Daniel J. Erchick, Elizabeth Hazel, Joanne Katz, A. C. C. Lee et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. SETTING: Subnational, population-based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) spanning...
Maureen M. Black, Fahmida Tofail, Eric A. Hodges, Carla Bann et al.
Young children's growth is influenced by food and feeding behavior. Responsive feeding has been shown to promote healthy growth and development, to prevent under- and overfeeding, and to encourage children's self-regulation. However, most measures of responsive feeding do not incorporate bidirection...
Ambreen Nizar Merchant, Raghbir Kaur, Gareth McCray, Vanessa Cavallera et al.
BACKGROUND: To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include (1) a caregiver-reported short form (SF), (2) a di...
Maureen M. Black, Frances E. Aboud, Sk Masum Billah, Ilan Cerna-Turoff et al.
Kathleen Strong, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Frances E. Aboud, Ambrose Agweyu et al.
Ambreen Nizar Merchant, Raghbir Kaur, Gareth McCray, Vanessa Cavallera et al.
Background To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include 1) a caregiver-reported short form (SF), 2) a direc...
Kathleen Strong, Jennifer Requejo, Sk Masum Billah, Joanna Schellenberg et al.
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Standard validated indicators that have been recommended by normative agencies exist and should be used as appropriate for monitoring child health outcomes. Vertical child health monitoring and evaluation approaches can distort the prioritization of health issues at the country...
Arthur G. Rubinoff
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes (t) = tied with school listed above it. Thus, in the US News rankings, Chicago and Iowa are tied with Stony Brook. I am grateful to Dinshaw Mistry and Kailan Rubunoff for their comments on earlier drafts of their paper. 1. Harold R. Isaa...
Jennifer Requejo, Kathleen Strong, Frances E. Aboud, Ambrose Agweyu et al.
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Although the substantial increase in data visualization tools on child health and well-being has made data more accessible and facilitated evidence-based decision-making, the increase has contributed to confusion over which tools to use for specific purposes and how they comple...
Maureen Black
Feeding young children is a complex and nuanced process that goes far beyond simply providing nutritious food. How caregivers interact with children during mealtimes can have profound effects on eating behaviours, growth and development. An interdisciplinary team of researchers in early child health...
Jennifer Requejo, Ralf Weigel, Marzia Lazzerini, Ilan Cerna-Turoff et al.
Climate change has far-reaching consequences for all aspects of human society (Romanello et al. 2023). Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change for a multitude of physiological and developmental reasons as well as because of distinctive behaviors such as outdoor play that increase their ex...
Maureen M. Black, Fahmida Tofail, Eric A. Hodges, Carla Bann et al.
Moran M. Mandelbaum
Insecurity, edited by Richard Grusin, is an interdisciplinary and innovative collection that focuses on the complex relationship between security and insecurity in our time. It brings together insights from a plurality of theoretical and methodological perspectives, while offering both scholarly ess...
Graeme Broadbent, Peter Halstead, Christopher Gale, Jane R. Taylor et al.
MEGARRY'S MANUAL OF THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY By A. J. Oakley [Sweet & Maxwell, 2002, 8th ed., 651 pp., £27.95 (paperback)] LAND LAW By Diane Chappelle [Pearson Longman, 2004, 6th ed., 508 pp., £31.99 (paperback)] THE SHORTER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REAL ESTATE TERMS By Damian Abbott [Delta Alpha Publishing ...
Sucheta Mehra, Maureen M. Black, Beate Hartmann, James K. Boyce
This is a report on family planning in 3 villages in India, Tanzania, and Bangladesh. The Indian and Tanzanian respondents favored large families and did not favor the practice of family planning because economic circumstances seemed to them to support the need for large families. The respondents in...