SNAP and/or WIC Participation and Diet Quality in Mother-Child Dyads living in Greater Boston after Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study by Thanit Vinitchagoon, Fang Fang Zhang, Rebecca C. Fauth, Erin Hennessy, Ana G. Maafs, Emma M. Browning, Christina D. Economos

“…However, qualitative results showed that mothers prioritized their children’s nutrition, used benefits to buy fruits and vegetables, and experienced stress that impacted their own diet quality. Conclusions: Since the pandemic, SNAP and WIC appeared to support families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage (e.g., lower income and educational attainment) to improve diet quality, particularly through increased access to fruits and vegetables. …”
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Predicting child mortality determinants in Uttar Pradesh using Machine Learning: Insights from the National Family and Health Survey (2019–21) by Pinky Pandey, Sacheendra Shukla, Niraj Kumar Singh, Mukesh Kumar

“…Aim: This study aimed to delineate spatial variations in under-five mortality across Uttar Pradesh and evaluate the efficacy of various machine learning algorithms in identifying critical determinants influencing these mortality rates. …”
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Girl-Child Empowerment and Socio-Economic Welfare in Urban Southwestern Uganda: A case study of Kanungu Town Council, Kanungu District. by Ian, Byoonanebye

“…The study found out that forms of girl-child empowerment in Kanungu Town Council included; access to education, reproductive health services and income generating. …”
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Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data by Michael N. K. Babayara, Bright Addo

“…This makes the reexamination of the risk factors for child mortality crucial as results will aid in the modification of existing strategies aimed at addressing the problem. …”
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Clinical case of combined correction of children's psychotraumatic experience and distress in the development of cancer by K. A. Blinova, E. V. Pchelintseva, N. P. Lapochkina

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Impact of lay health worker programmes on the health outcomes of mother-child pairs of HIV exposed children in Africa: A scoping review. by Kathrin Schmitz, Tariro Jayson Basera, Bonaventure Egbujie, Preethi Mistri, Nireshni Naidoo, Witness Mapanga, Jane Goudge, Majorie Mbule, Fiona Burtt, Esca Scheepers, Jude Igumbor

“…LHW interventions are beneficial in increasing access to PMTCT services and reducing MTCT of HIV, though their impact on improving adherence to ART remains scanty. …”
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Cohort profile: Born in Wales—a birth cohort with maternity, parental and child data linkage for life course research in Wales, UK by Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Sarah Davies, Michaela James, Sinead Brophy, Sam Dredge, Hope Jones, Mike J Seaborne, Natasha L Kennedy, Adele Battaglia

“…Each individual is assigned an encrypted Anonymised Linking Field; this field is used to link anonymised individuals across datasets. We present the descriptive data available in the core dataset, and the future expansion plans for the database beyond its initial development stage.Participants Descriptive information from 2011 to 2023 has been gathered from the National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD) in SAIL. …”
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Book review: Jo Dixon & Mike Stein (2005). Leaving Care: Throughcare and Aftercare in Scotland. London: Jessica Kingsley by Maxwell Smart

Herderlike bediening aan die kind uit 'n egskeidingsgesin by SP van der Schyff, CHJ Venter

“…Aspects dealt with here are reactions of shock, grief, confusion, aggression, fear, feelings of guilt, loneliness, stress and feelings of inferiority. …”
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Public health challenges – the diet, nutritional status, and health of the Polish population by Anna Harton

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Impact of nurturing care educational videos focusing on children with nutritional problems aged 6-23 months on mothers' knowledge and child growth by Fitri Haryanti, Lely Lusmilasari, Sri Hartini, Ayyu Sandhi, Ika Parmawati, Akhmadi Akhmadi, Nisa Nur Hasanah, Fitriana Andarwati, Hani Risnawati, Alissa Nur Pratiwi, Ananda Sekar Kusumawati, Redyta Dwi Cahyani

“…While studies have addressed general child nutrition, few have explored comprehensive nurturing care interventions. …”
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Socioeconomic factors and sex effects of postpartum maternal depression on offspring internalizing symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yang Geng, Wenlan Liu, Zhiying Yu, Hui Zhang, Yun Li, Weihua Zhao

“…It has been consistently unclear as to whether female or male offspring are more vulnerable to the effects of postpartum maternal depression at different stages of the child’s life course. To determine whether the characteristics of postpartum maternal depression with a history of prenatal depression influence sex differences in offspring internalizing symptoms across childhood and adolescence, socioeconomic factors should be considered. …”
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Trabalho infantil e cultura camponesa: interpelações às políticas públicas by Thais Barbosa Reis, Maria Dione Carvalho de Moraes

“…The addressing of child labor became a part of the Brazilian state agenda in the 1990s, anchored in the discourse on the human rights of children. …”
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Urinary Microbiota of Healthy Prepubescent Girls and Boys—A Pilot Study by Yulia L. Naboka, Mikhail I. Kogan, Johannes M. Mayr, Irina A. Gudima, Elizaveta M. Koliva, Violetta M. Kotieva, Marina L. Chernytskaya, Vladimir V. Sizonov

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The Child Evaluation Checklist (CHECK): A Screening Questionnaire for Detecting Daily Functional “Red Flags” of Underrecognized Neurodevelopmental Disorders among Preschool Childre... by Sara Rosenblum, Irit Ezra Zandani, Tsofia Deutsch-Castel, Sonya Meyer

“…This article describes the development and standardization of the Child Evaluation Checklist (CHECK). Methods and Procedures. …”
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Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…Alternative models of care are required that promote engagement and are effective, accessible, and scalable. ObjectiveThis randomized trial evaluated whether a stepped care approach to ICBT using therapist guidance via videoconferencing for the step-up component (ICBT-SC[VC]) is noninferior to ICBT with full therapist delivery by videoconferencing (ICBT-TG[VC]) for child and adolescent anxiety. …”
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Influence of mothers’ stress on their infants’ stress level: A preliminary study by Shinnosuke Ikeda, Hisashi Mitsuishi

“… # Objective This study examined how various types of mothers' stress influence their infants' stress by measuring stress that emanates from COVID-19, child rearing, and stress levels based on speech and cortisol in saliva…”
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Cuteness and aggression in military picturebooks by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Jörg Meibauer

“…The narrative solution seems to be that “cute” characters (that is, anthropomorphic animals and vehicles) are introduced who serve as positive military protagonists that have to fight against aggressive characters representing the enemy. In military picturebooks, there is a contrast between cuteness and aggression that is astonishing when regarding the typical pedagogical demands on the accommodation of picturebooks to the child’s cognitive abilities. …”
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'A different way to look at things': the development of consultancy in a residential service for children and young people by Andrew Kendrick

“…He stressed the need for support from specialists in other agencies such as child psychiatrists and educational psychologists and for staff care schemes such asstress counselling (Warner, 1992, pp. 154-155). …”

Understanding barriers to influenza vaccination among parents is important to improve vaccine uptake among children by Stephanie A. Davey, James Elander, Amelia Woodward, Michael G. Head, Daniel Gaffiero

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