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Children, Volume 5, Issue 9

2018 September - 17 articles

Cover Story: Parenting a child with chronic pain can be extremely stressful, sometimes devastating, and has been associated with high rates of parental anxiety and depression. Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as a promising approach for improving the wellbeing of parents, including improvements in parental stress and mood, though few programs target parents of children with health conditions. Clinical and research initiatives need to assess ways to deliver MBIs to parents of children with health conditions, so these programs can be easily implemented into busy family life. View this paper.
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,246 Views
17 Pages

The Feasibility and Acceptability of The Girls Peer Activity (G-PACT) Peer-led Mentoring Intervention

  • Michael B. Owen,
  • Charlotte Kerner,
  • Sarah L. Taylor,
  • Robert J. Noonan and ,
  • Lisa Newson,
  • Maria-Christina Kosteli,
  • Whitney B. Curry and
  • Stuart J. Fairclough
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 September 2018

Enjoyment of physical activity (PA) is positively correlated with PA engagement. The inclusion of peers has been found to increase the likelihood of PA enjoyment in youth. Peer-led strategies, incorporating peer networks in the intervention delivery,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Children and Adolescents)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,858 Views
4 Pages

18 September 2018

Salivary gland tumors are extremely rare and encompass a diverse group of histologies. Less than 5% of the affected population is pediatric. We present a case of 6-year-old child with pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid. The patient underwent a superf...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,352 Views
13 Pages

Multidisciplinary Perioperative Care for Children with Neuromuscular Disorders

  • J. Matthew Kynes,
  • Martin Blakely,
  • Kevin Furman,
  • William B. Burnette and
  • Katharina B. Modes

12 September 2018

Children with neuromuscular diseases present unique challenges to providing safe and appropriate perioperative care. Given the spectrum of disease etiologies and manifestations, this is a population that often requires specialized multidisciplinary c...

(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Surgery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,861 Views
10 Pages

8 September 2018

The risk of a child dying before age five in Burundi is almost 1.6 times higher than that in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region. However, variations in the all-cause mortality rates across Burundi have not yet been measured directly a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5th Anniversary Issue)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,137 Views
12 Pages

6 September 2018

Data on types of community first aid use and treatment provided post-injury from many low‒middle-income countries, including India, are lacking. This cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged one month to 18 years of age, in Ujjain, Ind...

(This article belongs to the Section Global Pediatric Health)
  • Correction
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,145 Views
2 Pages

Correction: Esparham, A., et al., Pediatric Integrative Medicine: Vision for the Future. Children, 2018, 5, 111

  • Anna Esparham,
  • Sanghamitra M. Misra,
  • Erica Sibinga,
  • Timothy Culbert and ,
  • Kathi Kemper,
  • Hilary McClafferty,
  • Sunita Vohra and
  • Lawrence Rosen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

5 September 2018

The authors wish to make the following corrections to their paper [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementing Pediatric Integrative Medicine in Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,654 Views
9 Pages

4 September 2018

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has not been systematically institutionalized in pediatric hospital care in Germany so far. For the responsible implementation and systematic evaluation of CAM in pediatric care, a model project was initia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementing Pediatric Integrative Medicine in Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,546 Views
20 Pages

3 September 2018

Parenting a child with chronic pain can be stressful and impact parent functioning in a variety of areas. Several studies have examined mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for parents of children with different health and mental health conditions....

  • Review
  • Open Access
78 Citations
11,512 Views
18 Pages

Genetic Predisposition to Neuroblastoma

  • Erin K. Barr and
  • Mark A. Applebaum

31 August 2018

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor in children under the age of one. It displays remarkable phenotypic heterogeneity, resulting in differences in outcomes that correlate with clinical and biologic features at diagnosis. While neuroblastoma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroblastoma)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,099 Views
13 Pages

31 August 2018

Among the over 21 million children with life-limiting conditions worldwide that would benefit annually from a pediatric palliative care (PPC) approach, more than eight million would need specialized PPC services. In the United States alone, more than...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pediatric Palliative Care)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,431 Views
9 Pages

Teachers’ Strategies in Combating Diseases in Preschools’ Environments

  • Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi,
  • Melissa A. Weinstein,
  • Jessica R. Hauser and
  • Cecilia S. Obeng

30 August 2018

Scholarship on child health indicates that the early years of life are vital for all aspects of health and development. In particular, a solid health foundation predicts good life outcomes; therefore, systematic strategies for combating diseases are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,899 Views
9 Pages

Youth Physical Activity Patterns During School and Out-of-School Time

  • Pedro F. Saint-Maurice,
  • Yang Bai,
  • Spyridoula Vazou and
  • Gregory Welk

30 August 2018

This study describes age, sex, and season patterns in children’s physical activity behaviors during discrete time periods, both in school and at home. Participants were 135 elementary, 67 middle, and 89 high-school students (128 boys and 163 gi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Children and Adolescents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
8,045 Views
9 Pages

Weight Loss Medications in Young Adults after Bariatric Surgery for Weight Regain or Inadequate Weight Loss: A Multi-Center Study

  • Alexander T. Toth,
  • Gricelda Gomez,
  • Alpana P. Shukla,
  • Janey S. Pratt and ,
  • Hellas Cena,
  • Ginevra Biino,
  • Louis J. Aronne and
  • Fatima Cody Stanford
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 August 2018

This paper presents a retrospective cohort study of weight loss medications in young adults aged 21 to 30 following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) between November 2000 and June 2014. Data were collected from patients who...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Obesity and Metabolic Dysregulation in Childhood)
  • Review
  • Open Access
224 Citations
21,552 Views
7 Pages

High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treatment Review

  • Valeria Smith and
  • Jennifer Foster

28 August 2018

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. One subset, high-risk neuroblastoma, is very difficult to treat and requires multi-modal therapy. Intensification of therapy has vastly improved survival rates, and research is fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroblastoma)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,847 Views
12 Pages

Can the Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents (MARS-A) Program Be Provided Online? Voices from the Youth

  • Nicholas Chadi,
  • Elli Weisbaum,
  • Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise,
  • Sara Ahola Kohut and ,
  • Christine Viner,
  • Miriam Kaufman,
  • Jake Locke and
  • Dzung X. Vo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

28 August 2018

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to improve health and well-being in adolescents with chronic illnesses. Because they are most often delivered in person in a group setting, there are several barriers that limit access to MBIs fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Implementing Pediatric Integrative Medicine in Practice)
  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,592 Views
11 Pages

Chronic Pediatric Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  • Camila B. Walters,
  • J. Matthew Kynes,
  • Jenna Sobey,
  • Tsitsi Chimhundu-Sithole and
  • K. A. Kelly McQueen

27 August 2018

Chronic pain is a serious health concern and potentially debilitating condition, leading to anxiety, depression, reduced productivity and functionality, and poor quality of life. This condition can be even more detrimental and incapacitating in the p...

(This article belongs to the Section Global Pediatric Health)
  • Review
  • Open Access
114 Citations
23,937 Views
9 Pages

21 August 2018

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. The prevalence of comorbid depression seems to correlate with higher functioning forms of ASD and increasing age. Adolescence is a time when youth struggle with identity and i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 5th Anniversary Issue)
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