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SUMMARY:Seminar – Movement behaviours and parenting in the first two yea
 rs of life - Dr Alessandra Prioreschi\, Associate Director of the SAMRC/Wi
 ts Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit\, University of the Wit
 watersrand.
DTSTART:20200416T100000Z
DTEND:20200416T110000Z
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CONTACT:Paul Browne
DESCRIPTION:We hope to broadcast this seminar online\, and will post detai
 ls of how you can join when they are available.\n\nMany children lack the 
 stimulation needed to support healthy growth and development. Recent inter
 national movement guidelines for physical activity\, sedentary behaviour a
 nd sleep for the early years (0-5 years) prescribe that in the first two y
 ears of life\, infants should be provided with as much stimulation and opp
 ortunity to be active as possible\, in order to improve motor and cognitiv
 e development and growth.\n\nInteractive play (cognitively stimulating pla
 y with a caregiver\, resulting in increased infant movement\, attachment\,
  relationship building\, and learning) can improve childhood growth and de
 velopmental through biological pathways linked to infant movement\, and th
 rough nurturing care.\n\nFrom my formative work\, I have explored and deve
 loped methodology for objectively measuring infant movement using 24-hour 
 accelerometry. Assessment of caregiver-infant interactions using headcams 
 (small cameras which are worn on headbands on both infants and caregivers 
 for a period of time while interacting\, which provide a first person view
  of the interaction from both infant and caregiver perspective) provide na
 turalistic and detailed measures of parenting styles.\n\nI aim to ultimate
 ly combine these two novel measures of infant activity and caregiver-infan
 t interaction to define optimal levels of interactive play. However\, the 
 feasibility of the headcam tool in Soweto\, South Africa has not yet been 
 explored.
LOCATION:Online
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