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ERIC Number: EJ483913
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Poverty and Child Development: Relevance of Research in Developing Countries to the United States.
Pollitt, Ernesto
Child Development, v65 n2 Apr p283-95 1994
Maintains that research from developing countries may help in understanding effects of poverty on child development in the United States, citing three cases: (1) the link between anemia and decreased levels of mental and motor development; (2) the positive effects of supplemental nutrition programs on child development; and (3) effects of poor nutrition and concurrent illness on school performance. (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anemia, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations, Diseases, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Influences, Nutrition, Outcomes of Treatment, Poverty, Research Reports
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Special Supplemen Food Program Women Infants Child; United States
Note: Special issue on: "Children and Poverty."