Not exact matches
Information on
socioeconomic background, maternal diseases and obstetric history, parity, gender, fetal exposure to alcohol (at least 2 drinks a week during the entire pregnancy) and cigarette smoking (at least 1 cigarette a day during the last trimester), type and duration of breastfeeding, and maternal intelligence (Raven Progressive Matrices) was obtained through questionnaires administered in person after delivery and at 13 months.
And while overall access to
information and communications technology (ICT) has grown significantly in recent years, a digital divide (often linked to
socioeconomic background) still exists between and within countries.
These activities help parents from different
socioeconomic, cultural, racial, and religious
backgrounds come together on a common platform and share experiences and
information.
Howell and West find that these differences in opinion based on exposure to key
information are consistent across a wide range of
socioeconomic backgrounds, views about the local public schools, and political ideologies.
It also serves as a safe haven where people of all sexual orientations, genders, ethnic and cultural
backgrounds and
socioeconomic levels can receive free HIV
information, testing and counseling.
Secondly, it is acknowledged that for understanding the determinants and development of behaviour and mental health
information is needed at different levels, that is, social (e.g.
socioeconomic background), psychological (e.g. temperament), and biological (HPA - function, DNA).18 Adherence to the second principle is demonstrated by the broad range of measures that has been included in the study (Table 2).