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WiRED Launches Health Education Module on Child Growth and Development

BY ALLISON KOZICHAROW AND BERNICE BORN

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here are around two billion children in the world. To safeguard their future, they need to experience healthy physical, socio-economical and cognitive development in order to grow and thrive.

 

WiRED International’s Child Growth and Development module explains what child development experts consider to be a “range of expectations” for an average child at a given age. The module presents a series of bullet points about the various childhood stages, ages zero through eight. Data are based on the World Health Organization’s Child Growth Standards.

 

Child development refers to the biological and psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. This module, split into two parts, describes the speed and pattern of child development and its causes, and also discusses childhood health care and proper immunizations.

 

The WiRED module examines things a baby or child should be able to do at each age, offers advice for parents and caregivers and considers warning signs to watch for at each age.

The WiRED module examines things a baby or child should be able to do at each age, offers advice for parents and caregivers and considers warning signs to watch for at each age.

 

Children are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition and infectious diseases, many of which can be effectively prevented or treated. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, one out of every two children in the world is living in poverty. The growth and development of each child must be the top priority of all people.

 

 

Take this sample quiz of questions taken from the
WiRED Growth and Development Module.

 

1. The early years are very important for developing the child’s ______.

 a. Muscles
 b. Brain
 c. Coordination
 d. Fine motor skills

2. Vomiting and diarrhea are warning signs because they can lead to ______.

 a. Colic
 b. Flu
 c. Dehydration
 d. Fever

3. Constant moving of the head by a baby might indicate ______.

 a. Fever
 b. An ear infection
 c. Deafness
 d. Vertigo (dizziness)

4. What is true of children aged 5 to 8 years?

 a. Physically, they develop faster than in the early years
 b. Their muscle mass decreases
 c. Their small and large motor skills improve
 d. Their span of attention decreases
 e. They are unable to focus on the past and future

 

 

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