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Volume 6, Number 9 | April 30, 2008
Prenatal Care | HIV |
Child Abuse
Early Childhood Development | Childhood Fitness
Prenatal Care
Group Prenatal Education Valuable for Expectant Mothers
While one-on-one appointments are valuable for teaching pregnant women about prenatal care, a new program at Casa de Amigos Health Center led by midwives from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston is taking a different approach. The program, CenteringPregnancy®, educates expectant mothers in groups. "This provides a unique opportunity for women to honor their need for affiliation and learn from one another at the same time," said Cynthia Wade, the program's leader and a certified nurse midwife at BCM. "It is helping to normalize the issues and concerns they are facing as their pregnancy progresses."
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HIV
Misconceptions about HIV Still Common in U.S.
New research from amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, shows that American women with HIV still face a very real stigma. The study also discovered a widespread lack of knowledge about how HIV is spread, racial disparities in perceptions about HIV and AIDS, and a large number of people who had never been tested for HIV -- a majority of whom believed they didn't need to be tested because they "knew" they were not HIV-positive. Many of the findings indicate that despite the fact that HIV is a threat that has been present for decades, there is still a strong need for more education.
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Child Abuse
ACF Study Examines Newest Infant Abuse Statistics
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has released the results of its analysis of the most recent data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). The study, which examines nonfatal abuse of infants, finds that between October 2005 and September 2006, about 91,000 infants -- roughly 1 in 50 -- experienced nonfatal abuse in the United States, and that of those, about a third were less than one week old. Among this youngest category, neglect was the most common type of abuse.
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Early Childhood Development
Talking Out Loud to Themselves Helps Young Children at Everyday Tasks
"Young children often talk to themselves as they go about their daily activities, and parents and teachers shouldn't think of this as weird or bad." That's according to Adam Winsler, a professor of psychology at George Mason University and the author of a new study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. "On the contrary, they should listen to the private speech of kids. It's a fantastic window into the minds of children." The study found that talking out loud to themselves helps 5-year-olds do better on motor tasks, and that parents may actually help their children by encouraging them to do so.
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Childhood Fitness
Low Physical Activity Puts Children at Risk for Early Metabolic Syndrome
Physical inactivity can put people at increased risk for heart disease -- even young children. A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that 7- to 10-year-olds with low aerobic fitness levels are five to six times more likely to show the signs of metabolic syndrome as teenagers. Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of disorders including hypertension, glucose intolerance, and high cholesterol, is more commonly found in adults and puts people at increased risk for conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
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inactive-kids-face-six-fold-risk-of-heart-disease-by-
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