Literacy and mothering : how women's schooling changes the lives of the world's children /
Women's schooling is strongly related to child survival and other outcomes beneficial to children throughout the developing world, but the reasons behind these statistical connections have been unclear. In "Literacy and Mothering," the authors show, for the first time, how communicati...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Child development in cultural context.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Women's schooling is strongly related to child survival and other outcomes beneficial to children throughout the developing world, but the reasons behind these statistical connections have been unclear. In "Literacy and Mothering," the authors show, for the first time, how communicative change plays a key role: Girls acquire academic literacy skills, even in low-quality schools, which enable them, as mothers, to understand public health messages in the mass media and to navigate bureaucratic health services effectively, reducing risks to their children's health. With the acquisition of academic literacy, their health literacy and health navigation skills are enhanced, thereby reducing risks to children and altering interactions between mother and child. Assessments of these maternal skills in four diverse countries-- Mexico, Nepal, Venezuela, and Zambia--support this model and are presented in the book. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 199 pages) : tables |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199718795 0199718792 0195309820 9780195309829 9781283427036 1283427036 9780199932733 0199932735 9786613427038 6613427039 |