Background: Neighborhood socioeconomic marginalization and racial residential segregation are associated with differential health outcomes in adulthood and pregnancy, but the intergenerational effects of these exposures on early childhood growth are underexplored. Our objective was to investigate racial and ethnic differences in the association between neighborhood deprivation and early childhood growth trajectories, with modification by neighborhood racial concentration.
Methods: Using longitudinal clinical data among 58,860 children receiving care in community-based clinics in the ADVANCE Clinical Data Research Network, we identified four early childhood (0-24 months) body mass index (BMI) trajectories using group-based trajectory modeling: Low, Catch-Up, Moderate, and High.
The Milestones were initiated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to provide a framework for monitoring a trainee's progression throughout residency/fellowship. The Milestones describe stepwise skill progression through six core domains of clinical competency: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, and Systems-based Practice. Since their introduction in 2013, several barriers to implementation have emerged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVirilization of the 46,XX infant may be attributed to maternal or fetoplacental origin. Maternal sources may be endogenous, as with an androgen-producing tumor, or drug-related. Iatrogenic virilization by maternal drug exposure is rarely reported, with individual case reports and case series demonstrating the effects of progesterone and other medications affecting the pituitary-ovarian axis.
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