scholarly journals Is Child Health at Risk While Families Wait for Housing Vouchers?

2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 1191-1192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Sharfstein ◽  
Megan Sandel ◽  
Robert Kahn ◽  
Howard Bauchner
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Housing Vouchers

Child health at risk from welfare cuts

BMJ ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. h5330 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Taylor-Robinson ◽  
Sophie Wickham ◽  
Ben Barr
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Child Health

Fifteen-minute consultation: Assessment, surveillance and management of hemihypertrophy

2017 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-117
Author(s):  
Catherine Mark ◽  
Caroline Hart ◽  
Anthony McCarthy ◽  
Andrew Thompson
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Wilms Tumour ◽  
Surveillance Strategy ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
General Paediatrician ◽  
Uncommon Condition ◽  
Concise Guide ◽  
And Child Health

This article aims to provide a structured and concise guide for the general paediatrician managing a child with hemihypertrophy. Hemihypertrophy is a relatively uncommon condition. The significance is that a proportion of those affected are at risk of developing malignancies in childhood. For these children regular surveillance is required. We have outlined how one might assess and investigate a child presenting with hemihypertrophy. We have also formulated a practicable surveillance strategy which is in line with the current Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) guideline ‘Wilms’ tumour surveillance in at-risk children’.

Brain Science, Early Intervention and ‘At Risk’ Families: Implications for Parents, Professionals and Social Policy

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Brain Science

In recent years neuroscience has increasingly been drawn on to focus attention on the significance of early childhood years for healthy brain development. However an examination of the literature suggests that brain science has little specific to offer parents. In spite of this, a belief that these first years are a critical period for child development has provided the impetus for the introduction of early intervention programmes targeting groups who are considered to be ‘at risk’. The literature indicates that the assumptions underpinning this notion are problematic and may have implications for the success of such interventions. The factors impacting on childhood outcomes are complex and cannot be reduced solely to biomedical explanations. A more effective way to tackle child health and welfare problems would involve a multidimensional approach and include the elimination of poverty and the scrutiny of all public policy.

Phonological Awareness Screening to Identify At-Risk Readers

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie Gilbertson ◽  
Ronald K. Bramlett
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Receptive Vocabulary ◽  
Standardized Assessments ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Invented Spelling ◽  
Reading Measures

The purpose of this study was to investigate informal phonological awareness measures as predictors of first-grade broad reading ability. Subjects were 91 former Head Start students who were administered standardized assessments of cognitive ability and receptive vocabulary, and informal phonological awareness measures during kindergarten and early first grade. Regression analyses indicated that three phonological awareness tasks, Invented Spelling, Categorization, and Blending, were the most predictive of standardized reading measures obtained at the end of first grade. Discriminant analyses indicated that these three phonological awareness tasks correctly identified at-risk students with 92% accuracy. Clinical use of a cutoff score for these measures is suggested, along with general intervention guidelines for practicing clinicians.

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