Publications by authors named "N Akshoomoff"
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- The HBCD study is a big research project that will look at how kids' brains and behaviors develop from before they are born until they are younger kids.
- It will include over 7000 families from 27 different places and will check many areas like language, memory, and social skills.
- The study aims to understand how things like health and family background affect children's growth, and it will use different ways to measure kids' progress, both from tests and from parents' reports.
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- Research highlights a critical gap in understanding long COVID (PASC) in children and emphasizes the need for studies that define its characteristics in this age group.
- The objective is to identify common prolonged symptoms in children aged 6 to 17 post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, examining differences between school-age kids and adolescents, as well as potential symptom clusters for future research.
- A multicenter study involved nearly 5,000 participants, revealing that certain symptoms were significantly more prevalent in those with a history of COVID-19 compared to those without.
The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development beginning prenatally and planned through early childhood. This article outlines methodological considerations and the decision-making process for measurement selection for child behavior, parenting/caregiver-child interactions, and the family/home environment for HBCD. The decision-making process is detailed, including formation of a national workgroup (WG-BEH) that focused on developmentally appropriate measures that take a rigorous and equitable approach and aligned with HBCD objectives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Children born preterm are at risk for diffuse injury to subcortical gray and white matter.
Methods: We used a longitudinal cohort study to examine the development of subcortical gray matter and white matter volumes, and diffusivity measures of white matter tracts following preterm birth. Our participants were 47 children born preterm (24 to 32 weeks gestational age) and 28 children born at term.
Overweight and obesity affect 45% of children and increases the risk for several negative health sequelae. Family-Based Behavioral Treatment (FBT) is the most efficacious treatment for child weight management and consists of nutrition and physical activity education, behavior change skills and parenting skills training. FBT is time and staff intensive and can include 20, 60-min separate groups for parents and children, as well as 20-min behavior coaching sessions to help problem solve barriers to implementing the skills learned and individualize the program.
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