children between 7 -17 years and 4.8% adults. A later uptake of medical care was registered, with an average of 10.5 days after onset of the disease, but in age group of children under one year it was 9.6 days. The bases of the diagnosis of whooping cough in 10.7% of cases were clinical data, in 16.2% were clinical - epidemiological data and in 73.1% were laboratory data. Specific IgM antibodies were detected in 77.0 ± 6.4% of patients. Among patients under one year old, 14.9% were under the age of vaccination, 34.0% received from 1 to 3 doses of vaccine, 19.1% are not vaccinated by false contraindications and 27.6% due to refusal. Among patients from the age group of 3-6 years, 56.0% received 3 - 4 doses of vaccine, 18.0% were not vaccinated because of false contraindications and 40.0% due to the failure of the vaccination. From children patients who received a full course of vaccination against pertussis, 25.0% had been vaccinated 1 - 2 years ago and other 25.0% became ill after three or four years after immunization.

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The Frequency of Obesity, Hypertension, and Anemia in School-Aged Children: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study from a Family Health Center

Türkiye Aile Hekimliği Dergisi ◽

10.5222/tahd.2021.63935 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Selin Ay Akdağ ◽

Melike Mercan Başpınar ◽

Okcan Basat

Keyword(s):

Health Center ◽

Family Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

School Age Children ◽

School Age ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Hypertension Diagnosis ◽

Obesity Hypertension

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of obesity, hypertension and anemia in the periodic follow-up of school-age children and adolescents aged between 6-19 years. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), systolic/diastolic blood pressure measurements and complete blood count results were compiled between January 2018 and August 2019 at a family health center. School-age children and adolescents examined for periodic screening purposes and whose completed measurement records were included while incompleted records were excluded from the study. IBM SPSS 22.0 program was used to analyze the data, and statistical significance was accepted as p<0.05. Results: The follow-up results include the data of 1049 children, (536 boys; 513 girls), with an average age of 11.4±3.2 years. The frequency of obesity, hypertension, anemia, short height, and underweight was 7.3%, 24.5%, 76.6%, 1.9%, and 21.3% respectively. The frequency of anemia was observed higher in girls (85.2%) than in boys (68.6%) (p<0.001). While there is no significant difference between age groups and genders in terms of the presence of hypertension (p=0.299 and p=0.270), a higher hypertension diagnosis rate was observed in primary school children (26.1%) than children with hypertension diagnosis in secondary school (24.3%) and high school (19.9%), significantly (p<0.001 and p<0.001). Although the frequency of hypertension (31%) and anemia (85%) was higher in obese groups compared to other groups, it was not found statistically significant (p=0.151 and p=0.196). Conclusion: This study was performed in a primary health care institution; despite the prevalence of obesity at a similar rate to previous studies, it has demonstrated that one out of every four children was hypertensive or underweight, and almost all of the girls were anemic, resulting in cautionary results in terms of preventing growth and development problems, adult cardiovascular and maternal-fetal mortality risks.

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