I still have not received any return communications from any of the emails I sent. I also sent out a few more new emails, as well as one from the podcast. I found a place on their website to send messages, and have not heard back from them either.
Instead, I reviewed the website, http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/.
The program focuses on three strategic areas:
One is reframing the discourse around child health and development which is educating high level decision makers about the underlying science of learning, behvior and health starting in the earliest years of life.
Another point of focus is building leadership capacity in child development research and policy, focused on low and middle income countries to increase the number and influence of diverse voices and perspectives that are contributing t the growing global movement on behalf of the young children.
Finally there is a support for the innovative, multi-diciplinary research and demonstration projects to explain global understanding of how healthy development happens, how it can be derailed and how to get it back on track.
There is also a focus on three domains:
Early childhood development, children's mental health, and children in crisis and conflict situations.
and the three insights I gained from my exploration were taken from the Child's mental Health section. The topic of mental heath is an issue that is under-addressed and could have implications for broader health and development of children and societies. On the website they talk about three initial projects they have selected to launch this effort in focusing on child's mental health:
1.) Assessing the state of child mental health services in Shanghai, China
2.) Developing and evaluating family-based strategies to prevent mental health problems in children affected by HIV\AIDS in Rwanda
3.) Addressing child maltreatment and mental health outcomes in three Caribbean nations (Barbados, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname)
To help strengthen their policy relevance these projects are designed to include economic components to analyze allocation effects in the supply and demand for services.
Resources:
Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/)
3 comments:
Thank Cassie for your posting. I like what Harvard is doing about explaining the science part of child development. And how they are doing it globally.
Hello Cassie,
This website Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initatives/global_initiative
opened my eyes concerning science and child development around the world. Science has never being one of my favorite subjects in school, but after reading the different information on this website, I know that science plays and important role in helping young children learn and develop.
Cassie I also choose that same website. I also thought that it was a good article because the Global Hildrens Initiative is trying to help children world wide to develop into healthy positive individuals.
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