Salute pediatrica

Interferenti endocrini e salute dei bambini

F. Chiarelli, L. Comegna, S. Franchini

2018/3 — pag. 157-164

Children and adolescents are daily exposed to substances present in nature and to industrial and chemical products that may interfere with their normal endocrine functions over time. For this reason, such exogenous substances able to cause adverse ...

Le cure al bambino in Europa: tendenze, modelli, prospettive

G. Tamburlini

2013/3 — pag. 155-158

Child health outcomes and models of child health care are compared across Western Europe. Countries are responding in different ways to the shift in prevailing child health problems from acute to chronic illnesses. Although overall child health has i...

Salute dei bambini e assistenza pediatrica in Italia

G. Tamburlini

2012/3 — pag. 178-184

The article comments on the White Paper produced by the Italian Society of Paediatrics about child health and child health services in Italy. Although the main child health indicators are quite satisfactory and there is evidence of improved efficie...

Crisi economica e condizione infantile

G. Tamburlini

2011/8 — pag. 505-509

The implications for the state of children of the current economic downturn in middle and high income countries are analysed. They include: a reduction of fertility, a worsening of nutritional status and an increase in mental health problems; poten...

Mortalità e salute del bambino: fino a che punto sono un problema sanitario?

G. Tamburlini

2003/10 — pag. 651-655

The Author questions the rationale and the conclusions of the series of 5 articles published by The Lancet on child survival. Two main arguments are made. The first is that the international community cannot identify child survival as the only obje...

Advocacy in Pediatria

G. Tamburlini

2002/10 — pag. 668-671

The article offers an overview of the scope, background and objectives of child health advocacy. As a discipline, paediatrics has always been characterised by an effort to effect societal changes that benefit children, and to support the child and ...

Dovrebbe la “missione” della pediatria includere l'eradicazione della povertà?

D. Baronciani

2001/2 — pag. 75-78

Indicatori di salute e pianificazione: l’esperienza in Friuli-Venezia Giulia e in Calabria

L. Ronfani, G. La Gamba, C. Corchia, et al.

2001/1 — pag. 37-42

A study was carried out to evaluate feasibility and usefulness of data collection on a basic set of child health indicators in two italian regions, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (FVG) and Calabria (C). The findings highlighted the difficulties and methodol...

Evidenze sulla SIDS

R. Buzzetti, L. Ronfani

2000/4 — pag. 223-233

Although current data may be not accurate due to absence of a national register, SIDS is the the main cause of death in infants after the first month in Italy, with an estimated incidence around 0.5 per thousand live births.The Authors summarise th...

Esiste uno spazio per l’intervento preventivo nelle condizioni di rischio sociale? Le esperienze internazionali

F. Panizon, A. Mendoza

1999/7 — pag. 438-441

The Authors review and discuss the scientific evidence deriving from both descriptive and intervention studies regarding the preventability of the consequences of social disadvantage. The endpoints considered are development, intelligence, behaviou...

Sistema informativo distrettuale e salute del bambino: uno studio pilota in Campania

G. Cirillo e coll.

1999/6 — pag. 371-378

A pilot study aimed at evaluating feasibility and usefulness of a child and adolescent health indicator system at the health district (HD) level was carried out in the Campania region, Italy. Data were collected in 5 districts on 16 basic indicator...

Indicatori di salute in età evolutiva

G. Tamburlini, L. Ronfani, R. Buzzetti

1999/5 — pag. 315-320

A working group was established in Italy to develop a proposal for a minimum set of health indicators to be used at the regional and local health authority levels, where the planning process takes place. The indicators proposed are 35, covering 17 ...

È possibile prevenire l’abuso?

S. Pivetta, A. Macaluso, P. Materassi e coll.

1998/2 — pag. 114-118

The Authors reviewed all available intervention studies that included child abuse among the endpoints. 9 published trials were analyzed. Most of them were carried out in US, a few in UK, Ireland and Canada. The studies evaluated a wide variety o...