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Zusatztext "Whenever Penelope Leach writes about children and childhood! the world rightly listens. Young children's nurturance has been far too low a priority for decades. In assembling 25 leading-edge contributions showcasing the latest scientific thinking on infant wellbeing! Leach's much-needed new book will be a key resource for both advancing that science and for closing the yawning gap between what we know and what policy-makers do in and around early childhood. Anyone connected with young children's lives can't afford not to read it." (Dr Richard House! C.Psychol.! founder of Early Childhood Action)Something is badly wrong with the mental health of young Britons! and baby and toddlerhood is where it starts. The science now backs up what our hearts have always known: we have to take better care of young parents. Clear! and stunningly comprehensive! in this book Dr. Leach assembles an army of reasoned voices at the gates of government! calling for a revolution. (Steve Biddulph! AM) Informationen zum Autor Penelope Leach is a research psychologist specalising in infant development. She is a fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London and of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. She is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Winchester. Zusammenfassung Transforming Infant Wellbeing brings together science and policy to highlight the critical importance of the first 1001 days of infancy: the period from conception to the second birthday. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Issues in infant wellbeing Fifty years of childhood Penelope Leach Changing society’s attitudes to children and families Al Aynsley-Green Part II. Evidence A: Early experiences and later outcomes 3. Circuits and circumstances: importance of earliest relationships and their context. Robin Balbernie 4. Attachment theory: research and application to practice and policy Pasco Fearon 5. Maternal representations in pregnancy: importance of the mothers' relationship with their unborn babies Jane Barlow 6. Keeping the baby in mind: new insights into the links between maternal childhood trauma, mental health problems in pregnancy and outcomes for the child Susan Pawlby, Dominic Plant, Carmine M. Pariante 7. Postnatal depression and the under-twos Lynne Murray and Peter Cooper B: Perinatal Risk Factors with demonstrable long-term ill-effects 8. Health inequalities and the importance of action on perinatal risk factors Angela Donkin and Michael Marmot 9. Stacked odds: how social background can stifle early child potential Chris Cuthbert 10. Antenatal and postnatal mental health problems: prevention and treatment Alain Gregoire 11. Stress in pregnancy can change fetal and child development Vivette Glover 12. Birth trauma Diane S. Speier C. Policies with potential to reduce risks and improve outcomes 13. Investing in early human development Mary E. Young 14. What makes a difference? Supporting families in caring for children Peter Fonagy 15. Evidence-based interventions for the first 1001 days Kirsten Asmussen, Leon Feinstein, Haroon Chowdry, Jack Martin 16. Transforming infancy through paternity and parental leave Margaret O’Brien 17. Towards an evidence-based population approach to supporting parenting in the early years Matthew R. Sanders and Alina Morawska D...
