Nutrition and Caloric Requirements for Infants and Children
Initial 0.5 1 1 Increase daily by 0.25 0.5 0.5 Maximum dose 3 4 2 Monitor the effect of infusion by measuring the serum triglyceride level. The goal is < 200 mg%….
PEDIATRICS
Child Labor and Child Well-Being: The Case of Children in Marine Fishing in Ghana
Educational Level Frequency Percentage Children in School Primary 43 86 Junior Secondary School (JSS) 6 12 Kindergarten 1 2 Total 50 100 Children out of school Never been to school…
When All the Children Are Left Behind: An Exploration of Fosterage of Owambo Orphans in Namibia, Africa
Fig. 13.1 Four North Owambo-speaking regions of Namibia included in the household sample Among Oshiwambo-speaking people, seven Owambo language groups exist today. Owambo societies during the precolonial and colonial periods were…
Epilogue
Deborah J. Johnson, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga and Robert K. Hitchcock (eds.)Vulnerable Children2013Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights10.1007/978-1-4614-6780-9_18© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 18. Epilogue DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga1 and Deborah J. Johnson2 (1) School of Social Work…
Traditional Religion, Social Structure, and Children’s Rights in Ghana: The Making of a Trokosi Child
Deborah J. Johnson, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga and Robert K. Hitchcock (eds.)Vulnerable Children2013Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights10.1007/978-1-4614-6780-9_16© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 16. Traditional Religion, Social Structure, and Children’s Rights in Ghana:…
Defending and Nurturing Childhood in Media, Public, and Policy Discourses: Lessons from UNICEF’s Juanita Communication Initiative in Colombia
Deborah J. Johnson, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga and Robert K. Hitchcock (eds.)Vulnerable Children2013Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights10.1007/978-1-4614-6780-9_17© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 17. Defending and Nurturing Childhood in Media, Public, and Policy…
Indigenous Children’s Rights and Well-Being: Perspectives from Central and Southern Africa
District Number of remote area Dweller settlements Population Central 25 10,929 Chobe 2 1,500 Ghanzi 13 5,575 Kgalagadi 14 1,114 Kgatleng 2 700 Kweneng 16 2,777 Northwest (Ngamiland) 39 8,811…
Malawi’s Orphans: The Role of Transnational Humanitarian Organizations
Deborah J. Johnson, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga and Robert K. Hitchcock (eds.)Vulnerable Children2013Global Challenges in Education, Health, Well-Being, and Child Rights10.1007/978-1-4614-6780-9_14© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 14. Malawi’s Orphans: The Role of Transnational Humanitarian Organizations Andrea Freidus1 …
A World Tour of Selected Intervention Programs for Children of a Parent with a Psychiatric Illness
1. Australia VicChamps Eastern Health, Box Hill, VIC—http://www.easternhealth.org.au/champs Description: This is a compendium of multiple programs for school age youth. The VicChamps program targets children aged 5–12 years…
Sudanese Refugee Youth: Resilience Among Undefended Children
Sudan: late 1980s and trek to Ethiopia Civil war, villages attacked Separation from family Ambiguous loss—not knowing if family members were alive or dead Inadequate food while walking hundreds of…
