Sentences with phrase «health during early development»

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«Previous studies have linked intake of high fructose corn syrup sweetened beverages with asthma in school children, but there is little information about when during early development exposure to fructose might influence later health,» said Sheryl L. Rifas - Shiman, MPH, a study lead author and senior research associate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Insthealth,» said Sheryl L. Rifas - Shiman, MPH, a study lead author and senior research associate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstHealth Care Institute.

Exposure to lead during early development can alter the the gut microbiota, increasing the chances for obesity in adulthood, researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health have found.

So, the new findings support the idea that genetic differences expressed early during brain development may have a lot to do with the development of bipolar disorder symptoms — and other mental health conditions that arise later in life, especially in the teen and young adult years.

«We know from animal models that there are critical periods during early development when cells are rapidly dividing and forming the circuitry through which cells will communicate with each other to form various tissues of the body,» said Retha Newbold, a reproductive biologist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina.

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Two daily servings (240 ml) of beans, cooked or canned, are recommended in order to maintain overall health, specially during pregnancy, since folate is crucial for cardiovascular health, as well as for early development, reducing the risk of birth defects.

But the authors write in their paper that «emerging epidemiologic evidence suggests that [arsenic] exposure in utero and during early life may be associated with adverse health effects» on immune system and brain development.

To keep your French dog in good health, it is important to feed them with energy that fuels their development and growth during the early months of their life.

Children who experience poverty, particularly during early life or for an extended period, are at risk of a host of adverse health and developmental outcomes through their life course.1 Poverty has a profound effect on specific circumstances, such as birth weight, infant mortality, language development, chronic illness, environmental exposure, nutrition, and injury.

One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.

Family Voices: Piloting a New Qualitative Measure of Family Engagement for Head Start and Early Head Start Staff and Families (PDF - 2,468 KB) Aikens, Bandel, Akers, Lyskawa, & Jerald (2014) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation & Mathematica Policy Research Focuses on the development of qualitative instruments designed to better understand family engagement in Head Start and Early Head Start; draws on pilot data collected during the 2012 - 2013 program year; and provides information about the performance of the piloted interview protocols, revisions made to instruments based on their performance, and the best methods for gathering qualitative information about family engagement experiences from families and staff in future studies.

We contend that childhood temperament shapes the manner in which individuals perceive their surroundings, which influences their social interactions in a reciprocal manner and eventual social and mental health outcomes.17 This dynamic is particularly evident in early adolescence during which the emergence of the peer group as a more salient influence on development coincides with sharp increases in psychopathology, 16 particularly SAD.6, 15,18 Temperament also shapes vital cognitive processes, such as attention and certain executive processes which provide the foundation from which children perceive and respond to social cues in the environment.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prenatal and postnatal mechanisms by which maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predict the early development of their offspring, specifically via biological (maternal health risk in pregnancy, infant health risk at birth) and psychosocial risk (maternal stress during and after pregnancy, as well as hostile behavior in early infancy).

It is also important to remember that early childhood development and life experiences contribute strongly to a person's mental health and wellbeing during childhood and later in life.

Early childhood development and life experiences contribute strongly to a person's mental health and wellbeing during childhood and later in life.»

In the home visits, the nurses promoted 3 aspects of maternal functioning: (1) positive health - related behaviors during pregnancy and the early years of the child's life, (2) competent care of their children, and (3) maternal personal development (family planning, educational achievement, and participation in the workforce).

During home visits, the nurses promoted 3 aspects of maternal functioning: health - related behaviors during pregnancy and the early years of the child's life, the care parents provide to their children, and maternal life - course development (family planning, educational achievement, and participation in the work fDuring home visits, the nurses promoted 3 aspects of maternal functioning: health - related behaviors during pregnancy and the early years of the child's life, the care parents provide to their children, and maternal life - course development (family planning, educational achievement, and participation in the work fduring pregnancy and the early years of the child's life, the care parents provide to their children, and maternal life - course development (family planning, educational achievement, and participation in the work force).

Does parental employment during the first years of children's lives affect their cognitive, health or socio - emotional development during pre-school and early school years?

State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems A Follow - Up to Early Childhood 2010: Innovations for the Next Generation (PDF - 1.741 KB) U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Presents six common, interrelated themes that emerged during the State team discussions at Early Childhood 2010, and provides descriptions of approaches, and links to program websites, policies, and other relevant documents.

The main purpose of Phase IV (seventh grade - ninth grade) is to investigate how earlier functioning and experiences in concert with contextual and maturational factors in adolescenc, influence social relationships, health, adjustment, and intellectual and academic development during middle adolescence.

The articles in this issue include the latest research about brain functioning during the first three years of life and the important role of early social interactions for later school readiness and lifelong learning; how toxic stress caused by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is having an impact on the health and development of children; a summary of what has been learned about early development during the past 15 years; and examples of how tribal communities using Federal funding opportunities and partnerships to build more coordinated, effective early childhood systems.

«We believe that strengthening and integrating infant and early childhood mental health supports in child - and family - serving systems is fundamental to improving outcomes for all children, particularly those who face adverse experiences during the earliest stages of development.

My professional expertise is actually in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, with a secondary specialty in early childhood mental health (ages 0 - 5) which necessarily includes an expertise in the neuro - development of the brain during childhood.

Development during the prenatal period, infancy and childhood is known to influence lifelong health, 1 — 4 and the link between early - life health and adult outcomes is strong and economically meaningful.5 Promotion of optimal child development and well - being comprises early detection and treatment of whole families, and it can potentially prevent the development of behavioural and emotional problems in children and adDevelopment during the prenatal period, infancy and childhood is known to influence lifelong health, 1 — 4 and the link between early - life health and adult outcomes is strong and economically meaningful.5 Promotion of optimal child development and well - being comprises early detection and treatment of whole families, and it can potentially prevent the development of behavioural and emotional problems in children and addevelopment and well - being comprises early detection and treatment of whole families, and it can potentially prevent the development of behavioural and emotional problems in children and addevelopment of behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents.6

The program builds on research showing that home visits by a nurse, social worker, or other professional during pregnancy and in the earliest years of life can significantly improve maternal and child health, child development, learning, and success.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development released a report in March 2007, of its findings from research conducted during Phase III of the four - phase study.

The first year of life is a period of rapid development critical to infants» health, emotional well - being and developmental trajectories.1, 2 The first signs of mental health problems are often exhibited during infancy; however, the symptoms may be overlooked by parents and healthcare providers because they can be less intrusive when a child is young.3 — 8 Early onset of emotional or behavioural problems increases the risk of numerous adverse outcomes that persist into adolescence and adulthood, such as delinquency, violence, substance abuse, mental health problems, teen pregnancies, school dropout and long - term unemployment.1, 2, 4, 9 — 14

His primary research interests include the development and prevention of child antisocial behavior and related problem behaviors, such as substance use and abuse, academic failure, and high risking sexual behavior; Coercion Theory; the development of preventive interventions for incarcerated parents, their children, and the caregivers of their children; early childhood education and intervention; youth mentoring; preventive interventions for physical health problems; and the development and prevention of adjustment problems during adulthood, including substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and suicidality.

Parenting interventions that are delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted and ongoing public health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.

Assessments were completed during the kindergarten year, and developmental health was measured using the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a kindergarten teacher - completed checklist for each child based on five scaled measures of development: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication and general knowledge (Janus and OfDevelopment Instrument (EDI), a kindergarten teacher - completed checklist for each child based on five scaled measures of development: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication and general knowledge (Janus and Ofdevelopment: physical well - being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication and general knowledge (Janus and Ofdevelopment, and communication and general knowledge (Janus and Offord 2000).

Participants were 152 community - based early adolescent individuals (72 female, 80 male; mean age 12.6 years, s.d. 0.4 years; range 11.4 — 13.7 years), from a larger sample of 2479 grade 6 students (from 97 separate schools, representative of Victorian school sector type and socioeconomic classification) as part of a broader adolescent development study conducted at Orygen Youth Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, the aim of which was to investigate risk factors for psychopathology during adolescence.