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Child Development in Pediatrics
Beyond Rhetoric
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:1294-1295.
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THE EXTENSIVE recent focus on the importance of early childhood development
by multiple sources is unprecedented and indicates that it has become a national
priority. Most important for pediatricians, parents are listening! To ensure
a scientific base for programs and policy, the National Academy of Sciences
(Washington, DC), as published in its book From Neurons
to Neighborhoods,1 has rigorously reviewed
the evidence on what is known about early child development and how to improve
outcomes. Among other findings, it reports that early childhood experiences
influence brain development and shape long-term behavioral outcomes and that
parental mental health problems, particularly maternal depression and family
violence, pose heavy developmental burdens on young children. The provocative
and influential book Developmental Health and the Wealth
of Nations,2 produced by a multidisciplinary
group of scientists, synthesizes relevant research and promotes the proposition
that the social context during infancy contributes not only to brain development
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