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S2/Ep.14 "Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes for Young Children with Catherine Ward"

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This episodes merges the worlds of research and community intervention with Catherine Ward, a researcher and Professor from University of Cape Town in the Department of Psychology. She shares her research journey and interest in parenting as well as violence prevention in South Africa.

This episode focuses on the Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes for Young Children which is a package of open access, non-commercialised parenting programmes to prevent violence in low-resource settings.

Link to online resources & programme: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/child/plh/en/

Youtube link about PLH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g553h4KGKR8
27 Oct 2020 English South Africa Social Sciences · Education

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