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Peer reviewedForjuoh, Samuel N. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
A community-based survey of children aged 0 to 5 years in Ghana found that of 650 childhood burns, 5.4 percent were purposefully inflicted. Perpetrators were mostly friends (43 percent), siblings (37 percent), and traditional healers (6 percent). Healers inflicted burns on children who were comatose after convulsions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Incidence
Greiner, Ted; And Others – 1979
This monograph focuses attention on economic considerations related to infant feeding practices in developing countries. By enlarging on previous methodologies, this paper proposes to improve the accuracy of past estimates of the economic value of human milk, or more specifically, the practice of breastfeeding. The theoretical model employed…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economic Research
