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  Why is child malnutrition lower in urban than rural areas?: evidence from 36 developing countries

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) examines the socio-economic determinants influencing child malnutrition in both urban and rural areas, using demographic and health survey data from 36 developing countries. The determinants examined are women’s education, women’s status, access to safe water and sanitation, and household economic status.
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  Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool

  Annals of General Psychiatry [BioMed Central], 2005

  This article from the Annals of General Psychiatry reports on a study which assessed trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents in South Africa. Some of the youths self-reported using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) tool.
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  Diarrhoea in children: an interface between developing and developed countries

  The Lancet, 2004

  This review, published in the Lancet, draws attention to the continuing high levels of child mortality and morbidity in the developing world resulting from diarrhoeal illnesses, despite widespread use of oral rehydration therapies (ORT) and an increased understanding of the disease.
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  Clinical management of acute diarrhoea

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This short report examines recent developments in the management of acute diarrhoea. Produced jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, the document reveals how newly formulated oral rehydration salts (ORS) with lower concentration of glucose and salt, plus success in using zinc supplementation, can dramatically reduce the number of child deaths.
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  Estimates of world-wide distribution of child deaths from acute respiratory infections

  The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2002

  Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are among the leading causes of childhood mortality in poor countries. It is important to estimate reliably the number of children worldwide who die from ARI and to understand how and why this varies among communities.
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  Children in crisis: good practices in evaluating psychosocial programming

  Save the Children Fund, USA, 2004

  This manual presents major principles of psychosocial project design and evaluation, and seeks to heighten critical awareness of the cultural and ethical issues associated with psychosocial work.The manual is set out as follows:the concept of psychosocial development.
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  Pregnancy and child health outcomes among adolescents in Ethiopia

  Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 2004

  This article from the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development reports on a study which compared teenage and adult mothers in Ethiopia, focusing on pregnancy outcomes and child survival. Findings showed that a significantly higher percentage of teenage mothers lived in rural areas, were illiterate or less educated, and belonged to the poorest socio-economic groups.
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  Youth behavioral risks and psychosocial resources in Peru’s alternative-development zones

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2004

  This paper looks at the three particularly high behavioural risks youth face in Peru’s central-eastern coca cropping areas – sexual risks; use of alcohol and drugs; and violence against women.
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  Raising the standards: quality childcare provision in east and central Africa

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This paper proposes raising the standard of childcare through the development of quality childcare standards which can be applied in a range of care settings, including interim institutional care, community-based care, foster care, etc.
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  Child labour in India: a health and human rights perspective

  The Lancet, 2003

  This article, published in the Lancet, reports on a study by the Physicians for Human Rights Child Rights Group which investigated the health of children working in hybrid cottonseed fields in rural Andhra Pradesh, India. The study found that the majority of children surveyed were in debt bondage to pay off a family loan or advance.

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