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Ethnopediatrics is a branch of research whose aim is to compare and contrast different parenting styles around the world and draw conclusions about ideal parenting and child-rearing for all human beings. This field is informed by pediatricians, child development research, and anthropologists.


 * created in 1995
 * created by anthropologist Carol Worthman of Emory University
 * Carol Worthman page was not created yet
 * backed by a group of pediatricians, child development researchers and anthropologists
 * Needs to somehow be related to page on Biocultural_anthropology
 * Another source | Ethnopediatrics: An Outline

I would like to add some information here relating this subject to ethnopediatrics, as presented by Carol Worthman in 1995 (and made more accessible to the layperson by Meredith Small's books for example "Our Babies, Ourselves"). Any thoughts or should I just go ahead and be bold? EllaQuince (talk) 05:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * ethnopediatrics aims to provide a framework that helps analyze:
 * a culture's attitudes and beliefs towards illness and wellness
 * a culture's pattern of addressing (or not addressing) symptoms of illnes
 * a culture's experience (or lack of experience or familiarity) with a particular disease or a set of symptoms
 * a culture's idea of the developmental stages that children move through
 * how much a culture values children and which aspects of development are most valued (intellect, motor skills, verbal skills, etc.)
 * analysis of the way culture and biology play a part in the development of a child; the 'biosocial view of development' captures the idea that culture affects children's development and this in turn affects the biological diversity of a population (whether malnourished as children or received a high level of care, or attention to motor skills but not verbal or social, etc.)
 * "overcoming balkanization in how we conceptualize and study child well-being may, in the end, promote more integrated, real-world policy and programmatic approaches." - Ethnopediatrics, An Outline Carol Worthman