It is now possible to identify hearing loss in early infancy. Consequently, early hearing detection and intervention programs are being implemented worldwide. It is a generally accepted goal of such programs to enroll infants in comprehensive and effective family-centered intervention programs by 6 months of age. A second recent development in the hearing health care field relates to the availa...

BACKGROUND We studied whether a melanoma survivor-centered intervention was more effective than materials available to the general public in increasing children's sun protection. METHODS In a randomized controlled trial, melanoma survivors (n = 340) who had a child ≤ 12 years received a targeted sun protection intervention (DVD and booklets) or standard education. Primary outcomes were childr...

Eighty percent of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are overweight or obese, which in turn is associated with other cardiovascular risk factors and an increased risk of cancer. Large intervention studies focused on intensive glycemic control have failed to show a reduction of cardiovascular events in T2DM patients. The two major concerns in these studies were weight gain and severe ...

As noted recently in the Washington Post,1 a report by McFarlane et al in this Issue2 was controversial as soon as it was published online. There is substantial interest in moving the time of detection and treatment of mental disorders with psychoses to earlier in the development of psychopathology. But how early, how to identify those who merit clinical attention, and how to intervene are hotl...

since cochlear implants can now be provided for children before the age of 1 year, the development of a family-centered habilitation program is essential for this age group. the present study was done to investigate the effectiveness of navayesh” auditory habilitation program on communication skills of cochlear implantation candidates. 32 mothers along with their 3-12 months deaf infants partic...

The development of phonological awareness, i.e. the metacognitive skill that allows thinking and manipulating language structure, from an early age is mandatory for acquisition literacy skills. Multisensory stimulation, curiosity interest are fundamental learning. In doing so, Communication Technologies have a key role because learning-oriented use can encourage current digital natives’ ...

Pakistan is a high-fertility country with elevated levels of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning. Limited access to and poor quality of reproductive health services and gender-related problems comprise the major explanations for these poor indicators. The authors designed an intervention to address some of these issues and implemented it on a quasi-experimental basis in Bhalwa...