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Child development

Maternal obesity and prenatal alcohol exposure are associated with child development: Results from the Safe Passage Study

Ayesha Sania, Shreya Rao, Nicolò Pini, Mandy Potter, Yael Rayport, Liana Eisler, Lucy Brink, Jyoti Angal, Michael M. Myers, Hein Odendaal, Amy J. Elliott, William P. Fifer, Lauren C. Shuffrey

published 06 Apr 2026

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Caregivers’ early stimulation behaviors on early child development outcomes in Northern Ghana

Eunsoo Timothy Kim, John A. Gallis, Mohammed Ali, Margaret Lillie, Safiyatu Abubakr-Bibilazu, Haliq Adam, Elena McEwan, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, John Hembling, Joy Noel Baumgartner

published 03 Apr 2026

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Effect of maternal education on the literacy-numeracy development of children: A propensity-score matched analysis

Md Akter Hosen, M. Iftakhar Alam, Mohaimen Mansur

published 20 Mar 2026

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Association between obesity and neurodevelopmental delay risk in children under five years: A study from Tumbes, Peru

Miriam Arredondo-Nontol, Rodolfo Arredondo-Nontol, Narcisa Reto, Alexis Germán Murillo Carrasco

published 06 Mar 2026

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Implementation research to scale up the women and infants integrated interventions for growth study (WINGS) in Himachal Pradesh: Protocol for a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study

Arun Singh Jadaun, Jaideep Kumar, Barsha Gadapani Pathak, Sudha Devi, Pradeep Kumar Thakur, Gopal Beri, Mohan Dutt, Seema Thakur, Sanjiv Kumar Verma, Sanjay Mankotia, Anjali Chauhan, Ravinder Kumar, Ankit Chaudhary, Richa Kalia, Devinder Sharma, Ranadip Chowdhury, Neeta Dhabhai, Vinod Kumar Anand, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, Sarmila Mazumder

published 17 Feb 2026

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Co-developing SHELTER (Safe, Healthy Environments and Local Transformation for Equity and Resilience) with families with lived experience of homelessness in the New York City shelter system: A community needs assessment and data collection protocol

Diana Margot Rosenthal, Kate Guastaferro, Jasia Kubik, Melody Goodman

published 28 Jan 2026

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Identifying subgroups with differential levels of service response to a digital screening and service navigation program for unmet social care needs

James R. John, Teresa Winata, Si Wang, Melissa Smead, Weng Tong Wu, Jane Kohlhoff, Virginia Schmied, Bin Jalaludin, Kenny Lawson, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Raghu Lingam, Andrew Page, Christa Lam-Cassettari, Katherine Boydell, Ping-I. Lin, Ilan Katz, Ann Dadich, Shanti Raman, Rebekah Grace, Aunty Kerrie Doyle, Tom McClean, Blaise Di Mento, John Preddy, Susan Woolfenden, Valsamma Eapen

published 07 Jan 2026

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Epidemiology of early childhood weight change and concurrent undernutrition among African children: A sub-continental observational analysis

Abiodun Adanikin, Elizabeth Eberechi Oyenusi, Adeniyi Fagbamigbe, Iretiola Fajolu

published 29 Dec 2025

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Prevalence and phenotypic findings of pathogenic or likely pathogenic copy number variants in 10,537 pregnancies

Shiwei Ren, Wenjing Gu, Ting Liu, Jinyan Yan, Haixin Dong, Chuchu Niu, Lizhu Guo, Huan Guo

published 28 Oct 2025

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Application of group-based trajectory models to evaluate the association of fetal growth trajectories and childhood overweight and obesity: A longitudinal study with 2-year follow-up

Xiangli Meng, Jingjing Wang, Na Zhang, Xiaofei Li, Qingqing Wu

published 17 Sep 2025

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Application of machine learning algorithms to predict early childhood development in children aged 24–59 months across three East African countries

Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Solomon Hailemariam Tesfaye, Gizaw Sisay, Binyam Tariku Seboka, Getanew Aschalew Tesfa, Daniel Sisay, Mesfin Abebe

published 12 Sep 2025

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A structural equation modeling approach to examine determinants of nutritional status in Palestinian children 6–59 months

Ghada Issa, Radwan Qasrawi, Suliman Thwib, Malak Amro, Razan Abu Ghoush, Sabri Saghir, Doa’a Mujahed, Maysaa Nemer, Mousa Halaika, Manal Badrasawi, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Ibrahim Elmadfa, Lara Nasreddine, Diala Abu Al-Halawa, Maisan Nimer

published 08 Sep 2025

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Double hit of foetal growth restriction and postnatal hyperoxia alters lung structure and function in a preterm rabbit model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Marnel Greyling, Yannick Regin, Emilie Goffinon, Francesca Stretti, Tomohiro Arai, Giorgio Aquila, Francesca Ricci, Jaan Toelen

published 26 Aug 2025

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