Couturier, Jennifer Kimber, Melissa Barwick, Melanie McVey, Gail Findlay, Sheri Webb, Cheryl Niccols, Alison Lock, James
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Journal of Eating Disorders
IntroductionFidelity is an essential component for evaluating the clinical and implementation outcomes related to delivery of evidence-based practices (EBPs). Effective measurement of fidelity requires clinical buy-in, and as such, requires a process that is not burdensome for clinicians and managers. As part of a larger implementation study, we ex...
Lebow, Jocelyn Narr, Cassandra Mattke, Angela Gewirtz O’Brien, Janna R. Billings, Marcie Hathaway, Julie Vickers, Kristin Jacobson, Robert Sim, Leslie
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Journal of Eating Disorders
BackgroundThe primary care setting offers an attractive opportunity for, not only the identification of pediatric eating disorders, but also the delivery of evidence-based treatment. However, constraints of this setting pose barriers for implementing treatment. For interventions to be successful, they need to take into consideration the perspective...
Haghighat, Roxanna Toska, Elona Bungane, Nontuthuzelo Cluver, Lucie
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundLittle evidence exists to comprehensively estimate adolescent viral suppression after initiation on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines adolescent progression along the HIV care cascade to viral suppression for adolescents initiated on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.MethodsAll adolescents ever initiat...
Vicente, Ana Patrícia Gomes, Andrea Sousa Jokubkiene, Ligita Sladkevicius, Povilas
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Journal of Medical Case Reports
BackgroundOvarian torsion is a gynecological surgical emergency whose diagnosis remains a challenge. Torsion occurs most frequently in women of reproductive age. It is usually associated with the presence of benign masses in the ovary, as malignant tumors are less frequent and less prone to undergo torsion.Case presentationWe report the case of a 1...
Verstappen, Sven van Rijn, Rogier M. Cost, Rick Stubbe, Janine H.
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Sports Medicine - Open
BackgroundInjury risk in elite youth soccer players is high. Implementing an optimal training load is of utmost importance to reduce the risk of injuries.ObjectiveTo conduct a systematic review and best evidence synthesis to explore the effects of internal and external training load on injury risk in elite youth soccer players.MethodsMEDLINE, Embas...
Yin, Bangmin Teng, Teng Tong, Lyu Li, Xuemei Fan, Li Zhou, Xinyu Xie, Peng
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundAnxiety disorder is the most prevalent mental disorder among children and adolescents, causing significant psychosocial problems and physical health conditions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for anxiety disorder in children and adolescents. And parent-only CBT is an alternative treatment for childhood anxiet...
Kim, Shin-Hee Kim, Ki Hwan Kim, Moon-Young Hong, Yeon Sik Kang, Kwi Young
Published in
Archives of Osteoporosis
PurposeAxial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the axial skeleton and typically has an early onset. Although earlier onset is associated with worse prognosis, there have been few studies of bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescent patients with axSpA.MethodsWe analysed the clinical characteristics of...
Manu, Emmanuel Douglas, Mbuyiselo Ntsaba, Mohlomi Jafta
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
BackgroundAlthough commercial cultivation and trading of marijuana, commonly known as cannabis or dagga in the South African context, remains an illicit practice, adolescents actively engage in it. However, contextual influences that sustain adolescent involvement in illicit marijuana-related activties remain empirically unascertained.ObjectiveThis...
Fithria, Fithria Adlim, Muhammad Jannah, Syarifah Rauzatul Tahlil, Teuku
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe prevalence of smoking among adolescents is high in Indonesia. Therefore, this qualitative research aimed to explore the perspectives of Muslim adolescents on smoking habits as a reference for developing effective prevention programs.MethodsThree focus group discussions involving 24 junior high school male students (mean age = 13.75 ye...
Kardas, Przemyslaw Dabrowa, Marek Witkowski, Konrad
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundDue to high prevalence, non-adherence to prescribed treatment seriously undermines the effectiveness of evidence-based therapies in paediatric patients. In order to change this negative scenario, physicians need to be aware of adherence problem, as well as of possible solutions. Unfortunately, full potential of adherence-targeting interve...
