KNOWLEDGE NETWORK For EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT …

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KNOWLEDGE NETWORK For EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT Analytic and Strategic Review Paper: International Perspectives on EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT Prepared by Stefania Maggi Lori G. Irwin Arjumand Siddiqi Iraj Poureslami Emily Hertzman & Clyde Hertzman for the World Health Organization s Commission on the social Determinants of Health December 2005 2Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ . 3 The social Determinants of EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ........................................ ......................... 6 Prenatal and Perinatal Periods (from conception to birth) ........................................ ....................................6 Preschool and School Age (from birth to 8 years of age).

6 The Social Determinants of Early Child Development There are fundamental principles of optimal physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive/language development that apply to all human beings across cultures and ethnic

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