@article {4981, title = {A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda}, journal = {Transcult PsychiatryTranscult Psychiatry}, volume = {46}, number = {2}, year = {2009}, note = {Betancourt, Theresa Stichick
Speelman, Liesbeth
Onyango, Grace
Bolton, Paul
eng
K01 MH077246/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
K01 MH077246-01A2/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
England
2009/06/23 09:00
Transcult Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;46(2):238-56. doi: 10.1177/1363461509105815.}, month = {Jun}, pages = {238-56}, abstract = {While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conducted 45 free list interviews and 57 key informant interviews. The rapid assessment approach appears to have worked well for interviewing caretakers and children aged 10-17 years. We describe several locally defined syndromes: two tam/par/kumu (depression and dysthymia-like syndromes), ma lwor (a mixed anxiety and depression-like syndrome), and a category of conduct problems referred to as kwo maraco/gin lugero. The descriptions of these local syndromes were similar to western mood, anxiety and conduct disorders, but included culture-specific elements.}, keywords = {*Cross-Cultural Comparison, *Developing Countries, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology, Dysthymic Disorder/diagnosis/*ethnology/psychology, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Refugees/*psychology, Social Problems/psychology, Uganda}, isbn = {1363-4615 (Print)
1363-4615 (Linking)}, author = {Betancourt, T. S. and Speelman, L. and Onyango, G. and Bolton, P.} } @article {4856, title = {A qualitative case study of child protection issues in the Indian construction industry: investigating the security, health, and interrelated rights of migrant families}, journal = {BMC Public Health}, volume = {13}, year = {2013}, note = {Betancourt, Theresa S
Shaahinfar, Ashkon
Kellner, Sarah E
Dhavan, Nayana
Williams, Timothy P
eng
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t
England
2013/09/21 06:00
BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 17;13:858. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-858.}, month = {Sep 17}, pages = {858}, abstract = {BACKGROUND: Many of India{\textquoteright}s estimated 40 million migrant workers in the construction industry migrate with their children. Though India is undergoing rapid economic growth, numerous child protection issues remain. Migrant workers and their children face serious threats to their health, safety, and well-being. We examined risk and protective factors influencing the basic rights and protections of children and families living and working at a construction site outside Delhi. METHODS: Using case study methods and a rights-based model of child protection, the SAFE model, we triangulated data from in-depth interviews with stakeholders on and near the site (including employees, middlemen, and managers); 14 participants, interviews with child protection and corporate policy experts in greater Delhi (8 participants), and focus group discussions (FGD) with workers (4 FGDs, 25 members) and their children (2 FGDs, 9 members). RESULTS: Analyses illuminated complex and interrelated stressors characterizing the health and well-being of migrant workers and their children in urban settings. These included limited access to healthcare, few educational opportunities, piecemeal wages, and unsafe or unsanitary living and working conditions. Analyses also identified both protective and potentially dangerous survival strategies, such as child labor, undertaken by migrant families in the face of these challenges. CONCLUSIONS: By exploring the risks faced by migrant workers and their children in the urban construction industry in India, we illustrate the alarming implications for their health, safety, livelihoods, and development. Our findings, illuminated through the SAFE model, call attention to the need for enhanced systems of corporate and government accountability as well as the implementation of holistic child-focused and child-friendly policies and programs in order to ensure the rights and protection of this hyper-mobile, and often invisible, population.}, keywords = {*Child Welfare, *Construction Industry, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Focus Groups, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, India, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Transients and Migrants/*statistics \& numerical data}, isbn = {1471-2458 (Electronic)
1471-2458 (Linking)}, author = {Betancourt, T. S. and Shaahinfar, A. and Kellner, S. E. and Dhavan, N. and Williams, T. P.} } @article {603, title = {Quality of early childhood development programs in global contexts: Rationale for investment, conceptual framework and implications for equity. Society for Research in Child Development Social Policy Report}, volume = {25}, number = {2}, year = {2011}, institution = {Society for Research in Child Development}, url = {http://www.srcd.org/sites/default/files/documents/spr_v252rev.pdf}, author = {P. R. Britto and H. Yoshikawa and K. Boller} } @article {304, title = {A quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of social rejection.}, journal = {Sci Rep}, volume = {3}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {2027}, abstract = {

Early neuroimaging studies using Cyberball suggested that social rejection activated the pain matrix, as identified in studies of physical pain. However, these early studies were characterized by small sample sizes. Our statistical multi-level kernel density analysis (MKDA) of Cyberball neuroimaging studies with 244 participants fails to support the claim that social rejection operates on the same pain matrix as nociceptive stimuli, questioning whether social pain is more figurative or literal. We also performed an MKDA of the neuroimaging studies of reliving a romantic rejection to test whether the pain matrix was activated if the rejection were more meaningful. Results again failed to support the notion that rejection activates the neural matrix identified in studies of physical pain. Reliving an unwanted rejection by a romantic partner was significantly characterized by activation within and beyond the \"Cyberball\" brain network, suggesting that the neural correlates of social pain are more complex than previously thought.

}, keywords = {Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Social Distance}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/srep02027}, author = {Cacioppo, Stephanie and Frum, Chris and Asp, Erik and Weiss, Robin M and Lewis, James W and Cacioppo, John T} } @article {338, title = {Quantitative EEG in low-IQ children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.}, journal = {Clin Neurophysiol}, volume = {117}, year = {2006}, month = {2006 Aug}, pages = {1708-14}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated EEG differences between children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and matched control subjects, with either normal or low IQs.

METHODS: Twenty normal-IQ and 20 low-IQ children with AD/HD, and 40 age-, IQ- and sex-matched control subjects participated in this study. EEG was recorded from 21 sites during an eyes-closed resting condition and Fourier transformed to provide estimates for total power, and absolute and relative power in the delta, theta, alpha and beta bands.

RESULTS: Children with AD/HD had increased theta activity with decreased levels of alpha and beta activity compared to control subjects. IQ was not found to impact on the EEG. No significant differences were found between subjects with normal and low IQs, with the low- and high-IQ AD/HD groups having similar EEG profiles.

CONCLUSIONS: Low-IQ children with AD/HD have similar EEG abnormalities to those with normal IQs, and IQ does not appear to impact on EEG power measures.

SIGNIFICANCE: This is the first study to investigate EEG differences in low-IQ children with and without AD/HD.

}, keywords = {Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Child, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Intellectual Disability, Intelligence Tests, Male}, issn = {1388-2457}, doi = {10.1016/j.clinph.2006.04.015}, author = {Clarke, Adam R and Barry, Robert J and McCarthy, Rory and Selikowitz, Mark and Magee, Christopher A and Johnstone, Stuart J and Croft, Rodney J} } @article {6797, title = {Quantifying the Life-Cycle Benefits of an Influential Early-Childhood Program}, journal = {Journal of Political Economy}, year = {2020}, month = {Sep-05-2021}, pages = {000 - 000}, keywords = {early childhood programs, Economics}, issn = {0022-3808}, doi = {10.1086/705718}, url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/705718}, author = {Garc{\'\i}a, Jorge Luis and Heckman, James J. and Leaf, Duncan Ermini and Prados, Mar{\'\i}a Jos{\'e}} } @article {6160, title = {A Qualitative Study of Mechanisms Underlying Effects of a Parenting Intervention in Rural Liberia}, journal = {The European Journal of Development Research}, volume = {29}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-11-2017}, pages = {964 - 982}, keywords = {harsh discipline, Liberia, Parenting, young children}, issn = {0957-8811}, doi = {10.1057/s41287-017-0101-8}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41287-017-0101-8}, author = {Giusto, Ali and Friis, Elsa and Sim, Amanda L. and Chase, Rhea M. and Zayzay, John O. and Green, Eric and Puffer, Eve} } @article {6126, title = {Quality of infant child care and early infant development in Portuguese childcare centers}, journal = {Early Childhood Research Quarterly}, volume = {48}, year = {2019}, month = {Feb-02-2019}, pages = {246 - 255}, issn = {08852006}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.04.003}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885200619300614}, author = {Pinto, Ana Isabel and Cadima, Joana and Coelho, Vera and Bryant, Donna M. and Peixoto, Carla and Pessanha, Manuela and Burchinal, Margaret R. and Barros, S{\'\i}lvia} } @article {7320, title = {Quantifying Heckman: Are Governments in Eastern and Southern Africa Maximizing Returns on Investments in Early Childhood Development?}, year = {2021}, publisher = {UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office}, keywords = {early childhood development, Eastern and Southern Africa, Education}, url = {https://www.unicef.org/esa/documents/quantifying-heckman}, author = {UNICEF} }