Imbalances in the Knowledge About Infant Mental Health in Rich and Poor Countries

Too Little Progress in Bridging the Gap

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11275667
AutoresMark Tomlinson (0000-0001-5846-3444, Stellenbosch University, autor de correspondencia), Marc H Bornstein (0000-0002-6810-8427, National Institute of Mental Health), Michael Marlow (0000-0002-9181-2447, Stellenbosch University), Marguerite Marlow, L Swartz (0000-0003-1741-5897, Stellenbosch University)
Año2014
Volumen35
Número6
Páginas624-629
Fecha de publicación2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.21462
PMID25798511
OpenAlexW2108552290
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas22

The vast majority of infants are born in poor countries, but most of our knowledge about infants and children has emerged from high‐income countries. In 2003, M. Tomlinson and L. Swartz conducted a survey of articles on infancy between 1996 and 2001 from major international journals, reporting that a meager 5% of articles emanated from parts of the world other than North America, Europe, or Australasia. In this article, we conducted a similar review of articles on infancy published between 2002 and 2012 to assess whether the status of cross‐national research has changed in the subsequent decade. Results indicate that despite slight improvements in research output from the rest of world, only 2.3% of articles published in 11 years included data from low‐ and middle‐income countries—where 90% of the world's infants live. These discrepancies are indicative of the progress still needed to bridge the so‐called 10/90 gap (S. Saxena, G. Paraje, P. Sharan, G. Karam, & R. Sadana, ) in infant mental health research. Cross‐national collaboration is urgently required to ensure expansion of research production in low‐resource settings

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Low and middle income countries · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology