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The purpose of this book is to combine perspectives of scholars from Africa on Child Theologies from a variety of theological sub-disciplines to provide some theological and ministerial perspectives on this topic. The book disseminates original research and new developments in this study field, especially as relevant to the African context. In the process it addresses also the global need to hear voices from Africa in this academic field. It wants to convey the importance of considering Africa’s children in theologising. The different chapters represent diverse methodologies but the central and common focus is to approach the subject from the viewpoint of Africa’s children. The individual authors’ varied theological sub-disciplinary dispositions contribute to the unique and distinct character of the book. Almost all chapters are theoretical orientated with less empirical research, although some of the chapters refer to empirical research which the authors have done in the past.
Theology --- Child Theology --- Practical Theology --- Systematic Theology --- Childhood studies --- African Socio-cultural --- Africa --- Holistic Child Development
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Contemporary views of “livable communities” maintain that density and diversity are good for cities. Healthy communities are more pedestrian-friendly and less automobile-centric. Mixed use zoning keeps a flow of people through parks, streets, neighborhoods, and districts, which is good for business, safety, and tourism. Dwellings are human scale and locally-sourced food is more sustainable for the environment and healthier for individuals. But how should social institutions collaborate with those of the economic and political sectors to maximize community well-being? The United Way partnership model and the growing concern for triple-bottom-line outcomes involving financial, social, and environmental considerations offer a broad perspective on healthy communities.This special collection, therefore, employs a wide lens to examine multiple factors that characterize healthy communities including inclusiveness, equity, human rights, and mutual assistance. Researchers from various fields including psychiatry, public health, sociology, political science, community planning, economics, kinesiology, and social work present their findings on critical issues impacting the health of communities.
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Motor skills are a vital part of healthy development and are featured prominently both in physical examinations and in parents’ baby diaries. It has been known for a long time that motor development is critical for children’s understanding of the physical and social world. Learning occurs through dynamic interactions and exchanges with the physical and the social world, and consequently movements of eyes and head, arms and legs, and the entire body are a critical during learning. At birth, we start with relatively poorly developed motor skills but soon gain eye and head control, learn to reach, grasp, sit, and eventually to crawl and walk on our own. The opportunities arising from each of these motor milestones are profound and open new and exciting possibilities for exploration and interactions, and learning. Consequently, several theoretical accounts of child development suggest that growth in cognitive, social, and perceptual domains are influences by infants’ own motor experiences. Recently, empirical studies have started to unravel the direct impact that motor skills may have other domains of development. This volume is part of this renewed interest and includes reviews of previous findings and recent empirical evidence for associations between the motor domain and other domains from leading researchers in the field of child development. We hope that these articles will stimulate further research on this interesting question.
Motor development --- Developmental cascades --- developmental trajectories --- Child Development --- Cognition --- Perception --- Social Behavior --- language development --- Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Maternal mortality is still globally high and reducing it is a top priority. Teenage pregnancies have more complications and are also unwanted in many cases. This contributes to the high maternal mortality with both obstetric complications and burden of unsafe abortion. Additionally, many teenagers live in areas with heavy pollution that affects the mother and the unborn child. Global public health is a very important issue that aims to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote physical, mental and social well-being. Teenagers are the future, and maternal death is a disaster that should be prevented. Hence, research should aim to improve teenage reproductive health and influence policy makers. There are a variety of topics in this issue, with some conclusions and ways forward as described in different papers in this book.
Teenage pregnancies --- Unwanted pregnancies --- Unsafe abortion --- Postabortion care --- Contraception --- Fertility --- Environmental impacts on pregnancy --- Pregnancy outcome --- Early child development
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence on two cohorts of children, aged from 1 to 15 and from 8 to 22. It examines how poverty affects children’s development in low and middle income countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives, then goes on to show when key developmental differences occur. It uses new evidence to develop a framework of what matters most and when and outlines effective policy approaches to inform the no-one left behind Sustainable Development Goal agenda.
Child development --- Child poverty --- Ethiopia --- India --- Inequality/inequalities --- Life course --- Millennium Development Goals --- Peru --- Sustainable development goals --- Vietnam
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This open access book develops a theoretical concept of teaching that is relevant to early childhood education, and based on children’s learning and development through play. It discusses theoretical premises and research on playing and learning, and proposes the development of play-responsive didaktik. It examines the processes and products of learning and development, teaching and its phylogenetic and ontogenetic development, as well as the ‘what’ of learning and didaktik. Next, it explores the actions, objects and meaning of play and provides insight into the diversity of beliefs about the practices of play. The book presents ideas on how combined research and development projects can be carried out, providing incentive and a model for practice development and research. The second part of the book consists of empirical studies on teacher’s playing skills and examples of play with very young as well as older children.
Education --- Child development --- Teaching --- Educational psychology --- Education—Psychology --- Child psychology --- School psychology --- Infant psychology --- Language and languages—Study and teaching
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Mercury is a global pollutant that affects the health of both humans and ecosystems. This Special Issue collects three review papers and six research articles that report on the latest findings on the mechanisms of mercury toxicology and its impacts on environmental health. This collection of papers provides useful, new information on the mechanisms of mercury toxicity and methods of improving the risk assessment of mercury exposure.
Hg --- Cd --- Pb --- mRNA --- Fish --- methylmercury --- brain --- chemokine --- CCL4 --- heart rate variability --- methylmercury neurotoxicity --- review --- sympathodominant state --- methylmercury --- long term exposure --- symptoms --- neurological findings --- severity --- delayed toxicity --- correlation of signs and symptoms --- dose-response relationship --- methylmercury --- kinetics --- toxicity --- fetus --- exposure assessment --- methylmercury --- oxidative stress --- molecular mechanisms --- methylmercury --- mercury vapor --- metallothionein-III --- chemokine --- methylmercury --- prenatal exposure --- child development --- methylmercury --- cortical precursors --- developmental neurotoxicity --- low-dose exposure --- delayed effects --- n/a --- n/a
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There has been increased interest among scholars in recent decades focused on the intersection of family and religion. Yet, there is still much that is not well-understood in this area. This aim of this special issue is to further explore the influence of religion on family life. In particular, this issue includes a collection of studies from leading scholars on religion and family life that focus on ways in which religion and spirituality may influence various aspects of family life including family processes, family structure, family formation, family dissolution, parenting, and family relationships. The studies included incorporate both qualitative and quantitative analyses, incorporate a number of different religious traditions, focus on religiosity among both adults and youth, and explore a number of important issues such as depression, intimacy, sexual behavior, lying, divorce, and faith transmission.
evangelicals --- marriage --- divorce --- religious attendance --- vocabularies of motive --- paternity leave --- fatherhood --- religious participation --- father involvement --- parental conflict --- religion --- faith --- spirituality --- child development --- youth --- standardized test --- religious heterogamy --- paternal engagement --- marital happiness --- religious discord --- religious heterogamy --- parents --- socialization --- international --- religiosity --- religious affiliation --- religious attendance --- intergenerational transmission of religion --- parenting --- religious youth --- parent-youth relationships --- family --- religiosity --- emerging adults --- sexual behavior --- marital quality --- religious practices --- Christian media consumption --- intimate partner violence --- Ramadan --- Muslim families --- religion --- fasting --- Islam --- qualitative --- information management --- lying --- secrets --- adolescents --- Religion --- health --- family support --- race --- emerging adulthood --- religiousness --- religious identity --- religious types --- young adulthood --- family --- contexts --- typology --- practices --- beliefs --- sanctification --- spiritual intimacy --- parents --- parenting --- transition to parenthood --- religion --- depression --- religiosity --- parenting styles --- religious coping --- Latter-day Saint adolescents --- n/a
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This Special Issue of Children will focus on the migration arc of children from their country of origin through the experience in refugee camps and, finally, to their arrival in in a new home. It will examine the impact experiencing migration as refugees, immigrants or those internally displaced due to war and conflict has on children’s health. Explored topics include adverse health conditions, trauma and mental health, best practice and care coordination. It explores specific populations, such as children with disabilities, unaccompanied minors and child separation at international borders. This Special Issue also includes an examination of new clinical guidelines, the development of new care systems and advocacy for new policies. It also provides a summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’s specific mandate to provide for the most vulnerable children in need.
migration --- refugee --- internally displaced persons (IDP) --- immigrant --- children’s rights --- Budapest Declaration --- war --- migration --- resettlement --- refugee --- youth --- exclusion --- cultural norms --- Quebec --- Canada --- child morbidity --- disease burden --- refugee crisis --- immigrant families --- food insecurity --- supplemental nutrition assistance program --- refugee --- children --- anemia --- burns --- trauma --- foreign bodies --- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus --- Multidrugresistant gram negative bacteria --- climate change --- migration --- immigration policy --- children’s rights --- age assessments --- migration --- child-protection --- medico-legal ethics --- forensic evaluations --- limited English proficiency (LEP) --- linguistic minorities --- medical interpreters --- immigrants --- refugees --- Mayan --- youth --- refugee --- immigrant --- trauma --- health care --- children on the move --- refugees --- immigrants --- trauma informed care --- children’s rights --- oral health --- immigrant and refugee children --- culturally responsive care --- acculturation --- refugee --- gender --- trauma --- educational intervention --- Convention on the Rights of the Child --- child rights --- refugee --- asylum-seeking children --- child health --- child development --- Article 22 of the CRC --- children on the move --- refugee --- migrant --- children --- infectious diseases --- screening --- immunizations
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