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Principles for Incorporating Farmers in the Ethical Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops
(2010)
A current advance within the agricultural industry is the use of genetic engineering to produce novel crops for food production. This technology raises questions about how societies should position themselves with respect ...
Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood cognitive development : a review of putative environmental mediators
(Springer, 2018-06-06)
Despite the abundance of research investigating the associations between maternal depressive symptoms (MDS) and children’s cognitive development, little is known about the putative mechanisms through which depressive ...
Determinants of non-vaccination and incomplete vaccination in Canadian toddlers
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Vaccination coverage remains suboptimal in Canada and sporadic outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis continue to occur. This study was undertaken to identify sociodemographic determinants ...
Harsh parenting practices mediate the association between parent affective profiles and child adjustment outcomes : differential associations for mothers and fathers.
(SAGE, 2018-04-08)
Children’s early emotional environment strongly influences their later behavioural development. Yet, besides maternal depression, limited knowledge exists about the effect of other emotions and the role of fathers. Using ...
Ricoeur's "Petite éthique": an ethical epistemological perspective for clinician-bioethicists
(Springer, 2010-01-01)
The passage from a posture of clinician to that of clinician-bioethicist poses significant challenges for health professionals, most notably with regards to theoretical or epistemological views of complex ethical impasses ...
Psychometric properties of the Mental Health and Social Inadaptation Assessment for Adolescents (MIA) in a population-based sample
(Wiley, 2017)
We report on the psychometric properties of the Mental Health and Social Inadaptation
Assessment for Adolescents (MIA), a self‐report instrument for quantifying the frequency of
mental health and psychosocial adaptation ...
Strategies to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in lowand middle-income countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis
(World Health Organization, 2015)
Objective To investigate which strategies to increase demand for vaccination are effective in increasing child vaccine coverage in low- and
middle-income countries.
Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane library, ...
Genetic variants and early cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence phenotypes in adolescents
(Public Library of Science, 2014-12-29)
Background: While the heritability of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence
(ND) is well-documented, the contribution of specific genetic variants to specific
phenotypes has not been closely examined. The objectives ...
Distinct trajectories of separation anxiety in the preschool years: persistence at school entry and early-life associated factors
Evolution of separation anxiety symptoms in early childhood
(Wiley, 2016-01)
Background: Little is known about how children differ in the onset and evolution of separation anxiety (SA) symptoms during the preschool years, and how SA develops into separation anxiety disorder. In a large, representative ...