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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Health and development"”.
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Essays in health and development economics
… studies exploring significant but underexamined health and development challenges of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in South Asia. Chapter One investigates the effects of the expansion of ultrasound technology throughout India in the 1980s on the childbearing decisions of parents and the …
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Health and development in the Maltese Islands
… analysing the major theoretical contributions to health and development, the author develops a dialectical materialist approach. Health, both physical and mental, is defined as a movement of energy that is simultaneously conserved and expanded. It is reality in movement. It is the vital ingredient …
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Information, women's health and development : strategies for information provision in Africa
The literature relating to women's health in Africa focuses on health information seeking needs. It rarely focuses on how women's health information needs link to the development of the continent. The dissertation examines the interrelationships between women's health information needs and …
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Identity and adaptation : social and political factors in health and development among the Digo of Msambweni, Kenya.
… the wider society t ~rough their responses to development interventions. In Diga society, as elsewhere, there are integrative tendencies promoting group identity, and adaptive forces encouraging relations with the outside world. Responses to interventions commonly reflect the way people …
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Understanding adolescent and young people’s sexual health and development in a public health context: research studies and interventions
Sexual health risk-taking behaviour is typically initiated during adolescence and continues throughout teenage years and early adulthood at higher levels than at other life stages. For some groups (e.g. deprived and vulnerable populations) the risks can be greater still. Risk behaviours in early …
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Life events and change in health behaviours at midlife: an analysis of data from the National Survey of Health and Development
… impact of life stress from stressful life events and being diagnosed with chronic diseases on change in smoking, alcohol use, diet, and physical activity in a national sample of middle aged people. Method. This study used data from 3 waves of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development when …
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Iodine status of children from the Red Sea, and the Nile Valley regions of the Sudan: implications for health and development
… deficiency is the leading cause of brain damage and mental disability. Moreover, it is the most common cause of decreased fertility rate, miscarriages, stillbirths and foetal and infant mortality in the developing countries. Contrary to the widely held popular perception, iodine deficiency is not …
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Neonatal Nightingales: Live Parental and Neonatal Nurse Infant-Directed Singing as a Beneficial Intervention for the Health and Development of Infants in Neonatal Care
… of this study to establish live neonatal nurse and parental infant-directed singing as a potentially efficacious intervention that is beneficial to the health and development of infants in neonatal care and which could conceivably be integrated into nursing practice and the neonatal care …
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Influencia del estrés materno prenatal sobre la composición y estructura de la microbiota intestinal infantil
… been frequently associated with child physical development and health, as well as psychological functioning and behaviour. However, the original mechanisms underlying relationships remain elusive. In this project we review the literature and studies that research and support the hypothesis that …
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GUARANTEE OF CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE FAMILY STRENGTHENING SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
… percent were children whose parents were alive and known to the authorities, but who have been deprived of parental rights. Institutionalization negatively impacts children's health and development. These children are often subjected to violence, child trafficking, and most of them leave formal …
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A Developmental Cascade Model of Neurocognitive Functioning: Risk, Resilience, and Implications for Children's Mental Health
Theory of Mind (ToM) and executive functioning (EF) are two neurocognitive abilities that develop rapidly over the preschool period. ToM and EF are highly interrelated, both behaviourally and neurologically, and are predictive of a host of psychosocial outcomes across the lifespan. This …
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The Effects of Chronic Nitrite Exposure on Tissue Morphology and Physiology in Xiphophorus couchianus
… nitrite, has been known to cause physiological and morphological damage in aquatic species in acute, short term, exposures. However, it is unknown how chronic exposure to contemporary water nitrite concentrations can affect fish physiology. Moreover, there is a lack of current knowledge on how …
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An assessment of parent's beliefs about child development among families participating in the Comprehensive Health Investment Project
… erratic or ineffective parenting behaviors, and impaired health and development among children. Family support programs, offering a range of comprehensive services to low income families, have demonstrated positive health and life performance outcomes, both for children and parents. One such …
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Early adversity and individual differences in adolescent mental health
… are particularly susceptible to poor mental health. These biological, cognitive, and psychosocial changes – alongside the increased influence of environmental factors –interact and impact both immediate and long-term wellbeing. Early adversity, in particular, confers significant risks to …
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Using system dynamics to explore gini coefficient parametrics
… electricity supply for sustaining economic health and development, enabled by adequate energy planning and/or investment in capacity. Identifying drivers such as changes in income distribution that impact electricity demand is thus critical. This project made use of a system dynamics …
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The setting of health research priorities in South Africa
The health and development of a nation are linked. Health research is a vital element helps bring about improved health and has the potential to serve as an impetus for equitable development. Generally, it is necessary to prioritise needs in order to optimise the use of scarce resources for …
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Descriptive study evaluating the use of the Road to Health card by doctors in a tertiary paediatric hospital setting
Background: The South African Road to Health Card (RTHC) is a parent-held personal child health record used by health professionals and parents to monitor the health and development of a child. Low possession and retention of the RTHC by parents, as well as inadequate use of RTHC by health …
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Fabrication and function of microfluidic devices for monitoring of in-vitro fertilization processes
… of assistive reproduction is often a headache and heartache for those who choose to go through it. The field currently relies heavily on morphological characteristics to determine embryo health and development success, a highly unreliable method. While they appear healthy at implantation, many …
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Eye Gaze Does Not Attenuate Cognitive Load on 14-Month-Olds' Word-Object Associative Learning for Minimal Pairs
It is well established in developmental science that 14-month-old infants have significant difficulty associating pairs of objects with pairs of words that differ by a single phoneme (i.e., minimal pairs). This study used a traditional switch procedure in two experimental conditions (i.e., no face …
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THE INFLUENCE OF EXERCISE BEFORE AND DURING PREGNANCY ON OFFSPRING HEART FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
… that has been shown to have benefits for fetal and infant development (e.g. heart health and development). Most studies examining the influence of exercise during pregnancy on infant outcomes have enrolled women that were previously active and the exercise during pregnancy was self-reported. …
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