SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, vol. 38, n° 2, 1994, pages 217-226, 58 réf., ISSN 0277-9536, USA
Pennsylvania State univ. Dep human development family studies. University Park PA. USA
Recent efforts to promote child survival and development internationally have focused new attention on the importance of the household as a mediator of both environmental risks and programmatic interventions to promote better health.
In this paper, we introduce a theoretical framework, the « developmental niche, » derived from studies of children's behavior and development in different cultural contexts, as a tool for analyzing the household production of health.
The developmental niche is conceptualized in terms of three basic components:
(1) the physical and social settings of the child's everyday life;
(2) culturally regulated customs of child care and child rearing;
and (3) the psychology of the caretakers.
Mots-clés BDSP : Comportement santé, Attitude, Comportement, Enfant, Ménage, Analyse économique, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal : Santé, Attitude, Comportement, Enfant, Ménage, Milieu familial, Milieu culturel, Analyse économique, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Health, Attitude, Behavior, Child, Household, Family environment, Cultural environment, Economic analysis, Human
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Code Inist : 002B30A03C. Création : 199406.