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What factors contribute to positive early childhood health and development in Australian Aboriginal children? Protocol for a population-based cohort study

Empirical evidence identifying the key drivers of positive early childhood development in Aboriginal children, and supportive features of local communities...

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Investing in School Readiness : An Analysis of the Cost-Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesia

This paper presents evidence on the cost-effectiveness of early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia

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Lao PDR. Early childhood education project Snapshot one: project background and baseline data demographics

This snapshot describes demographic information of the 7,520 children in the baseline sample, including where and how they live.

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Exploring change in the Australian version of the Early Development Instrument

Calculating a critical difference for the percentage of children who are “at risk” and “on track” in addition to the children who are developmentally “vulnerable”

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The impact of maternal gestational stress on motor development in late childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal study

The purpose of this article is to investigate whether the number and timing of stressors experienced during pregnancy impacted longterm motor development at...

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Investigation of the Cross-National Equivalence of a Measurement of Early Child Development

This research paper reports on the results of investigating measurement invariance of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in two South-Asian countries.

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Mapping tuberculosis prevalence in Africa using a Bayesian geospatial analysis

Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from infectious diseases. Africa is the second most-affected region, accounting for a quarter of the global TB burden, but there is limited evidence whether there is subnational variation of TB prevalence across the continent. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate sub-national and local TB prevalence across Africa.

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Few sex differences in regional gray matter volume growth trajectories across early childhood

Sex-specific developmental differences in brain structure have been documented in older children and adolescents, with females generally showing smaller overall brain volumes and earlier peak ages than males. However, sex differences in gray matter structural development in early childhood are less studied. We characterized sex-specific trajectories of gray matter volume development in children aged 2–8 years.  

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Efficacy and Safety of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Peanut-Allergic Toddlers: Open-Label Extension to EPITOPE

The pivotal phase 3 EPITOPE trial, a 12-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of epicutaneous immunotherapy with the VIASKIN patch containing 250 μg of peanut protein (VP250), previously reported significant treatment response versus placebo in peanut-allergic toddlers aged 1 through 3 years.

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Vitamin A and bronchopulmonary dysplasia: the next steps

Preterm infants are often vitamin A deficient, and vitamin A has functions that could mitigate the processes that lead to bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Therefore, supplementation of preterm infants with vitamin A to reduce the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia makes inherent sense.