'Your Baby's Life Depends on Those First 1000 Days': Community Health Workers' Perspectives of the First 1000 Days of Life

Autor/inn/en	Bust, Ella; Pedro, Athena
Titel	'Your Baby's Life Depends on Those First 1000 Days': Community Health Workers' Perspectives of the First 1000 Days of Life
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 192 (2022) 6, S.904-913 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bust, Ella) ORCID (Pedro, Athena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2020.1815720
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Community Health Services; Health Personnel; Child Development; Infants; Toddlers; Time Factors (Learning); Mothers; Attitudes; Child Caregivers; Early Childhood Education; Home Visits; Early Experience; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Medizinisches Personal; Kindesentwicklung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Mother; Mutter; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Hausbesuch; Frühbeginn; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Community health workers possess valuable insight into the experiences of South Africa's children and caregivers. However, their knowledge is often overlooked in efforts to understand local realities, inform interventions, and develop relevant policies. This study aimed to explore community health workers' perspectives of the first 1000 days of life, the critical period of development between conception and two years of age. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 community health workers working with mothers and infants in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. A thematic analysis suggests that the community health workers view the first 1000 days as fundamental and foundational for children's development. Furthermore, the community health workers identified key needs for mothers/caregivers and infants within the first 1000 days. The findings provide contextual grounding for the importance of the first 1000 days within South African communities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01