Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries.
Lancet
; 369(9556): 145-57, 2007 Jan 13.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17223478
ABSTRACT
Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million children in developing countries from attaining their developmental potential. We review the evidence linking compromised development with modifiable biological and psychosocial risks encountered by children from birth to 5 years of age. We identify four key risk factors where the need for intervention is urgent stunting, inadequate cognitive stimulation, iodine deficiency, and iron deficiency anaemia. The evidence is also sufficient to warrant interventions for malaria, intrauterine growth restriction, maternal depression, exposure to violence, and exposure to heavy metals. We discuss the research needed to clarify the effect of other potential risk factors on child development. The prevalence of the risk factors and their effect on development and human potential are substantial. Furthermore, risks often occur together or cumulatively, with concomitant increased adverse effects on the development of the world's poorest children.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Carência Psicossocial
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Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Transtornos do Crescimento
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article