The News Review:
- Future can be only as healthy as our children
- Teens Who Have TV In Their Bedroom Are Less Likely To Engage In…
- Early Neglect Predicts Aggressive Behavior in Children
- The Lancet Global Health Network
Future can be only as healthy as our children
Orlando Sentinel – Apr 7, 2008
Worrisome patterns, however, churn beneath the seemingly benign average, calling for an active review by broad communities and partnerships to make sure the health of our kids doesn’t plunge below average. Child Health and Healthcare Quality, A Chartbook — a recent study of broad measures for child health and health-care quality in Florida — reveals that while many kids receive adequate care, too many lack access to service. These often are low-income and publicly insured kids 17 years old or younger, more than half a million of them children with special needs deprived of specialty care. Chartbook points out that slightly more than half of Florida’s children rely on Medicaid for hospitalization, underscoring the need for careful evaluation of reforms that may negatively impact health-care services.
Teens Who Have TV In Their Bedroom Are Less Likely To Engage In…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Apr 7, 2008
, principal investigator of Project EAT notes, "Our findings suggest the importance of not having a television in a child’s bedroom. When families upgrade their living room television, they may want to resist the temptation to put the older television set in their children’s bedroom. "
This study was supported by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, and by an Adolescent Health Protection Research Training grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. The study, "Characteristics Associated With Older Adolescents Who Have a Television in Their Bedrooms," will be published in the May edition of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Adapted from materials provided by.
Early Neglect Predicts Aggressive Behavior in Children
Newswise – Newswise (press release) – Apr 7, 2008
Early child neglect may be as important as child abuse for predicting aggressive behavior, researchers say. Neglect accounts for nearly two-thirds of all child maltreatment cases reported in the United States each year, according to the Administration for Children and Families. ?The lack of attention devoted to the problem of neglect ? the so-called ?neglect of neglect? ? is a long-standing concern in the child welfare field,? said study co-author Jon Hussey, research assistant professor of maternal and child health in the UNC School of Public Health and a fellow at the Carolina Population Center. ?Despite being more common than abuse, we know relatively little about the impact of neglect on children. ?More than 1,300 children from four cities and one Southern state are participating in the longitudinal study, which is coordinated by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC). All were known to have been maltreated or were at risk of maltreatment. They were monitored from birth through age 8.
The Lancet Global Health Network
Earthtimes – Apr 7, 2008
The Lancet Global Health Network’s publications will include disease andcountry reports, which will focus mainly, but not exclusively, on health inlow- and middle-income countries. Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, said: "During the past five yearsThe Lancet has been fortunate to work with some of the best public-health andclinical scientists in global health across the world. Their work in fieldsas diverse as child survival and mental health, climate change and sexual andreproductive health, has provided the foundation for a new phase in TheLancet’s future. "We are adding a fresh dimension to the The Lancet’s scope. The LancetGlobal Health Network is a virtual policy institute in global health, drawingtogether the best scientists to work on neglected but vitally importantaspects of human health. The work emerging from this new "think tank" inglobal health will be amplified by the journal and form the basis for acomprehensive overlapping series of policy reports to assist decision makersat global institutions and in countries. " 2008 reports will include: Maternal and child undernutrition: More than a third of child deaths andmore than 10% of the total global disease burden can be attributed tomaternal and child undernutrition… ) Trade and Health: This report will examine the links betweeninternational trade and health in low-income and middle-income countries, therole of global trade institutions in protecting health and the possibilitiesfor the health community in shaping trade policy. (Lancet Global Health Network contact: Dr Rhona MacDonald. ) The Lancet will also be publishing briefer reports updating our past workon; Child Survival, Human Rights for Health, and Research for Health. The launch of this new network coincides with two new Lancet initiatives. In the first, The Lancet will collaborate with the Seattle-based Institutefor Health Metrics and Evaluation to track global health trends. The secondinitiative sees The Lancet launching a joint Commission with UniversityCollege London, UK, to study and report on managing the health effects ofclimate change. The annual Lancet-UCL Lecture in Global Health will takeplace in the final quarter of this year.
