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Infant and Child Development in Africa: The Current State of the Field
Mark Tomlinson
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While 90% of the 135 million infants born in the world each year live in low-income or developing countries, in a recent survey only 4% of the articles in 12 major international infancy and developmental journals were found to address the experience of infants living in the developing world. Yet, in conditions of extreme poverty and instability, conditions characteristic of Africa, the pressures on parents differ markedly from those facing parents in communities that are typically the focus of research in child development. This timely book addresses the dearth of literature in this area. There is an ... Read more
While 90% of the 135 million infants born in the world each year live in low-income or developing countries, in a recent survey only 4% of the articles in 12 major international infancy and developmental journals were found to address the experience of infants living in the developing world. Yet, in conditions of extreme poverty and instability, conditions characteristic of Africa, the pressures on parents differ markedly from those facing parents in communities that are typically the focus of research in child development. This timely book addresses the dearth of literature in this area. There is an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
UCT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cape Town, South Africa
ISBN
9781919895512
SKU
V9781919895512
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99-2
About Mark Tomlinson
Dr Mark Tomlinson is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and is the Regional Editor (Africa) for the international journal Global: The Journal of Human Population Health and Development.
Reviews for Infant and Child Development in Africa: The Current State of the Field
.. . a sorely needed and very valuable contribution to the existing knowledge base on child development in lower-resource settings
Dr Debbie Kaminer, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town
Dr Debbie Kaminer, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town