Article
Environmental Sciences
Jonathan Wilson, Sherry L. Dixon, Courtney Wisinski, Carin Speidel, Jill Breysse, Michael Jacobson, Samantha Crisci, David E. Jacobs
Summary: There has been limited research on childhood lead exposure pathways since the 1990s. New data from Michigan in 2017-2021 reveals that a significant number of children in older housing have elevated blood lead levels, with paint and contaminated dust and soil being the main sources of exposure. This study emphasizes the importance of assessing and remediating lead hazards to protect children from unnecessary risks.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Michal Slota, Marta Wasik, Tomasz Stoltny, Anna Machon-Grecka, Slawomir Kasperczyk
Summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of existing clinical trials on the association between lead poisoning and iron status. The findings suggest a significant correlation between reduced blood lead levels and decreased body iron stores, particularly in young adolescents.
TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xiaofeng Xu, Qingqing Nie, Wang Liu, E. Scott Huebner, Lili Tian
Summary: Life satisfaction is an important indicator of children's healthy development. This study identified the developmental trajectories of life satisfaction during childhood and examined the predictive roles of environmental and personality factors. The results revealed three distinct trajectories of life satisfaction and identified risk and protective factors associated with these trajectories.
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Kristina Rios, Meghan Burke
Summary: This study explored the correlations between empowerment, type of disability, stress, and special education knowledge among 61 Latino/a parents of children with IDD. The findings showed a positive and significant correlation between empowerment and special education knowledge. Parents of children with autism reported higher levels of special education knowledge and stress. Implications for future research, including the need for longitudinal studies, are discussed.
Article
Education, Special
Xiaoning Sun, Matthew E. Brock
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of teacher and paraeducator-implemented VP on vocational skills for high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The results showed experimental effects for all four students, with two students meeting the mastery criterion. Individualized adaptations enabled two students to make further progress, and the two students who met the criterion maintained their performance after 2 weeks. These findings contribute to the evidence that teachers and practitioners can effectively implement VP and highlight the need for individualized adaptations for students with significant disabilities.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION FOR EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Somin Park, Shayne B. Piasta
Summary: The study aimed to explore five patterns of English letter-name knowledge in emergent bilingual children. These patterns include visual similarity effect, uppercase familiarity effect, first name/first initial effects, consonant-order effect, and frequency effect. The researchers assessed the letter-name knowledge of 56 emergent bilingual children in US classrooms and found that they exhibited the uppercase familiarity effect, but the other patterns differed. The findings suggest the need to consider these differences and implications for alphabet instruction when working with emergent bilingual children.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muhammad Iskandar Hamzah, Nurul Syafiqah Tanwir
Summary: This research investigates the antecedents of Malaysians purchase intention of hybrid vehicles, finding that environmental factors have a positive influence on green purchase intention, with perceived behavioral control mediating the effects of environmental concern and responsibility on green purchase intention. The study provides a new perspective for future research in the context of the hybrid vehicle market, especially in developing economies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ryan J. Keith, Lisa M. Given, John M. Martin, Dieter F. Hochuli
Summary: Research suggests that younger children and adolescents living in cities tend to have stronger connections with nature, with 8-11-year-olds showing more connection compared to older peers. Environmental behaviors tend to decrease as age increases. Differences between boys and girls in nature connections and pro-environmental behaviors are inconsistent, but girls are more willing to volunteer for conservation efforts.
Article
Cell Biology
Rebekah L. Petroff, Raymond G. Cavalcante, Justin A. Colacino, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Tamara R. Jones, Claudia Lalancette, Rachel K. Morgan, Kari Neier, Bambarendage P. U. Perera, Christine A. Rygiel, Laurie K. Svoboda, Kai Wang, Maureen A. Sartor, Dana C. Dolinoy
Summary: This study found that developmental exposure to common contaminants led to sex-specific and tissue-specific differences in DNA hydroxymethylation in mice. Female mice showed differences in blood hydroxymethylation, while male mice showed differences in both blood and cortex hydroxymethylation. These findings suggest potential biomarkers of exposure or long-term health effects.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Benjamin F. Swaringen, Emory Gawlik, George D. Kamenov, Nancy E. McTigue, David A. Cornwell, Jean-Claude J. Bonzongo
Summary: Lead has been used in anthropogenic activities for thousands of years but its adverse impacts on human health have led to bans in several applications to reduce pollution and protect health. Children are primarily exposed to lead through different sources resulting in high blood lead levels and health implications. Various research approaches, including lead detection methods and regression models, have been used to reduce human exposure, but more complex modeling systems are needed for decision-making support. Recent technological advances using high-precision lead stable isotope ratios have created a new direction for identifying and eliminating prevalent lead sources associated with high blood lead levels.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Gerontology
Flavia H. Santos, Johanna Zurek, Matthew P. Janicki
Summary: The lack of information on health promotion and disease prevention interventions for older adults with IDDs was highlighted in the study. Although most intervention outcomes were positive, there was a general lack of sustained attention and long-term follow-up for such interventions.
Article
Psychology, Educational
Connor D. O'Rear, Isabella Seip, Joanna Azar, Arthur J. Baroody, Nicole M. McNeil
Summary: This study investigated the impact of book features on talk during shared book reading. The data was collected from parent-child dyads (n = 157; child's M-age = 43.99 months; 88 girls, 69 boys; 91.72% of parents self-reported as white) who were randomly assigned to read two number books. The focus was on comparison talk, which involves counting a set and labeling its total. The findings replicated previous research, showing that dyads engaged in relatively low levels of comparison talk. However, book features such as numerical representations and word count influenced the amount of comparison talk produced.
Article
Education, Special
Kylie Hinde, Jonathan Mason, Lee Kannis-Dymand, Prue Millear, Razia Sultana
Summary: This study investigated the knowledge and confidence of health practitioners in Bangladesh in diagnosing and treating mental health issues in individuals with intellectual disabilities. The results showed that the participants had low knowledge of symptoms but were confident in working with people with intellectual disabilities. Traditional healers and community health workers had more knowledge of symptoms compared to other practitioners. The study suggests the development of training programs to improve knowledge of mental health symptoms and confidence in assessment and assessment-based communication.
JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Matthew G. Buckley, Luke J. Holden, Alastair D. Smith, Mark Haselgrove
Summary: This study examines the developmental trajectories of children's reorientation according to local and global boundary shape representations. The results show that children aged 10.5 years and above are able to reorient based on either local or global shape, and older children tend to reorient based on global shape when there is a conflict between these shape representations.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Adam Gardiner, Moira Gibbons, Nicki Barker, Heather Elphick
Summary: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of an educational video on asthma at improving knowledge in adolescent children. The results showed that watching the video significantly improved knowledge for four out of six questions, and the knowledge retention was observed a week later. These findings support the use of digital, video-assisted, internet-based learning tools, such as the 'Moving on Asthma' website, in regular clinics for young people with asthma.
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elise M. Philips, Susana Santos, Eric A. P. Steegers, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Leonardo Trasande, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Charissa van Zwol-Janssens, Leonardo Trasande, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Maria-Pilar Martinez-Moral, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Elise M. Philips, Fernando Rivadeneira, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Susana Santos
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Arash Derakhshan, Elise M. Philips, Akhgar Ghassabian, Susana Santos, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Andreas Kortenkamp, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Leonardo Trasande, Robin P. Peeters, Tim I. M. Korevaar
Summary: Exposure to bisphenols during pregnancy may interfere with maternal thyroid function and affect the thyroid system in offspring. There were associations between BPA and BPS concentrations with maternal thyroid function, with late pregnancy BPA exposure linked to higher TSH in female newborns and higher FT4 during childhood in males.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Carolina C. V. Silva, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Chalana M. Sol, Hanan El Marroun, Maria-Pilar Martinez-Moral, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Leonardo Trasande, Susana Santos
Summary: The study found that higher levels of DNOP metabolites at 6 years old were associated with an increased risk of overweight and adverse cardiovascular profile at both 6 and 10 years. On the other hand, higher total bisphenols and bisphenol A concentrations were linked to a decrease in BMI from 6 to 10 years.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anne L. Dunlop, Alicynne Glazier Essalmi, Lyndsay Alvalos, Carrie Breton, Carlos A. Camargo, Whitney J. Cowell, Dana Dabelea, Stephen R. Dager, Cristiane Duarte, Amy Elliott, Raina Fichorova, James Gern, Monique M. Hedderson, Elizabeth Hom Thepaksorn, Kathi Huddleston, Margaret R. Karagas, Ken Kleinman, Leslie Leve, Ximin Li, Yijun Li, Augusto Litonjua, Yunin LudenaRodriguez, Juliette C. Madan, Julio Mateus Nino, Cynthia McEvoy, Thomas G. O'Connor, Amy M. Padula, Nigel Paneth, Frederica Perera, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Rebecca J. Schmidt, Robert T. Schultz, Jessica Snowden, Joseph B. Stanford, Leonardo Trasande, Heather E. Volk, William Wheaton, Rosalind J. Wright, Monica McGrath
Summary: This study examined the impact of maternal education and neighborhood SES markers on gestational age at birth, finding that higher maternal education was associated with a decreased odds of preterm birth, while lower education levels were linked to an increased odds of early term birth. Variations in these associations were observed among different racial/ethnic groups and across different regions in the United States.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hongxiu Liu, Anna Maria Campana, Yuyan Wang, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Mengling Liu, Hongkai Zhu, Shilpi Mehta-Lee, Sara G. Brubaker, Linda G. Kahn, Leonardo Trasande, Akhgar Ghassabian
Summary: The study found that pregnant women in NYC had lower levels of OP pesticide metabolites than pregnant populations in Europe, Asia, and other regions in the U.S. Lower pre-pregnancy body mass index, being Asian, employed, and single were associated with higher DAP metabolite concentrations, while fruit and grain intakes were associated with higher Sigma DM, Sigma DE, and Sigma DAP levels.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chalana M. Sol, Charissa Van Zwol-Janssens, Elise M. Philips, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Maria-Pilar Martinez-Moral, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Leonardo Trasande, Susana Santos
Summary: Higher maternal bisphenol S urine concentrations, especially in the first trimester, seem to be associated with larger fetal head circumference, higher weight, and a lower risk of being small size for gestational age at birth. Other bisphenols were not consistently associated with fetal growth outcomes.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Melanie H. Jacobson, Cheryl R. Stein, Mengling Liu, Marra G. Ackerman, Jennifer K. Blakemore, Sara E. Long, Graziano Pinna, Raquel Romay-Tallon, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Hongkai Zhu, Leonardo Trasande
Summary: The study investigated the associations between urinary bisphenols and phthalates in early and midpregnancy with serum hormone concentrations and postpartum depression symptoms. The results suggested that certain phthalates were related to lower progesterone levels and increased odds of PPD, indicating a potential influence of endocrine disrupting chemicals on hormonal shifts during pregnancy and PPD.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara E. Long, Linda G. Kahn, Leonardo Trasande, Melanie H. Jacobson
Summary: This study investigated the association between phthalate metabolites and sex hormone concentrations in women, finding that DEHP was associated with lower estradiol and bioavailable testosterone concentrations in postmenopausal women, while DINCH was associated with higher free testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and free androgen index. DEHTP was associated with a higher testosterone-to-estradiol ratio. Further research is needed to explore the safety of these chemicals.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Andrea L. Deierlein, Akhgar Ghassabian, Linda G. Kahn, Yelena Afanasyeva, Shilpi S. Mehta-Lee, Sara G. Brubaker, Leonardo Trasande
Summary: The study assessed the diet quality of pregnant women before and during pregnancy and found that Hispanic women had higher total HEI-2015 scores compared to non-Hispanic White women. Factors such as younger age, higher parity, single status, pre-pregnancy obesity, smoking, and other health behaviors were associated with lower total HEI-2015 scores. This highlights the need for continued nutritional counseling for preconception and prenatal care.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Susana Santos, Chalana M. Sol, Charissa Van Zwol-Janssens, Elise M. Philips, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Maria-Pilar Martinez-Moral, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Leonardo Trasande
Summary: Exposure to phthalates during pregnancy may lead to fetal growth restriction and preterm birth. Different trimester-specific exposures to phthalates may have varying effects on fetal growth and birth outcomes.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Melanie H. Jacobson, Yinxiang Wu, Mengling Liu, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Adela Jing Li, Morgan Robinson, Bradley A. Warady, Susan Furth, Howard Trachtman, Leonardo Trasande
Summary: The study found that urinary DAP metabolites were positively associated with renal injury biomarkers KIM-1 and 8-OHdG, as well as eGFR in children with CKD. These findings provide preliminary evidence that DAP metabolites in urine are related to subclinical kidney injury in children with CKD, which may indicate future clinical events.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Leonardo Trasande, Buyun Liu, Wei Bao
Summary: The study found that high-molecular weight phthalate metabolites, especially DEHP, were associated with increased mortality. Extrapolating to the 55-64 year old American population, the estimated attributable deaths related to phthalate exposure exceeded 90,000, with lost economic productivity in the billions of dollars.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nicholas C. Newman, Jacqueline M. Knapke, Rachael Kiniyalocts, John Belt, Erin Haynes
Summary: This study aimed to provide academic-detailing style training on childhood lead poisoning prevention for frontline healthcare professionals. The participants expressed satisfaction with the learning objectives of the training and suggested including clinical vignettes in future activities.
JOURNAL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, L. Charles Bailey, Doug Lunsford, Matthew F. Daley, Ihuoma Eneli, Jonathan Finkelstein, William Heerman, Casie E. Horgan, Daniel S. Hsia, Melanie Jay, Goutham Rao, Juliane S. Reynolds, Jessica L. Sturtevant, Sengwee Toh, Leonardo Trasande, Jessica Young, Debby Lin, Christopher B. Forrest, Jason P. Block
Summary: The study found that antibiotic use before 24 months of age was associated with slightly higher BMI-z at 10 years old, but did not have a significant impact on the likelihood of overweight or obesity.
ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS
(2021)
