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“On the outside: Interventions with infants and families at risk”

✍ Scribed by Joy D. Osofsky

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
70 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0163-9641

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✦ Synopsis

Infants and families at high psychosocial risk may be considered "on the outside," that is, outside of the mainstream for healthy development and for well-being because of many different factors. They may be lacking the crucial ingredients that are necessary for healthy physical and emotional development that include good nutrition and health care, predictable caregiving, and guidance to develop the intellectual and emotional skills to succeed in school and in life. Some of the risk factors that may keep infants and families "on the outside" include poverty, teenage pregnancy, and violence exposure. In this paper, I will discuss different types and levels of intervention for infants at risk taking place in different settings around the world carried out by WAIMH members including a naturalistic intervention an orphanage in St. Petersburg, Russia, a community-based intervention program in Puerto Allegre, Brazil, and a community-based violence prevention and intervention program in New Orleans, Louisiana. Variety and levels of evaluation and assessment are also discussed. Finally, as President of WAIMH, I consider different perspectives on the future for WAIMH.

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