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Holiday cheer or holiday hunger?
Nearly half of all U.S. children will use food stamps, says poverty expert
Nov. 2,
2009 -- Holidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand in hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed. "49 percent of all U.S. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood," says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. "Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity, two of the most detrimental economic conditions affecting a child's health." Rank's study, "Estimating the Risk of Food Stamp Use and Impoverishment During Childhood," is published in the current issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Video available.
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This will only hurt a little
Updated vaccinations are key to good college health
Aug. 12,
2009 --
While purchasing all the necessary back to school supplies in the coming weeks, incoming college students may also want to update their vaccination records. Being vaccinated is a simple way to prevent several controllable infectious illnesses, says an expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
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'Digital natives'
Constant contact between college students and parents could hinder development
July 30,
2009 --
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Whether your child is going away to college this fall across town or across the country, there are more ways to keep in touch than ever before. With today's ubiquitous cell phones and access to Twitter, Facebook and texting, it may seem as though your child has never left the house. For students, there is the ever-present possibility of an available parent at the end of a cordless tether, which has the potential to hinder the letting go process, claims an expert on the college transition at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Diagnosing autism spectrum disorders
Research shows wide age gap between possible and actual autism diagnosis
May 4,
2009 -- "Timely identification and diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can impact a child's development and is the key to opening the door to the services and therapies available to children with autism," says Paul Shattuck, Ph.D., assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. "Unfortunately, our research shows that the average age of autism diagnosis is nearly six years old, which is three to four years after diagnosis is possible." Shattuck is the lead author of an article on the timing of ASD identification in the current issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Video available
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Experience Corps tutoring produces big gains in student learning
Study finds students with Experience Corps tutors make 60% more progress in critical reading skills than students without tutors
April 7,
2009 -- Tutoring children in and after school isn't new, but how much does it really help in critical areas like reading? Rigorous new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows significant gains from a national service program that trains experienced Americans to help low-income children one-on-one in urban public schools. The central finding: Over a single school year, students with Experience Corps tutors made over 60 percent more progress in learning two critical reading skills — sounding out new words and reading comprehension — than similar students not served by the program.
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Food for Thought
Online weight-loss study seeks to educate parents of overweight 2- to 6-year-olds
Dec. 16,
2008 -- Obesity researchers at the School of Medicine are recruiting families for an on-line program aimed at young children that targets healthy eating and physical activity. The 10-month study will evaluate the effectiveness of Food for Thought, an investigational, Internet-based program for parents of overweight 2- to 6-year-olds.
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Trick-or-treating tips
Keeping kids safe on Halloween night
Oct. 23,
2008 --
Tampered treats is not what parents should worry about on Halloween, says a professor of pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis. The combination of cars, kids and darkness presents the biggest danger of Halloween, says Bo Kennedy, M.D., who works in the emergency department at St. Louis Children's Hospital. And that combination could be even more dangerous this year with Halloween falling on a Friday night. At this time of year it gets darker earlier, and on Halloween, excited, costumed children can be difficult to see, especially when excited adults and teenagers are off to their own Friday evening celebrations. Kennedy offers tips on keeping kids safe while trick-or-treating.
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Navigating women's lives
Peggy Orenstein to deliver Olin Keynote Speech
Oct. 10,
2008 -- Best-selling author Peggy Orenstein will deliver the Olin Fellows Conference keynote address as part of the Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Tuesday, October 21 in Graham Chapel. Orenstein's talk is titled, "Where's the Map? Navigating Women's Lives in a Half-changed World."
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Family matters when it comes to anorexia
Anorexia study focuses on family therapies
Aug. 18,
2008 -- Anorexia can be a nightmare for an entire family. Immediate family members can also play crucial roles helping an anorexic patient attempt to recover. Considering all the familial factors of the disease, researchers at the School of Medicine are recruiting families to help evaluate two family-oriented therapies.
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Back-to-school
WUSTL experts available for comment on issues children and parents face each fall
Aug. 8,
2008 -- Your kid just got beat up by the fifth-grade bully. Or perhaps you aren't sure the lunches are healthy enough for your child to be eating. Maybe you've even noticed a change in your child's behavior after returning to school. Washington University has several experts that can comment on any one of these concerns, as well as many others that arise when children are going ... back to school, whether it's kindergarten, high school or college.
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