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Practitioners' Perceptions and Experiences of the Baby Mat Mental Healthcare Intervention
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Preston, Nikki; Amod, Zaytoon; Frost, Katharine – Child Care in Practice, 2019
This study explored the perceptions of practitioners who deliver the Baby Mat community-based, parent--infant mental healthcare intervention offered at primary healthcare clinics in Alexandra Township, South Africa. This intervention aims to foster secure attachments between mothers/caregivers and infants, shaping a healthy foundation for future…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Intervention, Primary Health Care
Maintaining the Mother-Child Relationship within the Irish Prison System: The Practitioner Perspective
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O'Malley, Sinead; Devaney, Carmel – Child Care in Practice, 2016
There is a dearth of research on the experience of motherhood within the Irish prison system. This paper considers the specific issue of facilitating contact between incarcerated mothers and their children. It is based on a study which explores the views of practitioners working directly with mothers in prison on how the mother-child relationship…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Assessing Home Environment for Early Child Development in Pakistan
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Nadeem, Sanober; Rafique, Ghazala; Khowaja, Liaquat; Yameen, Anjum – Child Care in Practice, 2014
Family environment plays a very important role in early child development and the availability of stimulating material in the early years of a child's life is crucial for optimising development. The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory is one of the most widely used measures to assess the quality and quantity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Child Development, Early Experience
The Effect of Breastfeeding and Stimulation in the Home on Cognitive Development in One-Year-Old Infants
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Sloan, Seaneen; Stewart, Moira; Dunne, Laura – Child Care in Practice, 2010
Research on the effects of breastfeeding on child cognitive development has produced conflicting results, and many studies do not account for infant stimulation in the home. The aim of this study is to determine whether breastfeeding predicts enhanced cognitive development in one-year-old infants after controlling for the main socio-economic and…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Infants, Interviews, Regression (Statistics)
Growth, Learning and Development Study: Summary of Research, Findings and Recommendations
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Stewart, Moira C.; Iwaniec, Dorota; Sneddon, Helga; Dunne, Laura; Sloan, Seaneen; Gildea, Aideen; Allen, Sarah J.; McErlean, Lorrainne – Child Care in Practice, 2007
The Growth, Learning and Development (GLAD) study aimed to examine how a broad range of factors influence child weight during the first year of life. Assessments were undertaken within a multidisciplinary team framework. The sample was drawn from the community and data collection was undertaken in the four Greater Belfast Trusts. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Body Weight, Performance Factors, Perinatal Influences
Conference Summary
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Doherty, Cait – Child Care in Practice, 2009
This article summarizes an original conference, organised by the Child Care Research Forum (http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/ccrf/), which brought together experts from all over Northern Ireland to showcase some of the wealth of research with children and young people that is going on in the country today. Developed around the six high-level outcomes of…
Descriptors: Clergy, Educational Research, Children, Youth