Format:
Online-Ressource (XX, 347 p, online resource)
ISBN:
9781461468349
Series Statement:
Specialty Topics in Pediatric Neuropsychology
Content:
Increasingly, global humanitarian efforts are focusing on improving the lives of children. And among the developing world, the African nations are particularly affected by extreme weather conditions, devastating pandemics, and armed conflict. Neurocognitive science offers significant avenues toward bringing needed aid to the continent while creating a template for helping children worldwide. The studies in Neuropsychology of Children in Africa clearly illustrate how the brain develops and adjusts in the face of adversity. Contributors span assessment approaches and public health risk factors, and represent established topics and emerging lines of research, including biocultural constructs and genomic technologies. Together, these chapters argue for methodology that is culturally sensitive, scientifically rigorous, consistent, and sustainable. And although the focus is pediatric, the book takes a lifespan approach to prevention and intervention, modeling a universal framework for understanding neurocognitive development. Included in the coverage: Assessment of very young children in Africa in the context of HIV. Psychosocial aspects of malnutrition among African children. Assessment of neuropsychological outcomes in pediatric severe malaria. Neurodisability screening using the Ten Questions questionnaire. The neuropsychology of sickle cell disease in West African children. Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for African children. As a guide to current findings or a springboard for new studies, Neuropsychology of Children in Africa is a necessary reference for researchers, policymakers, and diverse professionals in global aid organizations, and across the discipline.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preface; The Purpose of This Book; The Professional Pilgrimage Leading to the Inception of This Book; Influences Shaping the Public Health Emphasis in the Neuropsychology of African Children; Student Collaborators and the Further Formation of This Book; Biocultural Co-constructivism as the Organizing Framework for This Book; References; Acknowledgments; Bruno Giordani; Michael J. Boivin; References; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Neuropsychology of African Children Within a Co-constructivist Paradigm
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1.1 The Neurodevelopment of African Children: A Strategic Vantage Point1.1.1 Three Areas of Emphasis for Each Chapter; 1.1.2 Cross-Level Dynamic Biocultural Co-constructivism; 1.1.3 Principal Emphases of Li's Biocultural Co-constructivism; 1.1.4 Framework for Introductory Overview of Successive Chapters; 1.2 Approaches to Assessment of Very Young Children in Africa in the Context of HIV (Kammerer, Isquith, and Lundy); 1.3 Acknowledging Methodological Complexity in Assessing Children in HIV-Affected Communities (Kvalsvig, Taylor, Kauchali, and Chhagan)
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1.4 Cognitive, Motor, and Behavioral Development of Orphans of HIV/AIDS in Institutional Contexts (Ferguson and Lee)1.5 Factors Contributing to the Psychosocial Adjustment of Ugandan Preschool Children with HIV/AIDS (Busman, Page, Oka, Giordani, and Boivin); 1.6 Examining the Psychosocial Adjustment and School Performance of Ugandan Children with HIV/AIDs (Busman, Oka, Giordani, and Boivin); 1.7 Screening for Neurodisability in Low-Resource Settings Using the Ten Questions Questionnaire (Lorencz and Boivin); 1.8 Language Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Alcock and Alibhai)
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1.9 Psychosocial Aspects of Malnutrition Among African Children: Antecedents, Consequences, and Interventions (Abubakar)1.10 Assessing the Effects of Maternal Anemia on Child Development in Benin (Bodeau-Livinec, Cot, Koura, and Boivin); 1.11 The Assessment of Skill Learning in African Children (Adi-Japha); 1.12 Neuropsychology of Severe Malaria in African Children (Holding and Boivin); 1.13 Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Training (CCRT) for African Children with Brain Injury from Disease (Bangirana, Boivin, and Giordani)
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1.14 Measurement of Cognitive Outcomes of At-Risk Children Using Novelty Processing in Rural Kenyan Children (Kihara)1.15 The Neuropsychology of Sickle-Cell Disease in West African Children (Ruffieux and Hauert); 1.16 Evidence for a Universal Brain/Behavior Omnibus Within a Co-constructivist Paradigm; References; Chapter 2: Approaches to Assessment of Very Young Children in Africa in the Context of HIV; 2.1 HIV and the Children of Africa; 2.2 Current Approaches to Assessment; 2.3 Measures Developed Within Africa; 2.4 Measures Adapted for Use in Africa
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2.5 Guidelines for Adapting Existing Measures
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781461468332
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4614-6833-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Afrika
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Kind
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Resilienz
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Afrika
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Kind
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Psychosoziale Entwicklung
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Afrika
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Kind
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Kognitive Entwicklung
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-6834-9
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