Papers

Getting it Right in the First 1000 Days

The project Strong Foundations: Getting it Right in the First 1000 Days is a collaboration between: the Centre for Community Child Health at the Murdoch...

05 November, 2017 / 0 Comments

The importance of Fathering on the Family Process

Fathering moderates the effects of maternal depression on the family process Abstract: Family provides the natural context for children’s growth and adaptation (Carpendale & Lewis,...

22 October, 2017 / 0 Comments

The persisting effect of maternal mood in pregnancy on childhood psychopathology

Prenatal maternal mood has a direct and persisting effect on her child’s psychiatric symptoms Abstract Developmental or fetal programming has emerged as a major model...

14 October, 2017 / 0 Comments

Positive father-child relationship can moderate negative effects of maternal depression

"Maternal depression negatively impacts children’s emotional and cognitive development and family life. Studies have shown that a home in which the mother suffers...

17 May, 2017 / 0 Comments

The Effects of Terrorism-Stress on Pregnant Women and their Offspring

Abstract "Literature shows that stress during pregnancy can have long-term effects on offspring. The purpose of this paper is to examine the possible connections...

30 April, 2017 / 0 Comments

Infant bonding and attachment to the caregiver

"The bonding and early life attachment between the infant and caregiver is a dynamic, bidirectional process involving caregiver nurturing of the infant, as...

22 April, 2017 / 0 Comments

Early intervention in Germany and in the USA: A comparison of supporting health services.

The article at hand provides an overview of early childhood prevention and intervention in Germany and in the USA. Presented are nine German and...

25 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Linking prenatal maternal adversity to developmental outcomes in infants: the role of epigenetic pathways.

"Prenatal exposure to maternal stress, anxiety, and depression can have lasting effects on infant development with risk of psychopathology. Although the impact of...

11 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Engaging and supporting fathers to promote breastfeeding

- Extract from the Scandinavian Journal of Midwives. "As a global public health recommendation, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s...

08 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

The Lancet Early Childhood Development Series

"The human brain develops faster after conception and through the ages of 2-3 than at any other time in life. It is also...

04 November, 2016 / 0 Comments