In September 1979, China?s Fifth National People?s Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), campaigns were initiated to implement the One-Child Policy nationwide. This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. These campaigns priori...

Recent reports from the United Nations and other organizations working on mothers and child health showed dramatic declines in child mortality in almost all countries of the world, regardless of initial levels and socioeconomic circumstances. In the high income economies, such decline has happened already at the end of the 19th century. However, in low and middle income countries, noticeable de...

Q: What is the Commission’s goal? A: The goal is to reduce inequalities in health within countries and among countries. For example, under-five child mortality in some sub-Saharan countries is greater than 300 per 1000 live births and in Iceland, it is three per 1000 live births: there is no good biological reason for this. If we had the means and will to tackle this, we could prevent it. Withi...

Four recently completed large-scale randomized controlled trials have assessed the impact of insecticide-treated bednets and curtains on overall child mortality in Africa. These results have sparked numerous discussions among implementing agency representatives and researchers about the public health significance of the results. For the interpretation of impact, most of the arguments have been ...

The neural correlates of visualization underlying word comprehension were examined in preschool children. On each trial, a concrete or abstract word was delivered binaurally (part 1: post-auditory visualization), followed by a four-picture array (a target plus three distractors; part 2: matching visualization). Children were to select the picture matching the word they heard in part 1. Event-re...

Children develop narrative ability in the context of the conversations they have with significant others, mainly family members. Within these conversations, children acquire language and literacy and become socialized to the discourse patterns, beliefs, and values of the community inwhich they live. Recent research has begun to highlight that Latino mothers scaffold their children’s narratives ...