Child and Adolescent Development: An Expanded Focus for Public Health in Africa - Softcover

 
9781919895512: Child and Adolescent Development: An Expanded Focus for Public Health in Africa

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<div>For children to thrive. they must make good developmental progress from birth until the end of adolescence. Addressing the social determinants of developmental problems, this volume offers a broad, contextualised understanding of the factors that impact on children and adolescents in Africa. Unlike other works on the subject, it is Africa-wide in its scope, with case studies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. Covering mental health as well as physical and social development, it looks at policies and practice, culture and priorities for research, identifying challenges, and proposing solutions.</div>

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<div><b>Charlotte Hanlon</b> is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King&#39;s College, London.<b> Anne Stevenson</b> is the Program Director of the Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African Populations (NeuroGAP) Psychosis Project. <b>Mark Tomlinson</b> is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and co-Director of the Institute for Child and Family Health Research at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is also an Honorary Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.</div>

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ISBN 10:  0673390802 ISBN 13:  9780673390806
Verlag: Longman Higher Education, 1981
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