http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—The shorter the intervals between previous child maltreatment incidents, the greater the likelihood that the child will experience abuse or neglect in the future, suggests a new study by a social work professor at the University of Illinois. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-factors-recurrent-child-abuse-neglect.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 07:30:01 EST news287130050 Newspaper articles, TV shows and books are filled with horror stories of children placed in foster care. A new study bucks that trend by showing out-of-home placements can improve the emotional health of some youths who have been maltreated by a parent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-foster-choice-maltreated-children.html Pediatrics Mon, 06 May 2013 05:00:01 EST news287034530 Even parents who have had no contact with child welfare agencies believe negative stereotypes about social workers and the likely outcomes of abuse or neglect investigations, misconceptions that complicate agencies' efforts to engage parents in interventions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-negative-images-hamper-child-welfare.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:55:39 EST news282549331 A new report launched today by the UCLA World Policy Analysis Center presents never-before-available comparative data on nearly every country in the world, revealing how millions of children across the globe face conditions that limit their opportunities to thrive and reach their full potential. Dr. Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, co-authored the study.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-highlights-global-failure-family-friendly-policies.html Health Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:40:03 EST news279965428 A new study by Oregon State University researchers finds that Head Start can make a positive impact in the lives of some of its highest risk children, both academically and behaviorally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-academic-gains-teacher-relationships-high.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:13:58 EST news278773853 Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be a parent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-disabled-parents-bias-loss-kids.html Health Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:27:42 EST news273130053 As the economy and job market continue to recover, many young adults have moved in with their parents to save money. For teens and 20-somethings who grew up in foster care, saving money is especially difficult because they have aged out of a system that provided support in earlier years and lack important family ties they can depend upon, particularly as they enter adulthood and embark on their own. Now, a University of Missouri child welfare expert says youths in foster care need financial education and support to build assets so they can become financially independent adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-young-people-financial-guidance-age.html Health Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:06:27 EST news268999579 (Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers at the Silver School of Social Work has found that among 60 young adults with a history of significant mental health difficulties, few used psychiatric services, medications, or other mental health services on a continuous basis as they transitioned to adulthood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-discontinue-mental-health-transition-adulthood.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:30:01 EST news268473923 Researchers studying the origins of sudden cardiac death have found that in both men and women a thin placenta at birth was associated with sudden cardiac death. A thin placenta may result in a reduced flow of nutrients from the mother to the foetus. The authors suggest that sudden cardiac death may be initiated by impaired development of the autonomic nervous system in the womb, as a result of foetal malnutrition. The new study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, also found that sudden death was associated independently with poor educational attainment. However, sudden cardiac death was not associated with maternal body size, foetal size at birth, or the length of gestation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sudden-cardiac-death-thin-placenta.html Cardiology Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:20:01 EST news267291308 New research from the University of Kent has revealed the concerns of conception clinic staff involved in welfare of the child (WOC) assessments under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-fertilisation-clinics-welfare-child-pre-conception.html Other Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:02:13 EST news266482921 In the largest study to examine the impact of the recession on child abuse, researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's (CHOP) PolicyLab detected a significant increase in children admitted to the nation's largest children's hospitals due to serious physical abuse over the last decade. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, found a strong relationship between the rate of child physical abuse and local mortgage foreclosures, which have been a hallmark of the recent recession. The CHOP findings, based on data from 38 children's hospitals, contradict national child welfare data, which show a decline in child physical abuse over the same period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hospitals-recession-hit-areas-uptick-cases.html Pediatrics Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:28:35 EST news261653309 A study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that young children who have been investigated for maltreatment by child welfare agencies have a higher prevalence of mental health problems and that very few receive treatment for those problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-child-welfare-mental-health-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:24:25 EST news259320258 Over half of the residents of battered women's shelters in the United States are children (National Network to End Domestic Violence, 2010). Now, a new, innovative online training program aims to elevate children's voices, so that service providers may better hear, understand, and respond to the children and families they serve. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-online-module-children-domestic-violence.html Other Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:36:21 EST news236345772 We know that physical education teaches children about fitness and encourages them to live a healthy lifestyle. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has statistical evidence that sports participation is also beneficial to a child's cognitive, emotional and behavioral well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-anger-field-sports-ease-aggression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:05:49 EST news229190725