Browsing by Subject "children"
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Adolescents' and caregivers' perceptions of caregiver-provided testing and HIV self-testing using oral mucosal transudate tests in Zimbabwe: a short report.
(AIDS care, 2020-04-16)Uptake of HIV testing remains lower among children and adolescents compared to adults. This study explored adolescents' perceptions of HIV self-testing (HIVST) and caregivers' perceptions of testing their children using ... -
Assessing the Suitability of a Mobile Phone-Based Case Management System for Children in Adversity in Battambang, Cambodia
(2015)AbstractThere are over 250 million children in adversity (CIA) globally; however, insufficient information on prevalence of CIA and their daily needs limits case management of this group by social welfare systems. Recently, ... -
Child Valuation in Contemporary China: Abandonment, Institutional Care, and Transnational Adoption
(2020-04-17)In this thesis, I contend that orphaned and relinquished children’s positionality in Chinese society reveals a complex entanglement between changing domestic and international policies and popular Western perceptions of ... -
Children or Citizens: Civic Education in Liberal Political Thought
(2017)My contention in this dissertation is that the history of liberal political thought contains two incompatible models of children's political status, which in turn produce two incompatible answers to the question "Is liberalism ... -
Dietary Patterns, Nutritional Status, Prevalence and Risk Factors for Anemia among School Children in Naama Community, Uganda
(2015)Background: The disease burden of malnutrition, anemia, malaria and helminth infections among school-aged children is rarely studied in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) although these children are still at a high ... -
Ensuring Healthy Children: The Effect of Health Insurance on Primary Health Care for Children
(2010-12-10)Background Past studies have typically focused on the effect of health insurance on primary health care for children, but few have assessed the effect the type of health insurance coverage has on primary care. This research ... -
Establishment of biochemistry reference values for healthy Tanzanian infants, children and adolescents in Kilimanjaro Region.
(Trop Med Int Health, 2015-11)OBJECTIVE: To establish common biochemistry reference intervals for Tanzanian infants, children and adolescents living in the Kilimanjaro Region. METHODS: We recruited healthy, HIV-uninfected Tanzanian infants, children ... -
Family and Provider Perceptions of Barriers to NGO-Based Pediatric Surgical Care in Guatemala
(2014)Background: Globally, there is often a gap between medical need and access to care, and this is particularly true for surgical care for children. In Guatemala, for instance, families frequently pursue care outside of the ... -
Fixing the Form: Improving Individualized Education Programs in North Carolina
(2013-04-17)Executive Summary Policy Problem: Special education services for children in North Carolina schools are highly dependent upon the development of individualized education programs, or IEPs. In fact, without an IEP in ... -
Food Advertising on Television Targeting Children in Honduras
(2012)<bold>Abstract</bold><underline>Background</underline>: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have increased dramatically across Latin America in recent years. In Honduras, the problem is more common among children ... -
Molecular variants and mutations in medulloblastoma.
(Pharmgenomics Pers Med, 2014)Medulloblastoma is the commonest malignant brain tumor in children. Treatment with surgery, irradiation, and chemotherapy has improved outcomes in recent years, but patients are frequently left with devastating neurocognitive ... -
PHTHALATE EXPOSURE AND CONSUMER PRODUCT USE AMONG CHILDREN IN A NORTH CAROLINA COHORT
(2017-04-28)Phthalates, chemicals found in plastics and personal care products, are a ubiquitous class of chemical compounds that have been associated with adverse health effects. Mothers and their toddlers were recruited from a pregnancy ... -
Predictors of Poor Outcomes Among Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus-associated Acute Lower Respiratory Infection in Botswana
(2020)Background: Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is the leading infectious cause of death among children worldwide, and respiratory syncytial virus is the most common cause of ALRI. The majority of deaths occur in low- ... -
Public Childhoods: Street Labor, Family, and the Politics of Progress in Peru
(2012)This dissertation focuses on the experiences of children who work the streets of Lima primarily as jugglers, musicians, and candy vendors. I explore how children's everyday lives are marked not only by the hardships typically ... -
The Effects of Indoor Air Filtration on Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) in Children with Stable Asthma: A Randomized Double-Blind Crossover Trial in Shanghai, China
(2018-05-27)Air pollution is a global environmental and public health issue. With an estimated 92% of the world’s population living in areas exceeding the World Health Organization’s air pollution standards many individuals and households ... -
The Use of Children as Props in Political Campaign Advertising
(2018-02-03)This project explores the ways in which children are used in political campaign advertising. Analyzing 97 videos from the 2016 presidential and congressional elections, I coded for the types of children that appeared in ...
