A5000318861- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Nursing education and management
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Health and Well-being Studies
Macquarie University
2003-2024
RTI International
2017-2022
Gonzaga University
2022
Mackay Base Hospital
2013
Central Queensland University
2013
University of Reading
1987-2006
University of Kent
1999
University College London
1996-1998
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
1996-1998
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1997
This article reports results from an early intervention program aimed at preventing the development of anxiety in preschool children. Children were selected if they exhibited a high number withdrawn/inhibited behaviors--one best identified risk factors for later disorders--and randomly allocated to either 6-session parent-education or no intervention. The education was group based and especially brief allow potential public health application. whose parents condition showed significantly...
Increasing evidence for the importance of several risk factors anxiety disorders is beginning to point possibility prevention. Early interventions targeting known have rarely been evaluated. The authors evaluated medium-term (3-year) effects a parent-focused intervention in inhibited preschool-age children.The study was randomized controlled trial brief program provided parents compared with monitoring-only condition. Participants were 146 children and their parents; data from two or more...
Little is known about risk factors for anxiety in young children. The current study investigated the value of a set theoretically derived to predict symptoms sample preschool-aged children.Mothers (n = 632) and fathers 249) completed questionnaires twice, 12 months apart. Measures were selected assess several from theory, including parental negative affectivity, child inhibition, parent overprotection, impact life events.Even at this age across was moderately highly stable (r's .75 .74 based...
The purpose of this study was to test the validity and factorial structure a modified version Preschool Anxiety Scale (Spence, Rapee, McDonald, & Ingram, 2001). measure completed by 764 mothers 418 fathers children aged 3 5 years. After removing, two items tapping obsessive compulsive symptoms, confirmatory factor analysis showed that four-factor model (social anxiety, generalized separation specific fears) all loading on higher order "anxiety" factor, provided an optimal fit for data. total...
Parental anxiety is a risk to optimal treatment outcomes for childhood disorders. The current trial examined whether the addition of brief parental management (BPAM) program family cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was more efficacious than CBT-only in treating Two hundred nine children (aged 6–13 years, 104 female, 90% Caucasian) with principal disorder were randomly allocated CBT five-session BPAM (n = 109) or 100). Family comprised Cool Kids program, structured 12-week that included both...
Although most health facilities in urban Nigeria are privately owned, interventions to promote optimal breastfeeding practices private have not previously been implemented.
Fathers are key influencers of complementary feeding practices, but few studies in low- and middle-income countries have measured the effects social behavior change communication (SBCC) targeted at both fathers mothers.
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are important for survival healthy growth, but IYCF remain suboptimal in Nigeria. The objective of this study was to measure the impact Alive & Thrive's social behavior change communication intervention on early initiation breastfeeding, exclusive minimum dietary diversity Kaduna Lagos States.
Abstract Sensitive outcomes of surveys are plagued by wave nonresponse and measurement error (classification for categorical outcomes). These types can lead to biased estimates erroneous conclusions if they not understood addressed. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is a nationally representative rotating panel survey with seven waves measuring property violent crime victimization. Because all reported the police, there no gold standard measure whether respondent was victimized....
The shortage of available organs for life-saving transplants persists worldwide. While a majority support donating their or tissue when they die, many have not registered wish to do so. When registered, next kin are much more likely follow-through with the decision donate. In countries, most people visit family physician office each year and this setting is promising, yet underused, site where could register deceased organ donation. Our primary aim was evaluate effectiveness an intervention...