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Onyango, Silas; Brentani, Alexandra; Fink, Günther – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Globally, an estimated 15 million children are born prematurely each year, resulting in a high burden of under-five mortality and neurodevelopmental disability. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a key intervention to support the development of preterm infants. However, evidence on the impact of KMC in routine care settings remains limited. This paper…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Infant Care, Child Health, Mothers
Roe, Elizabeth; Jensen, Lynn; Finlay-Jones, Amy; White, Scott W.; Wong, Kingsley; Leonard, Helen; Straker, Leon; Downs, Jenny – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Aim: To investigate developmental trajectories in early childhood and predictors of class assignment. Methods: Data were available for Gen2 infants at 12 (n = 2275), 24 (n = 1845) and 36 (n = 2110) months of age in the Raine Study. Latent growth class analysis was used to identify developmental trajectories based on the Ages and Stages…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Risk, Risk Assessment

Cherry, Flora F.; Eaton, Ethel L. – Child Development, 1977
Children of 200 low-income families were studied to determine possible deleterious outcomes due to maternal employment in the child's first 3 years of life. When 8-year follow-up data were controlled for maternal variables, 30 differences in outcomes were found, 27 of which favored children of workers. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Infants
Dayton, Delbert H. – Children, 1969
Relates studies of the effects of pre- and post-natal and childhood malnutrition on physical and mental development. Discusses national and international nutrition problems and solutions. (DR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Health
Lehn, Hanne; Derks, Eske M.; Hudziak, James J.; Heutink, Peter; van Beijsterveldt, Toos; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To study familial and nonfamilial environmental influences on attention problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant-high and low for these traits. Method: Ninety-five twin pairs from The Netherlands Twin Register were selected. Longitudinal survey data were collected at 1,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Influences, Behavior Problems, Motor Development
Jacobson, Sandra W.; Dowler, Jeffrey K. – 1984
An investigation was made of the behavioral effects of caffeine in a sample of 313 newborns and their mothers. A weighted measure of caffeine based on daily ingestion of coffee, tea, and cola was derived from a maternal interview. The majority of mothers consumed the equivalent of about 1.3 cups of coffee per day. Infant outcome measures included…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Motor Development
Frankova, S. – Nutritio et Dieta, 1972
Deals with some of the important relations between mother and environmental factors in their effects on an infant somatic and behavioral development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Early Experience, Environmental Influences
Chernoff, Jodi Jacobson; Flanagan, Kristin Denton; McPhee, Cameron; Park, Jennifer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) is designed to provide detailed information on children's development, health, and early learning experiences in the years leading up to entry into school. The ECLS-B is the first nationally representative study within the United States to directly assess children's early mental and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Inferences, Physical Development, Infants
Pollitt, Ernesto; Gilmore, Michael – 1977
This study tests the proposition that selective behaviors of both mother and infant during feeding are predictors of weight gain during the first month of life. Forty normal mother-neonate pairs were studied, and the target behaviors were examined using an adaptation of the techniques developed by Brown and Bakeman (in which approximately 60…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis

Izard, Carroll E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Examined cardiac activity during the first 13 months of life. Indexes of cardiac activity changed in an orderly way with development. There were intercorrelations among the cardiac measures. Analyses indicated that measures of heart-rate variability were significantly higher in insecure children than in secure children. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior
Badger, Earladeen – 1970
Specific suggestions are offered for mother-infant activities, sequenced according to developmental levels, which foster the physical and mental development of the infant and the socio-emotional relationship between mother and infant. The activities are intended for use by professionals, paraprofessionals, and mother-teacher aides who work with…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Developmental Programs, Home Programs
Roeder, Lois M., Ed. – Nutrition Reports International, 1973
Contents of this symposium include the following papers: "Effect of Maternal Protein Malnutrition on Neonatal Lung Development and Mitochondrial Function," E. J. Hawrylewicz, J. Q. Kissane, W. H. Blair and C. A. Heppner; "Effect of the Level of Nutrition on Rates of Cell Proliferation and of RNA and Protein Syntheses in the Rat," L. M. Roeder;…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Environmental Influences, Hunger, Individual Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1973
Part One of these hearings before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs of the United States Senate includes the testimony of scientists and doctors engaged in research regarding the relationship between maternal, fetal, and infant nutrition and optimum mental and physical development of the child. In testimony it was shown that the…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Federal Programs
Suskind, Diana; Iseghohimhen, Tony Onon; Aondo-Akaa, Patricia Ashi – 1998
This study examined the effect of the young child-carrying practices of Nigerian women on gross motor and language development in young children. The data collected were designed to help ascertain if and how these practices affect the child's later development. The data documented a variety of factors, including: general medical background,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Pridham, Karen F.; And Others – 1995
This study examined the extent to which caregiving nurturance expressed in mothers' working models of infant feeding changed during the infant's first year and explored the influence of the infant's biologic development on this caregiving nurturance. Three methodologies were used: (1) 59 mothers of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants with a…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Body Weight, Child Health, Diseases
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