Malnutrition and infectious diseases among preschoolers feature prominently among the major public health concerns in developing countries. Existing evidence tends to support the view that despite the dramatic improvement in human health in the past decades, the gap between rich…
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In the past two decades, neuroscientists' reports on human brain function and development have focused attention on early childhood education. However, the full integration of emergent neuroscience findings with education practices has not occurred. For example, brain research s…
Among the Baliem valley Dani of the central highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, infants play a prominent role in social relations. Infant mortality rates among the Dani are above two hundred and fifty deaths per thousand live births and birth rates are low. To these patterns of …
Introduction/methods. Growth retardation is widespread among children living in urban slums in Bangladesh. This study uses mixed linear regression analysis to examine factors influencing short-term and long-term child growth as specified by weight-for-height and height-for-age z…
Diarrhea is a major public health problem in developing countries among infants and young children. Not all episodes of diarrhea are confirmed as infectious, suggesting alternate mechanisms. One such is immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated or allergic diarrhea that can be seen in foo…
Background: The fetal origins hypothesis poses that adverse intrauterine conditions predispose to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in adulthood. Evidence is accumulating that similar mechanisms to those identified for physical disorders may also apply to psychiatric disorde…
Objectives. The primary aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of 10 mg daily zinc supplementation for the treatment of diarrhea in infants 1-5 months of age living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan. We also sought to assess differences in m…
This thesis draws upon empirical data from fifty semi-structured interviews, participant observation and living alongside the community of Kirkham, Lancashire to answer the question "Why do people bring their infant child to baptism when they do not attend Church?" The study con…