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McNabb Center partners to provide outpatient behavioral health care to uninsured children

October 7, 2020

McNabb Center partners to provide outpatient behavioral health care to uninsured children

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services expanded the state’s Behavioral Health Safety Net program to include uninsured children, and the McNabb Center is proud to partner with the state on this initiative.

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“The Behavioral Health Safety Net is a foundational program to meet the mental health needs of uninsured Tennesseans, and we are so grateful to Governor Lee and the General Assembly for investing and expanding this program to our children,” said TDMHSAS Commissioner Marie Williams, LCSW. “Uninsured children in any county will have the ability to get services through our community mental health

providers, and that is amazing.”

The McNabb Center will provide outpatient mental health care to uninsured children through the Behavioral Health Safety Net program in eight East Tennessee counties and surrounding areas: Anderson, Blount, Cocke, Hamblen,

An Education-Health Ecosystem for All Children

October 6, 2020

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By Justin W. van Fleet, Ph.D and J. Robin Moon, DPH, MPH, MIA

Disparities and disadvantages start in utero and birth, setting young people on vastly different life journeys. In the United States, the result of differential investments in health, education and well-being, alongside other structural inequities, combine to formulate differing life prospects for children. In short, despite the overall wealth of the country, the zip code someone lives in, the color of their skin, and who their parents are will largely affect an individual’s life chances.

Fast-forward to 2020, the ravages of COVID-19 are exacerbating, deepening and widening the gaps between our citizens. When upwards of 50 million American children were forced from physical schools, those who were on the margins of society were even further sidelined from opportunity.

We know our health and education systems have been seriously broken long before the pandemic. Yet as COVID-19’s reach extends

Black children twice as likely to die after surgery than White children

October 6, 2020

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Black children are more than twice as likely as White kids to die from surgical complications, and minority children are about half as likely to even have surgery as white children, two new studies show.

In one study, researchers found that of nearly 277,000 children who had inpatient surgery between 2012 and 2017, 10,425 suffered a complication that required follow-up surgery and 209 subsequently died.

Of those deaths, 135 patients were White — 1.6% of all White children who suffered a complication — and 74 were Black — 3.7% of all Black children who suffered a complication.

“We don’t fully understand all of the issues that place a Black child at greater risk and how all of these issues interact with each other,” said study author Dr. Brittany Willer, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio.

“Our study gives physician anesthesiologists and surgeons insight into those at

Serious coronavirus-related inflammatory condition among children now reported in adults: CDC

October 5, 2020

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A rare but serious coronavirus-related inflammatory condition in children was also recently identified among adults, per a report released Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) usually involves shock, heart malfunction, stomach pain and hyperinflammation. The CDC drew on reports of 27 adult patients to describe a new, similar condition — multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A).

RARE CORONAVIRUS-LINKED SYNDROME AFFECTS 11 CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON STATE: OFFICIALS

“These 27 patients had cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, dermatologic, and neurologic symptoms without severe respiratory illness and concurrently received positive test results for SARS-CoV-2…,” per the report. Fortunately, the vast majority (24 of 27) of MIS-A patients survived, which was said to mirror outcomes seen in MIS-C patients treated in intensive health care settings.

There is still much unknown over MIS-A, with a deal of uncertainty over the timeline from SARS-CoV-2 infection to MIS-A onset, but

EPA faces decision on chemical linked to brain damage in children

October 4, 2020

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When Claudia Angulo was pregnant with her son, she often felt nauseated and experienced vomiting and headaches.

She didn’t think much of it, until after she learned her son had Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder and difficulties with language and learning.

Angulo said she later discovered that a chemical she had been exposed to through her job — which involved taste-testing produce before it was washed — has been associated with health risks including brain damage in children.

“At the time that I was pregnant, in the company there were like 10 women that were pregnant and of those 10 women, seven of their kids were born with [health] problems,” she told The Hill in an interview conducted in Spanish.

And they’re not alone.

Studies have linked prenatal exposure to the chemical, called chlorpyrifos, to neurodevelopmental issues including lower IQ and impaired working memory.

Chlorpyrifos is used to prevent insects from

Young children advised to eat just one square of chocolate a week in Irish Gov’s new guidelines

October 2, 2020

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Young children should eat just one square of chocolate per week, according to the Irish Government’s new healthy eating guidelines.

The Department of Health launched its first-ever National Healthy Eating Guidelines on Thursday, which outline which foods children aged between one and four should avoid.

The guidelines advise parents with children in that age bracket to give their kids tiny portions of unhealthy foods, suggesting half a biscuit a week or three individual potato chips.

The new guidelines advise giving children three small meals a day in addition to two or three healthy snacks since children have “small tummies” at that age.

Any foods high in fat, sugar, or salt, should be limited to one “tiny” portion a week, the guidelines say.

The guidelines were launched by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman, and Minister for Public Health and Wellbeing Frank Feighan on Thursday.

The guidelines noted a

Children will not likely see a coronavirus vaccine until late 2021: Experts

October 2, 2020

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While drug companies and governments around the world are in an all-out sprint to develop a coronavirus vaccine for adults, the race to identify one that is safe and effective for children lags far behind, meaning America’s youngest may not be vaccinated until late next year, health experts told ABC News.

Despite recent evidence that children may play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19, experts say the delay is appropriate, because a vaccine should be tested in adults first to ensure it’s safe and effective before being tested in children.

“We wouldn’t start injecting five-year-olds before we knew what this vaccine did in adults,” said Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.

“Kids are not little adults, they have very different immune systems, and you might need to have a completely different kind of vaccine

Coronavirus Infection Rate Among Children Surges as Schools Reopen | Health News

October 1, 2020

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The number of children infected with the coronavirus rose dramatically between April and September, according to new research by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, and by more than 14% in the last two weeks alone – a surge that coincides with schools reopening across the country.

“These rising numbers concern us greatly, as the children’s cases reflect the increasing virus spread in our communities,” Sally Goza, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a statement. “While children generally don’t get as sick with the coronavirus as adults, they are not immune and there is much to learn about how easily they can transmit it to others.”

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Drawing on data from state health departments, researchers analyzed trends over five months in reported COVID-19 cases and found that the number of children infected rose from 2.2% of all cumulative reported cases

Department of Health advises drastic reduction in treat sizes in new healthy eating guidelines for children

October 1, 2020

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The Department of Health has advised a drastic reduction in treat sizes in the new healthy eating guidelines for young children.

On Thursday, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman and Minister of State for Public Health and Wellbeing Frank Feighan attended the launch of the first every National Healthy Eating Guidelines for children aged between one and four.

Aimed at helping the parents and carers of young children to establish good eating habits from an early age, the new guidelines were developed by nutrition experts in Ireland and feature a newly-designed food pyramid for children as well as extensive advice on portion size and treat allowances.

a group of people standing in front of a cake: The Department of Health has advised a drastic reduction in treat sizes in the new health eating guidelines for young children published on Thursday. Pic: Robbie Reynolds

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The Department of Health has advised a drastic reduction in treat sizes in the new health eating guidelines for young children published on Thursday. Pic: Robbie Reynolds

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New Study Shows That Playing With Dolls Allows Children to Develop Empathy and Social Processing Skills

October 1, 2020

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Barbie® and neuroscientists from Cardiff University have collaborated on a new study which for the first time uses neuroimaging as evidence to explore the effects of doll play

Evidence shows that doll play activates brain regions which are associated with social information processing and empathy, indicating that doll play enables children to rehearse, use and perform these skills even when playing on their own

To understand the relevancy of the study, Barbie independently commissioned a global survey in 22 different countries questioning 15,000 parents which showed 91 percent of parents rank empathy as a key social skill they would like their child to develop, but only 26 percent were aware that doll play could help their child develop these skills

Today Barbie launches an online hub featuring resources for parents, caregivers, and children, to support them in their social processing skills which has been developed alongside leading empathy expert, writer,

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McNabb Center partners to provide outpatient behavioral health care to uninsured children

McNabb Center partners to provide outpatient behavioral health care to uninsured children

An Education-Health Ecosystem for All Children

Black children twice as likely to die after surgery than White children

Serious coronavirus-related inflammatory condition among children now reported in adults: CDC

EPA faces decision on chemical linked to brain damage in children

Young children advised to eat just one square of chocolate a week in Irish Gov’s new guidelines

Children will not likely see a coronavirus vaccine until late 2021: Experts

Coronavirus Infection Rate Among Children Surges as Schools Reopen | Health News

Photos: Daily Life, Disrupted

Department of Health advises drastic reduction in treat sizes in new healthy eating guidelines for children