Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations
Subtitle: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics
Contributors: Daniel P. Keating (Editor); Clyde Hertzman (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781572304543
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Sociology, Social Studies; Social medicine; International Relations - General; Psychology Of Adjustment; Sociology Of Medicine; Politics / Current Events; Public Health; Psychology; Developmental - Child; Medical-Public Health; Political Science / International Relations; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Psychology-Developmental - Child; Developmental Psychology; Child development; General; Developmental - General; Medical; Adjustment (Psychology)
First sentence: A puzzling paradox confronts observers of modern society.
Description: "This volume asks how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change. The book presents cogent findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon.

Topics covered include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early experience upon brain and behavioral development; and how schools and communities can develop new kinds of learning environments to enhance adaptation and foster intellectual growth."--BOOK JACKET.