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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"the First Thousand Days"”.
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Focus on first peoples first thousand days : Cultural safety from the perspectives of select Aboriginal women in Regina, Saskatchewan
ABSTRACT Background. A wealth of data highlights the health disparities and barriers to health care experienced by Aboriginal women and children when compared to non-Aboriginal women and children. The first thousand days time period, from conception to the age of two, is an opportunity for health …
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One Meal at a time: Nourishment in the Cape Winelands
Emerging fields of inquiry in epigenetics and the 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease’ (DOHaD) propose the 'first thousand days’ of life as a critical period for the formation of new life. During this time food is one crucial set of signals that edits life, and is particularly pertinent in …
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Exploring perceptions of support amongst caregivers in first thousand day-friendly churches in the Western Cape
Introduction According to The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2018) the First Thousand Days (FTD) of life, which is the period from conception to two years old, is a unique window of opportunity. There is a wide body of evidence pointing to the role of stable and responsive caregiving to …
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Mothers matter: a critical exploration of motherhood and development through a video card intervention in a local clinic
… well-being and population futures, argue that mothers matter during the first thousand days of a baby's life, which commences from conception to the age of two. Women, particularly (black, working class) pregnant women and mothers, have consequently become the target of several international and …