children health Articles
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FIFRA, Children’s Health, and the Methyl Parathion Experience
President Clinton’s commitment to children’s health may well be a defining feature of his legacy. The last eight years have witnessed an unprecedented number of health initiatives dedicated to protecting infants and children. This commitment is found in virtually every aspect of federal policymaking and rulemaking, from expansive legislation to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy. ...
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Children's Environmental Health National Profile: a multisectorial stakeholder collaboration experience in Argentina
The Profile of Children's Environmental Health (CEH) in Argentina is a collective publication developed by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, Argentine Society of Paediatrics (SAP), Argentine Association of Doctors for the Environment and the Canadian Institute of Child Health with support from the Canadian International Development Agency. The aim of the Profile is to present an evidence-based ...
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Environmental threats to children's health – a global problem
Today's children are exposed to a wide range of environmental threats, whose consequences on health and development may appear early in life, throughout their youth and even later, in adulthood. Health problems linked to environmental hazards are multiplying and becoming more visible due to a rapidly changing environment, rapid population growth, overcrowding, fast industrialisation and ...
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Bioethical issues: The new desaparecidos – a comment
The author makes a comment about the recently approved Italian law known as 'security package' (DDL 733-B), that introduces the crime of clandestinity. An illegal alien, who would by chance give birth to a baby in this country, could not recognise her child legally nor register the baby's birth and have it recognised in her family status. The Italian State is going to ignore these children. They ...
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Grameen microcredit and poverty alleviation: a review of Grameen Bank's performance on poverty alleviation in Bangladesh
This paper reviews empirical evidence on the common findings from the existing literature on Grameen Bank (GB) microcredit performance on the borrower's poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. We first examine the GB microcredit impact on poverty alleviation with respect to its member's income, consumption, health, children's education and women empowerment. In general, most of the findings from the ...
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Asthma in children: seasonal variations
Asthma has shown a steady increase in prevalence globally for the past two and a half decades. The environmental factors strongly tilt the balance over genetic factors as causative factors. To find out the current prevalence, spectrum and seasonal variation of asthma, and to compare with the previous studies from the same place, prospective hospital-based study based on respiratory evaluation of ...
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Dietary diversity, nutrition status and morbidity of pre-school children in Matungu division, Western Kenya
This cross-sectional survey was to determine dietary diversity, nutrient intake, nutrition status and prevalence of childhood illnesses among pre-school children in Matungu division, Western Kenya. A total of 144 households were arrived at using multistage sampling, structured questionnaires with food frequency tables and 24-hour recalls were administered and anthropometric measurements taken. ...
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How CREMe is Helping Fight Childhood Obesity
How CREMe is Helping Fight Childhood Obesity The Current State Of Affairs Childhood obesity has widely spread in industrialized countries. In the USA, over 15% of children are currently considered obese and the number is likely to grow in the future. In Ireland alone, about 300,000 children are overweight or obese. Obesity indirectly leads to about 2,000 deaths a year and also to ...
By Creme Global
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Tracking disease clusters and environmental health
On March 29, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled “Oversight Hearing on Disease Clusters and Environmental Health.” Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health Subcommittee, introduced the Strengthening Protections for Children and ...
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Respiratory symptoms of school children and their home environment in Northern Transdanubia, Hungary
This cross-sectional study covering all children visiting third grade classes with more than ten children in any elementary school of Hungary used parent-completed questionnaires on the children's present and past health condition, the parents' respiratory health and smoking habits, the home environment and the families' socio-economic status. Around 6670 children from the Northern-Transdanubian ...
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Health implications of mercury exposure in children
Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental toxin that can produce a wide range of health effects in humans. It is found in three chemical forms: organic, inorganic and elemental (mercury). The sources of exposure are also markedly different for the different forms of mercury. Diet, especially fish and other seafood, is the main source of exposure of the general public to organic mercury. Dental ...
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Latest data on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in children
Childhood vaccinations provide immunity to children against serious infectious diseases before they are exposed to them to prevent illness. Many childhood diseases, such as smallpox and polio, have been almost completely eradicated as a result of widespread, standardized childhood vaccination programs. Some vaccinations, such as those for highly contagious diseases including measles, mumps, ...
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Evaluation of diet quality of Egyptian adolescents using healthy eating index
The aim of this study is to use the healthy eating index (HEI) to assess the diet quality of a representative sample of the Egyptian children and adolescents. HEI of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was applied with slight modifications to measure how well the studied Egyptian students' diet conforms to recommended healthy eating pattern. Our results showed that the average HEI ...
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Household factors influencing lung function in Austrian school children
Two studies on the lung function of school children are reported. The first is a small (pilot) study investigating the (respiratory) health of 19 children aged 12?13 years. An improved lung function with increased physical activity was shown. The second study was performed in seven elementary schools (mostly in Vienna). Questionnaires were distributed to the parents of the children in the first ...
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A State's use of the electronic medical record: a means to address Arkansas' health care responsibilities to her children - promoting access to cost-effective care
A state-wide approach to finance health care for children, 18 and under, through Arkansas Project Access (APA) began with the intention of creating a seamless, quasi-public system through which a state-wide, paediatric/adolescent managed care system would be established. Successful managed care systems require a valid system of communication that is robust, timely, user-friendly - one that ...
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Pediatric benefits fact sheet
Because children have more delicate immune systems than adults, water contaminants pose a more serious threat to the young. Drinking only the highest quality water is one way that parents can contribute to keeping their children healthy, even before they are born. Pregnant women need to be especially careful of the water they drink. Certain levels of some water contaminants such as lead, nitrate ...
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