“How am I going to live?”: exploring barriers to ART adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda by Sarah MacCarthy, Uzaib Saya, Clare Samba, Josephine Birungi, Stephen Okoboi, Sebastian Linnemayr

“…Results Four barriers to ART adherence emerged: 1) poverty limited adolescents’ ability to buy food and undercut efforts to become economically independent in their transition from adolescence to adulthood; 2) school attendance limited their privacy, further disrupting ART adherence; 3) family support was unreliable, and youth often struggled with a constant change in guardianship because they had lost their biological parents to HIV. In contrast peer influence, especially among HIV-positive youth, was strong and created an important network to support ART adherence; 4) the burden of taking multiple medications daily frustrated youth, often leading to so-called ‘drug holidays.’ …”
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A descriptive study of biological and psychosocial factors associated with body mass index for age, in adolescents attending an outpatient department at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hosp... by Kgomotso R. Ncube, Nadira Khamker, Deborah van der Westhuizen, Thea Corbett

“…The association between the BMIs of the biological parents and their adolescent children was investigated using the Fisher’s exact test. …”
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Genes, maternal smoking, and the offspring brain and body during adolescence: design of the Saguenay Youth Study. by Pausova, Z, Paus, T, Abrahamowicz, M, Almerigi, J, Arbour, N, Bernard, M, Gaudet, D, Hanzalek, P, Hamet, P, Evans, A, Kramer, M, Laberge, L, Leal, S, Leonard, G, Lerner, J, Lerner, R, Mathieu, J, Perron, M, Pike, B, Pitiot, A, Richer, L, Séguin, JR, Syme, C, Toro, R, Tremblay, R

“…DNA is acquired in both biological parents and in adolescent siblings. A genome-wide scan will be carried out with sib-pair linkage analyses, and fine mapping of identified loci will be done with family-based association analyses. …”

Joint physical-activity/screen-time trajectories during early childhood: socio-demographic predictors and consequences on health-related quality-of-life and socio-emotional outcome... by Borja del Pozo-Cruz, Francisco Perales, Phil Parker, Chris Lonsdale, Michael Noetel, Kylie D. Hesketh, Taren Sanders

“…Children who were female, Indigenous, from non-English-speaking backgrounds, not living with two biological parents, in more affluent households and neighbourhoods, without siblings and with parents with poor mental health were at greater risk of falling into Cluster-A or Cluster-C. …”
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Testing the acceptability and feasibility of video observational methodology to measure parent-adolescent communication and interaction by Fortunate Lekhuleni, Rachana Desai, Bronwyne Coetzee, Rebecca Pearson, Tamsen Jean Rochat, Tamsen Jean Rochat

“…This study aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of this methodology, and analysis using automated coding software in an urbanized context.MethodsThis study recruited parent-adolescent pairs in Soweto, South Africa which included 11–15-year-old adolescents and their biological parents. Parent-adolescent communication and interactions were measured using novel video observational portable head cameras called “Teencams”. …”
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Contributions of perceived parental warmth, self-esteem, and sex differences to early adolescent depression. by Lim, Hui Jun

“…This quantitative study adopted a cross-sectional design using survey method , in which the sample was a subsample of a nation-wide study on parenting and adolescent’s well being.A total of 1394 participants from the study who were Form 1 and Form 2 students reported living with their married and biological parents completed the three measures; Supportive parenting scale, Rosenberg self esteem scale and Beck depression inventory for Malays. …”
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Childhood socioeconomic status and adulthood dietary diversity among Indonesian adults by Emyr Reisha Isaura, Emyr Reisha Isaura, Emyr Reisha Isaura, Yang-Ching Chen, Yang-Ching Chen, Yang-Ching Chen, Shwu-Huey Yang, Shwu-Huey Yang, Shwu-Huey Yang

“….: 2.904, p = 0.001), still married biological parents (β coef.: 1.379, p < 0.001), the number of rooms (β coef.: 0.968, p < 0.001), people (β coef.: 0.231, p < 0.001), and younger siblings (β coef.: 0.209–0.368, p < 0.001–0.039) in the same house were positively and significantly associated with the outcome variable. …”
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The International X-Linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH) Registry: first interim analysis of baseline demographic, genetic and clinical data by Gema Ariceta, Signe Sparre Beck-Nielsen, Annemieke M. Boot, Maria Luisa Brandi, Karine Briot, Carmen de Lucas Collantes, Francesco Emma, Sandro Giannini, Dieter Haffner, Richard Keen, Elena Levtchenko, Outi Mӓkitie, M. Zulf Mughal, Ola Nilsson, Dirk Schnabel, Liana Tripto-Shkolnik, Jonathan Liu, Angela Williams, Sue Wood, M. Carola Zillikens

“…Family history data were available for 319/345 (92.5%) children and 145/187 (77.5%) adults; 62.1% had biological parents affected by XLH. Genetic testing data were available for 341 (94.7%) children and 203 (93.5%) adults; 370/546 (67.8%) had genetic test results; 331/370 (89.5%) had a confirmed PHEX mutation. …”
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Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Novel De Novo Variants Interacting with Six Gene Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder by Namshin Kim, Kyoung Hyoun Kim, Won-Jun Lim, Jiwoong Kim, Soon Ae Kim, Hee Jeong Yoo

“…We recruited children with ASD and their biological parents. The clinical best estimate diagnosis of ASD was made according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5^TM), using comprehensive diagnostic instruments. …”
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Prevalence, socio-demographics and service use determinants associated with disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by 1985–2021 by Bahram Armoon, Marie-Josée Fleury, Peter Higgs, Amir-Hossien Bayat, Azadeh Bayani, Rasool Mohammadi, Elaheh Ahounbar

“…Children who had a non-biological parents were 3.17 times more likely to have been disclose being HIV-positive; social support (OR = 8.29, 95%CI = 2.34, 29.42), children who had higher levels of social supports were 8.29 times more likely to disclose HIV-positive; the primary educational level of caregivers (OR = 2.03, 95%CI = 1.43, 2.89), respondents who had caregivers with primary education level were 2.03 times more likely to disclose HIV-positive; antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence (OR = 2.59, 95%CI = 1.96, 3.42), participants who adhered to ART were 2.59 times more likely to disclose HIV-positive and hospital follow-up (OR = 2.82, 95%CI = 1.85, 4.29), those who had hospital follow-up were 2.82 times more likely to disclose HIV-positive; were all significantly associated with the disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children. …”
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and the risk of violent crime conviction in Sweden: a nationwide, register-based cohort study by Paulino, A, Kuja-Halkola, R, Fazel, S, Sariaslan, A, Rietz, ED, Lichtenstein, P, Brikell, I

“…Individuals who died or emigrated before their 15th birthday, were adopted, were twins, or whose biological parents could not be identified were excluded. …”

Alexandra Harper - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) by Harper, A

“…</p> <p><u>Theoretically Driven (Main) Research Paper Abstract</u></p> <p><b>Background:</b> Current research suggests that foster carers experience higher carer stress than biological parents and face more behaviours that challenge from the children they care for. …”

Zero or 18 by Hoi Yan Gina Ng

“…Under rules in place since 2005, any child conceived using donated eggs, sperm or embryos and born after April 1, 2005 will be able to find out who their biological parents are when they turn 18, which occurs this year. …”
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