Child Development
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Randomized trial of a parenting intervention for very preterm infants: outcome at 2 years.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy of a neonatal parenting intervention for improving development in very preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial with a cross-over design and washout period was conducted in 6 ... Read more...

Do parents understand growth charts? A national, Internet-based survey.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess parental knowledge and understanding of growth charts. METHODS: An online survey was conducted with 1000 parents selected to be demographically representative of the US population. Questions ... Read more...

Effects of individualized developmental care in a randomized trial of preterm infants <32 weeks.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The goal was to investigate the effects of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on days of respiratory support and intensive care, growth, and neuromotor development at term age for infants born at ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Development'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Monitoring preterm infants' vision development with light-only melanopsin is functional. 29 Sep 2009
• Randomized trial of a parenting intervention for very preterm infants: outcome at 2 years. 29 Sep 2009
• NIDCAP: new controversial evidence for its effectiveness. 26 Sep 2009
• NIDCAP: testing the effectiveness of a relationship-based comprehensive intervention. 26 Sep 2009
• Do parents understand growth charts? A national, Internet-based survey. 26 Sep 2009
• Effects of individualized developmental care in a randomized trial of preterm infants <32 weeks. 26 Sep 2009
• Improvement of short- and long-term outcomes for very low birth weight infants: Edmonton NIDCAP trial. 26 Sep 2009
• Where all the children are above average. 26 Sep 2009
• Higher cumulative doses of erythropoietin and developmental outcomes in preterm infants. 26 Sep 2009
• Implementing electronic health record-based quality measures for developmental screening. 26 Sep 2009
• Mental health context of food insecurity: a representative cohort of families with young children. 26 Sep 2009
• Can erythropoietin improve developmental outcomes for preterm infants? 19 Sep 2009
• Impact of changes in serum sodium levels on 2-year neurologic outcomes for very preterm neonates. 12 Sep 2009
• PEDS and ASQ developmental screening tests may not identify the same children. 5 Sep 2009
• Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review. 5 Sep 2009
• Target height estimation in children with idiopathic short stature who are referred to the growth clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: a test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis. 30 Aug 2009
• Developmental pathways leading to obesity in childhood. 30 Aug 2009
• Monolingual, bilingual, trilingual: infants' language experience influences the development of a word-learning heuristic. 30 Aug 2009
• Gaze behavior and affect at 6 months: predicting clinical outcomes and language development in typically developing infants and infants at risk for autism. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Child Development'

Definition: The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.

Descriptor UI: D002657

Alternative terms: Child Development; Development, Child; Infant Development; Development, Infant;

Related Mesh Headings: Growth; Motor Skills; Personality Development;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects;

Tree Number: F01.525.200; G07.700.320.374.750;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: includes infant and child but not adolescents; add the appropriate age check tag