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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Davara L. Bennett, Daniela K. Schluter, Gabriella Melis, Paul Bywaters, Alex Alexiou, Ben Barr, Sophie Wickham, David Taylor-Robinson
Summary: The study found that the increase in child poverty rates in England is associated with an increase in children entering care. Children's exposure to poverty has negative impacts on their health and social outcomes.
LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Etienne Archambault, Simone N. Vigod, Hilary K. Brown, Hong Lu, Kinwah Fung, Michelle Shouldice, Natasha Ruth Saunders
Summary: This study found that children who experienced assault had approximately a 2 times higher risk of receiving a mental illness diagnosis compared to children who did not experience assault. The greatest risk was observed in the first year following the assault.
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Psychiatry
Xiaoliang Chen, Sheng Zhang, Guoliang Huang, Yan Xu, Qian Li, Jingman Shi, Wenyan Li, Wanxin Wang, Lan Guo, Ciyong Lu
Summary: The study found that five types of child maltreatment and their co-occurrence were associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms among college students. The effects of emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and the number of maltreatment types on depressive symptoms were stronger for females than for males.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
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Immunology
Jane Oliver, Oliver Robertson, Jane Zhang, Brooke L. Marsters, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, Susan Jack, Julie Bennett, Deborah A. Williamson, Nigel Wilson, Nevil Pierse, Michael G. Baker
Summary: The study found that the majority of patients born after 1983 in New Zealand and hospitalized with initial acute rheumatic fever did not experience disease progression by the end of 2015. The progression of the disease was more rapid and about two times more likely for indigenous Maori or Pacific Islander patients. Most of the initial rheumatic heart disease patients had not been previously hospitalized for acute rheumatic fever, especially among underserved populations, indicating considerable illness in this young cohort.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Anne-Gaelle E. Ausseil, Richard M. Law, Amber K. Parker, Edmar Teixeira, Abha Sood
Summary: Climate change is already impacting the regional suitability of grapevines in New Zealand, with significant advances in key crop phenological stages observed in simulations for the next few decades. The timing of important growth stages may need to be adjusted by growers to adapt to the changing climate conditions. Late ripening cultivars or extended ripening periods in cooler regions could provide advantages for winegrowers facing climate change challenges.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Helen Ross, Rozanne Kruger, Carol Wham
Summary: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of nutrition risk among pre-school children in New Zealand and identify socio-demographic factors associated with nutrition risk. The findings showed that over 30% of children were at high risk, with economic and ethnic disparities being evident.
JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
(2023)
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Family Studies
Youngmin Yi, Frank Edwards, Natalia Emanuel, Hedwig Lee, John M. Leventhal, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wildeman
Summary: This study provides new estimates of spatial and racial/ethnic variation in children's lifetime risks of maltreatment investigation, confirmed maltreatment, foster care placement, and termination of parental rights in the U.S., as well as relative risks of these events. The results show varying risks across states and racial/ethnic groups, with larger disparities at higher levels of involvement. Furthermore, the prevalence of child welfare events did not move in parallel across states or racial/ethnic groups.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jenny S. Guadamuz, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Josefina Flores Morales, Dima M. Qato
Summary: This study evaluates the risk of death among young Latino adults in the U.S. and finds that Latino immigrants, especially noncitizens, have a higher risk of death compared to their U.S.-born counterparts. They are more likely to die of cancer, cardiometabolic diseases, and accidents. Socioeconomic factors can attenuate some of these differences, but not the disparity in cancer mortality.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
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Critical Care Medicine
Julien Cobert, Sun Young Jeon, John Boscardin, Allyson C. Chapman, Lauren E. Ferrante, Sei Lee, Alexander K. Smith
Summary: The rates of pre-existing disability, frailty, and multimorbidity in older adults admitted to ICUs have increased over time, while the rate of dementia has not significantly changed.
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Psychiatry
Jiajing Chen, Dong Mei Wang, Fusheng Fan, Fabing Fu, Dejun Wei, Shanshan Tang, Yang Tian, Yuxuan Du, Rongrong Zhu, Yuqing Li, Li Wang, Xiang-Yang Zhang
Summary: This study found that maltreated methamphetamine-dependent individuals (METH-DIs) have cognitive deficits, which are associated with their experience of childhood maltreatment. These maltreated patients are also more likely to have lower education levels, higher levels of depression, and an earlier onset age of drug use.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xinxin Ye, Qian Yi, Jing Shao, Yan Zhang, Mingming Zha, Qingwen Yang, Wei Xia, Zhihong Ye, Peige Song
Summary: Blood pressure levels and hypertension prevalence increased dramatically in Chinese children and adolescents from 1991 to 2015. Age, body mass index, waist circumference, and overweight/obesity status were associated factors of hypertension among youths.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
Cheryl R. Stein, Margaret A. Sheridan, William E. Copeland, Laura S. Machlin, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Helen L. Egger
Summary: The association between adversity and psychopathology in preschool-aged children differs depending on the type of adversity, with threat being strongly related to behavioral disorders and cumulative risk being consistently related to all psychopathologies.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
(2022)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Nadia A. A. Charania, Linda Kirkpatrick, Janine Paynter, Nikki Turner
Summary: Migrants and refugees generally experience immunization inequities compared to their host populations. Childhood vaccination coverage rates are influenced by a complex set of factors including child and parental nativity. This study found that children of migrant parents had higher rates of complete and timely uptake for MMR, pertussis, and HPV vaccinations compared to non-migrant children.
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2023)
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Substance Abuse
Taisia Huckle, Jose S. S. Romeo
Summary: This study compared the risk of child maltreatment among children exposed to parents with an alcohol-attributable hospitalization or mental health/addiction service use in New Zealand. The findings showed a 65.1% increased risk of child maltreatment in such cases, and estimated that a significant portion of documented child maltreatment cases could be attributable to parents with severe or hazardous alcohol consumption.
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Family Studies
Rachel Wamser-Nanney, Claudia L. Campbell
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing mental health consultation for young, maltreated children. The findings suggest that child's gender and externalizing symptoms, as well as caregiver's educational attainment and depression, are associated with help seeking behavior. However, cumulative maltreatment and the specific forms of maltreatment do not correspond with seeking mental health services.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2022)