Nancy Shand
Biographic Data
| ID | 226095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy Shand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy |
| FAMILY NAME | Shand |
| SIGNATURE | SHAND N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From media training to media development
In this article the need for a change from media training to media development is discussed. The authors look at the concept of community media, and discuss the problems this form of media encounters. These include, among others, inconsistent membership, a shortage in resources, bad organization, too few and inexperienced trainers, as well as physical problems like geographical distances
Maternal speech to prelingual infants in Japan and the United States
Maternal speech to 3-month-old infants was compared for American and Japanese mother-infant dyads. Utterances were analysed at the levels of function, form and referent, and in relation to infant gaze direction. Loglinear categorical analysis revealed that infant gaze affected the intended functions of maternal speech differently for the two cultural groups. Cultural differences were also seen in the nature of function-form, and function-referent…
Culture Transmission
Breast-feeding as cultural or personal decision
The impact of sources of information about breast-feeding used by Japanese and American primiparous women during pregnancy is examined in relation to subsequent maternal behaviour and success in breast-feeding infants during the 1st week, 1st month, and 3rd month after birth. Culture differences were found in the sources of information used. Japanese mothers used more sources reflecting a formal, impersonal, group-oriented ‘learning context’, whi…
Breast-feeding as cultural or personal decision
The reciprocal impact of breast-feeding and culture form on maternal behaviour and infant development
A comparative study has been made of Japanese and American maternal behaviour and infant development from birth to 3 months of age, especially in relation to infant feeding practices. The effect of cultural differences on the initiation and prolongation of breast-feeding is discussed and consideration is given to factors such as alertness of the mother during the birth, post-partum procedures in hospital, family sleeping arrangements and the gene…
The reciprocal impact of breast-feeding and culture form on maternal behaviour and infant development
A comparative study has been made of Japanese and American maternal behaviour and infant development from birth to 3 months of age, especially in relation to infant feeding practices. The effect of cultural differences on the initiation and prolongation of breast-feeding is discussed and consideration is given to factors such as alertness of the mother during the birth, post-partum procedures in hospital, family sleeping arrangements and the gene…
Breast-feeding as cultural or personal decision
The impact of sources of information about breast-feeding used by Japanese and American primiparous women during pregnancy is examined in relation to subsequent maternal behaviour and success in breast-feeding infants during the 1st week, 1st month, and 3rd month after birth. Culture differences were found in the sources of information used. Japanese mothers used more sources reflecting a formal, impersonal, group-oriented ‘learning context’, whi…
Breast-feeding as cultural or personal decision
Culture Transmission
Maternal speech to prelingual infants in Japan and the United States
Maternal speech to 3-month-old infants was compared for American and Japanese mother-infant dyads. Utterances were analysed at the levels of function, form and referent, and in relation to infant gaze direction. Loglinear categorical analysis revealed that infant gaze affected the intended functions of maternal speech differently for the two cultural groups. Cultural differences were also seen in the nature of function-form, and function-referent…
From media training to media development
In this article the need for a change from media training to media development is discussed. The authors look at the concept of community media, and discuss the problems this form of media encounters. These include, among others, inconsistent membership, a shortage in resources, bad organization, too few and inexperienced trainers, as well as physical problems like geographical distances
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)