15 research outputs found
Children's Engagement with Digital Technology in Educational Spaces
No full textMapping evidence pertaining to children's engagement with digital technology within educational space
Digital Technology Use and Child Well-being - EMA study
No full textEcological momentary assessment study. Parent report data regarding young children's (first 3 years of primary school) use of digital technology, externalising behaviours, positive and negative affect, and parent-child interactions
Associations between digital technology use and psychosocial well-being at age of school entry: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textThis review addresses the research question: In what ways are digital technology use and childhood psychosocial well-being associated in young children (aged 4-6
years)
Meeting the psychosocial needs of refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa: prespective of NGO service providers
No full textSince 1994, South Africa has become one of the major destinations for asylum-seekers and refugees from unsettled countries throughout the African continent. While the international literature has recognised that refugees and asylum-seekers across many different countries have complex psychosocial needs, there is a dearth of literature regarding the psychosocial needs of refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa. A number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) provide services to refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa. However, literature documenting the psychosocial needs that refugees and asylum-seekers present with and the range of services provided by these NGOs is severely limited. In the context of this gap, this study aimed to explore the psychosocial needs that refugees and asylum-seekers in Cape Town present with when they approach an organisation for help, as well as the service provision responses to these needs. In order to do this, a qualitative study focusing on service providers' perceptions about the psychosocial needs of refugees and asylum-seekers in Cape Town, and of service responses to these needs, was conducted. A qualitative approach was used in order to elicit in-depth data from multiple perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 service providers recruited from four NGOs in Cape Town. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data generated from the semi-structured interviews. The results of this study emphasise the need to address social and material conditions resulting from conflict and displacement. These needs were perceived as most pressing and immediate. Furthermore, the service provision responses to these needs align with the ecological model, adding to literature that suggests that a multi-modal response is more appropriate for refugees and asylum-seekers than a bio-medically focused response. The findings of this study may contribute to the development of a systematic framework for understanding and responding to the needs of refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa, and potentially other low and middle-income countries
Digital Technology Use and Well-being in Young Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
No full textDigital Technology Use and Well-being in Young Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysi
Early relational health and its impact on the developing brain – A scoping review
No full textThe formation of secure parent-child bonds in early life, hereto referred to as early relational health, plays a central role in healthy development. However, the evidence on how early relational health ‘gets under the skin’ to impact the developing brain remains unclear. Here we provide a scoping review of the extant literature and synthesise evidence on the link between relational health from conception to age three and subsequent brain structure, function and connectivity. Literature searches in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase databases yielded 6,960 studies. After screening, 64 studies were included in the review. Results were synthesised based on the type of relational health examined, type of imaging modality (e.g., electroencephalogram, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging), and developmental stage. We identified studies of the relationship between early relational health and brain structure, function, and connectivity that spanned from childhood to young adulthood (but not further). There was evidence for early relational health to be associated with patterns of brain activation that may reflect the experience of more positive emotions and reduced risk for psychopathology. However, few studies examined longitudinal changes in brain structure, function and connectivity. Even fewer have examined relational health beyond the mother-infant bond. Future research is needed to improve understanding of the impact of relational health on brain development, and to ascertain whether such impacts reflect a mechanism linking relational health with health and wellbeing across the lifespan
Handbook of Florists\u27 Crops Diseases
No full textFebina M. Mathew (with T.J. Gulya, R. Harveson, S. Markell, and C. Block ) is a contributing author, Diseases of the Sunflower.
From the publishers website: Chapters outline up-to-date strategies regarding breeding, chemical and biological control, cultural and environmental manipulation, diagnosis, nutrition, and sanitation and how these approaches directly influence ornamental plant health. This book is a presentation of the latest techniques for disease management by a global team of experts. The book addresses the major diseases of economically important ornamentals with the goal of capturing the latest disease management strategies along with diagnostic photographs. Florists’ crops production has evolved considerably through new technological advances in irrigation, environmental control, along with the appearance of new centers of large scale production of plant material. These changes have necessitated the development of newer and innovative ways of suppressing pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes.https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/plant_book/1004/thumbnail.jp
Children's Engagement with Digital Technology in Educational Spaces: A Scoping Review
No full textChildren's Engagement with Digital Technology in Educational Spaces: A Scoping Revie
Mapping the Influence of Infant-Parent Relational Quality on Life Course Relationships: A Scoping Review of Prospective Cohort Studies
No full textThis review is part of a series of scoping reviews of population-based cohort studies, designed to inform public health approaches to strengthening the relational ecology of early child development. Here, we scoped prospective cohort studies that have assessed the association between infant-parent relational health during the first years of life (from conception to age three years) and relationship quality across the life course. Studies were included if they explored predictor measurement of infant relational behaviors with their parent (e.g., attachment status) or parent relational behaviors with their infant (e.g., parental sensitivity), and a relational health outcome across the whole social ecology. A systematic search of the literature was conducted in September 2023. The search identified 15,454 articles, of which 108 studies were deemed eligible for inclusion. An additional nine articles were identified via citation searching resulting in 117 included studies. We examined associations across four developmental periods (early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and adulthood), in a range of affiliative relationships, disaggregating outcomes in intra-familial and extra-familial relationships. Despite considerable variation in measurement and sampling, we found consistent evidence of enduring influence of infant-parent relationship quality for relational functioning well into adolescence. For some relationship forms, this extended into adulthood. Understanding the reach of early parent-infant relational quality onto life course relational outcomes has potential to inform public health policy settings
