Promoting Developmental Potential in Early Childhood: A Global Framework for Health and Education

Verónica Schiariti, Rune J. Simeonsson and Karen Hall
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Verónica Schiariti: Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
Rune J. Simeonsson: School Psychology Program, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Karen Hall: School Psychology Program, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: In the early years of life, children’s interactions with the physical and social environment- including families, schools and communities—play a defining role in developmental trajectories with long-term implications for their health, well-being and earning potential as they become adults. Importantly, failing to reach their developmental potential contributes to global cycles of poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. Guided by a rights-based approach, this narrative review synthesizes selected studies and global initiatives promoting early child development and proposes a universal intervention framework of child-environment interactions to optimize children’s developmental functioning and trajectories.

Keywords: early child development; ICF; education; health; inequality; rights; functioning; potential; intervention; disability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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