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Issues in the timing of integrated early interventions: contributions from nutrition, neuroscience, and psychological research by Wachs, Theodore D., Georgieff, Michael, Cusick, Sarah, McEwen, Bruce S.

“…A central issue when designing multidimensional biological and psychosocial interventions for children who are exposed to multiple developmental risks is…”
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Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development by Walker, Susan P, Prof, Wachs, Theodore D, Prof, Grantham-McGregor, Sally, Prof, Black, Maureen M, Prof, Nelson, Charles A, Prof, Huffman, Sandra L, ScD, Baker-Henningham, Helen, PhD, Chang, Susan M, PhD, Hamadani, Jena D, PhD, Lozoff, Betsy, Prof, Gardner, Julie M Meeks, Prof, Powell, Christine A, PhD, Rahman, Atif, Prof, Richter, Linda, Prof

“…Summary Inequality between and within populations has origins in adverse early experiences. Developmental neuroscience shows how early biological and…”
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Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development by Britto, Pia R, PhD, Lye, Stephen J, Prof, Proulx, Kerrie, PhD, Yousafzai, Aisha K, Prof, Matthews, Stephen G, Prof, Vaivada, Tyler, MSc, Perez-Escamilla, Rafael, Prof, Rao, Nirmala, Prof, Ip, Patrick, FRCPCH, Fernald, Lia C H, Prof, MacMillan, Harriet, Prof, Hanson, Mark, Prof, Wachs, Theodore D, Prof, Yao, Haogen, PhD, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu, Prof, Cerezo, Adrian, PhD, Leckman, James F, MD, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Prof

“…Summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a historic opportunity to implement interventions, at scale, to promote early childhood development…”
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Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries by Walker, Susan P, Prof, Wachs, Theodore D, Prof, Meeks Gardner, Julie, PhD, Lozoff, Betsy, Prof, Wasserman, Gail A, Prof, Pollitt, Ernesto, Prof, Carter, Julie A, PhD

“…Summary Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million children in developing countries from attaining their…”
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Maternal Depression: A Global Threat to Children's Health, Development, and Behavior and to Human Rights by Wachs, Theodore D., Black, Maureen M., Engle, Patrice L.

“…ABSTRACT— Depressive disorders are a common source of disability among women. In addition to the economic and human costs of maternal depression, children of…”
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Temperament theory and the study of cognition–emotion interactions across development by Henderson, Heather A., Wachs, Theodore D.

“…In this paper we review current definitions and measurement approaches used to assess individual differences in children’s temperament. We review the neural…”
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Child development in developing countries 2: Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries by Walker, Susan P, Wachs, Theodore D, Julie Meeks Gardner, Lozoff, Betsy

“…Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million children in developing countries from attaining their developmental…”
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Child Development 1: Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development by Walker, Susan P, Wachs, Theodore D, Grantham-McGregor, Sally, Black, Maureen M, Nelson, Charles A, Huffman, Sandra L, Baker-Henningham, Helen, Chang, Susan M, Hamadani, Jena D, Lozoff, Betsy, Gardner, Julie M Meeks, Powell, Christine A, Rahman, Atif, Richter, Linda

“…Inequality between and within populations has origins in adverse early experiences. Developmental neuroscience shows how early biological and psychosocial…”
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Bringing order out of chaos: Psychometric characteristics of the confusion, hubbub, and order scale by Matheny, Adam P., Wachs, Theodore D., Ludwig, Jennifer L., Phillips, Kay

“…A growing body of research has documented the relevance for children's development of “environmental confusion” (high levels of noise, crowding, home traffic…”
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Contributions of Temperament to Buffering and Sensitization Processes in Children's Development by WACHS, THEODORE D.

“…:  Temperament refers to relatively stable, early appearing, biologically rooted individual differences in behavioral traits. Individual differences in…”
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More than poverty: Pathways from economic inequality to reduced developmental potential by Wachs, Theodore D., Cueto, Santiago, Yao, Haogen

“…Studies from both high and low-middle income (LAMI) countries have documented how being reared in poverty is linked to compromised child development. Links…”
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Multiple influences on children's nutritional deficiencies: A systems perspective by Wachs, Theodore D

“…Abstract Under-nutrition and obesity are multi-determined. The multiple determinants of either under-nutrition or obesity are linked, thus forming a system of…”
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Necessary but Not Sufficient: The Respective Roles of Single and Multiple Influences on Individual Development by Wachs, Theodore D

“…Based on the view that individual variability is best understood as the result of influences from multiple domains operating over time, this book describes how…”
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Introduction to the special section on pathways underlying the impact of economic inequality on children’s development by Wachs, Theodore D., Cueto, Santiago

“…A special section of the International Journal of Behavioral Development devoted to the topic of pathways underlying the impact of economic inequality on…”
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Mechanisms linking parental education and stunting by Wachs, Theodore D

“…Similar findings from other studies in developing countries indicate that higher levels of maternal education are related to mothers' increased health…”
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Models linking nutritional deficiencies to maternal and child mental health by Wachs, Theodore D

“…The primary goal of this article was to illustrate how nutritional deficiencies can translate into adult or child mental health problems. Whereas brain…”
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Relation of home chaos to cognitive performance and behavioral adjustment of Pakistani primary school children by Shamama-tus-Sabah, Syeda, Gilani, Nighat, Wachs, Theodore D.

“…Recent findings from Western developed countries have linked home chaos to children’s cognitive performance and behavioral problems. In the present paper we…”
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Maternal education and intelligence predict offspring diet and nutritional status by Wachs, Theodore D, Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary, Cueto, Santiago, Jacoby, Enrique

“…The traditional assumption that children's nutritional deficiencies are essentially due either to overall food scarcity or to a lack of family resources to…”
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Relation of neonatal iron status to individual variability in neonatal temperament by Wachs, Theodore D., Pollitt, Ernesto, Cueto, Santiago, Jacoby, Enrique, Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary

“…The relation between indices of neonatal iron status and individual differences in neonatal temperament were investigated in a sample of 148 low‐income…”
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Policies to reduce undernutrition include child development by Black, Maureen M, Walker, Susan P, Wachs, Theodore D, Ulkuer, Nurper, Gardner, Julie Meeks, Grantham-McGregor, Sally, Lozoff, Betsy, Engle, Patrice L, de Mello, Meena Cabral

“…[...] were no long-term effects of nutritional supplementation, either alone or in combination with cognitive or social stimulation.79 Although the nutritional…”
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