Promoting Child Development in Primary Health Care
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
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Interests: access to care in low-resourced settings; early intervention services; early detection; mHealth; voice disorders
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Primary health care (PHC) services are the entry point to the healthcare system for families’ and are intended to be accessible and affordable to all. This whole-of-society approach is endorsed by the World Health Organization (2023) [1] as a vehicle to ensure the highest possible level of health and well-being by focusing on people’s needs as early as possible, with services ranging from health promotion and disease prevention to treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. Optimizing this level of care promotes child development and can ameliorate developmental delays and disorders. The value of early identification, developmental surveillance, and intervention is well established based on the apex period of neural plasticity below 5 years of age [2]. The majority of children with developmental delays and disorders reside in low- and middle-income countries, where healthcare resources are often limited [3]. Researchers have consequently explored alternatives to service delivery to improve accessibility and developmental outcomes of young children. Innovative approaches include mHealth solutions, prevention and promotion measures, and service delivery through mobilized community stakeholders. Papers addressing these topics are invited to be submitted to this Special Issue, with an emphasis on innovative solutions to improve child development in vulnerable populations through PHC.
References
- World Health Organization. Primary Health Care. 2023. Available online: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/primary-health-care (accessed on 19 November 2024).
- Fandakova, Y.; Hartley, C.A. Mechanisms of learning and plasticity in childhood and adolescence. Dev. Cogn. Neurosci. 2020, 42, 100764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100764
- Kohli-Lynch, M.; Tann, C.J.; Ellis, M.E. Early intervention for children at high risk of developmental disability in low-and middle-income countries: a narrative review. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4449. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224449
Dr. Jeannie Van der Linde
Dr. Maria du Toit
Dr. Renata Eccles
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- early childhood development
- developmental screening
- developmental surveillance
- early identification
- primary health care
- community-based rehabilitation
- early intervention
- caregiver training
- mHealth solutions
- access to care
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