From Child to Adult - The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study

Silva, Phil A. (editor) ; Stanton, Warren (editor)

ISBN 10: 0195583604 / ISBN 13: 9780195583601

Published by Oxford University Press (1998), Auckland, 1998

About this Item

Some fading to dust-jacket spine. 15mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; This copy with inscription by one of the authors on front endpaper, inscription signed "Phil A Silva". 1998 reprint (the first edition was 1996). xii, 340 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 229 x 151mm. "The DMHDS is an ongoing longitudinal study of the health and development of 1037 babies born in Dunedin between 1/4/1972 and 31/3/1973. The study has been productive; more than 500 publications have appeared, over half in referenced journals published in New Zealand, North America, and the UK. This book offers a description of the overall study and the methods used, and presents selected results in a reasonably non-technical way. The children were studied at birth and then followed up at age 3, every year until 15, then at 18 and 21. It is intended for doctors, nurses, teachers, and psychologists and general readers who are interested in the health and development of children and adolescents." Contents:1: Phil Silva: An Introduction to the Study. 2: Phil Silva: Some Aspects of Health and Development in the Early Years. 3: Avshalom Caspi, Allan Harkness, Terrie E Moffit, Phil Silva: Continuity and Change in Human Development: Lessons We Have Learned From the Study of Intellectual Performance. 4: M R Sears, E M Flannery, G P Herbison, M D Holdaway: Asthma. 5: Ian St George, Sheila Williams: How High Blood Pressure Tracks Through Childhood. 6: Janet Gafford, Phil Silva, John D Langley: Injuries. 7: Ian Stewart, Phil Silva: Otitis Media With Effusion. 8: R Harvey Brown: The Dental Section of the Study. 9: Rob McGee, Michael Feehan, Sheila Williams: Mental Health. 10: Terrie Moffit, Hona Lee Harrington: Delinquency Across Development: The Natural History of Antisocial Behaviour. 11: Warren Stanton: Progression in the Use of Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs. 12: Sally Caswell: Growiwng Up and Learning About Drinking: Children in Dunedin in the 1980s. 13: Nigel Dickson: Sexual Behaviour in Late Adolescence. 14: Shiela Williams, Rob McGee: Adolescents' Views of Their Strengths. 15: Jan Pryor, Lianne Woodward: Families and Parenting. 16: Phil Silva: The Future of the Study.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Child to Adult - The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (1998), Auckland
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195583604
• ISBN 13: 9780195583601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An overview of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS), an ongoing longitudinal study of 1037 babies born in Dunedin between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973. The study has generated more than 500 specialist papers in scientific journals, unpublished research reports, theses, etc. This book presents the major findings in a form accessible to the non-specialist.

About the Author

Phil Silva is at University of Otago Medical School. Warren A. Stanton is at the Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Medical School, University of Queensland. Phil Silva is at University of Otago Medical School. Warren A Stanton is at Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Medical School, University of Queensland.