Connectedness and health for First Nation adoptees.

Environmental and Ecological Extra Challenges in Minority Populations; a Tale of Toxic Exposures among First Nation Populations

Behavior problems and mental health referrals of international adoptees: a meta-analysis.

CONTEXT International adoption involves more than 40,000 children a year moving among more than 100 countries. Before adoption, international adoptees often experience insufficient medical care, malnutrition, maternal separation, and neglect and abuse in orphanages. OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of international adoption on behavioral problems and mental health referrals. DATA SOURCES W...

A Model of Architectural Factors Influence on Students' Perception of School Climate for Providing School Connectedness

Background and Objectives: The aim of this research was to introduce architectural factors, influencing students' perception of school climate, having a great effect on students' achievement academically, mentally and physically, one of the problems of high school students is their unwillingness for learning and passes their times at educational setting. School connectedness has an effect on st...

Infant and Young Child Feeding Status in Iran Compared the Different United Nation Regions

Promote and support breastfeeding is an essential element for the health and development of infants so that, it introduced as most cost-effective intervention to reduce infant mortality in developing countries (1). Breastfeeding has an important role to ensure food security for maintain a healthy and productive life for a large proportion of babies in the world, in addition, it is associated wi...

Does age at adoption and geographic origin matter? A national cohort study of cognitive test performance in adult inter-country adoptees.

BACKGROUND Inter-country adoptees run risks of developmental and health-related problems. Cognitive ability is one important indicator of adoptees' development, both as an outcome measure itself and as a potential mediator between early adversities and ill-health. The aim of this study was to analyse relations between proxies for adoption-related circumstances and cognitive development. METHO...