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Imbalances in the knowledge about infancy: The divide between rich and poor countries
Author(s) -
Tomlinson Mark,
Swartz Leslie
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.10078
Subject(s) - developing country , high income countries , mental health , developed country , economic growth , psychology , political science , development economics , developmental psychology , medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , economics , population
Over 90% of the world's infants are born in low‐income or “developing” countries, and these countries bear a disproportionate burden in terms of health and social problems. In this article we compare the contributions of richer and poorer countries to knowledge about infancy. We surveyed articles on infancy from 12 international journals dealing with psychological aspects of childhood and infancy and found that 94% of articles surveyed were written from Europe or North America. We suggest that the imbalance in knowledge about infancy is serious and that efforts must be made to increase collaborative research between poor and rich countries. ©2003 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.