Miguel A Cordero

University of Chile · Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA)

There is now evidence indicating that first 5 years of life are of major importance for learning and health across life course (1, 2). This period is key in providing detection and timely supports for children with developmental disabilities (3, 4). Because of this, many investments have been done around the world (5). Specifically for this article...

Both maternal and paternal postnatal depression (PND) are associated with increased risk of less optimal offspring developmental outcomes. Early exposure to differences in maternal and paternal vocalisation behaviours that may be associated with maternal and paternal PND, may be important in this relationship. However, little research has captured...

Behavioural signatures of intergenerational transmission of mental health: triangulation of epidemiology and developmental psychology Despite decades of research and parenting support programmes, children of mentally ill mothers remain substantially more likely to have mental health problems themselves. In this project, we shed new light on how to...

Variations in parenting across large populations have rarely been described. It also remains unclear which specific domains of parenting are important for which specific offspring developmental outcomes. This study describes different domains of early parenting behaviours and their genetic heritability, then determines the extent to which specific...

Background Variations in parenting across large populations have rarely been described. It also remains unclear which specific domains of parenting are important for which specific offspring developmental outcomes. The study describes different domains of early parenting behaviours, their genetic heritability, and then determines the extent to whic...

Objective: To investigate whether a longitudinal association exists between differential disciplinary parenting practices at 3 years of age and later child psychopathology at 11 years. Method: Data were obtained from the Millennium Cohort Study, a UK-wide cohort. Discipline style was assessed using a validated maternal reported questionnaire at...

Children who present children’s behavioral and emotional problems (BEP) - aggressive and hyperactive behaviors that stem from difficulty understanding and expressing emotions (Denham, et al., 2003) - past the toddler years are at risk for school failure and later behavioral problems (Campbell et al., 2000). A large body of research with American sa...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile on 27 February 2010, displacing nearly 2,000 children aged less than five years to emergency housing camps. Nine months later, this study assessed the needs of 140 displaced 0-5-year-old children in six domains: caregiver stability and protection; health; housing; nutrition; psychosocial s...

Appendix S1. Exposure of maternal depression. Appendix S2. Executive function measures. Appendix S3. Mediation. Appendix S4. Missing data. Appendix S5. Mediation results. Appendix S6. Discussion. Table S1. Means of cognitive scores for EF and numbers of offspring failing in exams according to different PND groups. Table S2. Total, direct and...

Background: Elucidating risk pathways for under-achieving at school can inform strategies to reduce the number of adolescents leaving school without passing grades in core subjects. Maternal depression can compromise the quality of parental care and is associated with multiple negative child outcomes. However, only a few small studies have investi...

Objective: To monitor coverage and outcomes associated with the activities of the integrated protection system for early childhood Chile Grows with You (CHCC), which includes the comprehensive psychosocial development of children between 18 months and 3 years old, in each of the 29 Health Services of the country, as well as the changes observed aft...

Parenting programs are relatively low cost and could be easier than other interventions to scale-up in low and middle-income countries. The Chilean version of Nobody's Perfect has a been relatively successful in scaling up, including adapting materials, training facilitators and implementing in primary health care centres in a middle income country...

The term executive function (EF) describes a set of cognitive abilities that control and regulate cognition and behaviour. EF is necessary for goal-directed behaviour, including the abilities to initiate and stop actions, to monitor and change behaviour, and to plan future behaviour when faced with novel tasks and situations. EF allows us to antici...

Inspires and equips care providers to join together and work for positive change to improve children's lives by promoting health, delivering targeted care, and implementing policies to improve children's lives.

Objective: To assess the degree of implementation of the activities of Chile Crece Contigo in pregnancy and childbirth in the 29 country's health services. Method: Analysis of DEIS databases, Ministry of Health 2008 and 2011 by Health Services. Median and percentiles were analyzed at psychosocial risk in pregnant women, comprehensive home visits, m...

Background: This study assessed the concurrent validity of the parent-completed developmental screening measure Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) compared with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) in children born term, late preterm, or extremely preterm at 8, 18, or 30 months of corre...

There is a large scientific literature about disasters' effects on adult population; however, comparatively few studies explore the effects of natural disasters on children, especially during early childhood and school years. Three years after the Chilean earthquake of 27 February 2010, we review the national and international literature on natural...

Purpose. To assess physical, emotional and social needs among children under 5 living in camps for internally displaced people (IDP) 9 months after the 2010 Chilean earthquake. To test the hypothesis that pre-earthquake child characteristics, proximity to epicenter, exposure to post-disaster stressful events and ongoing exposures predict child need...

: Chile is considering expanding its system for early childhood development to include 5- to 7-year olds, but it has no consensus about how to identify at-risk children. This study facilitated a process for incorporating local priorities and best practices to choose a child assessment instrument. : Using the priority-setting method of the Child Hea...

Introduction: Recent studies show that moderately and late preterm infants (MLI) (Gestational age (GA) 32 to 366), are in high risk for delayed psychomotor development (PMD) and learning disabilities. Objective: To compare PMD between MLI and full term infants (FTI) and to analyze associated perinatal risk factors. Methodology: 131 MLI and 119 FTI...

Introducción: Estudios recientes refieren que los prematuros moderados y tardíos (PMT) (Edad Gestacional (EG) 32 a 366), presentan un elevado riesgo de retraso del desarrollo psicomotor (DSM) y dificultades de aprendizaje. Objetivo: Comparar el DSM entre niños nacidos PMT y recién nacidos de término (RNT) y analizar los factores de riesgo perinatal...

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability of a self-administered questionnaire in the screening of psychomotor development (PD) in a primary care setting (PC). For that purpose, the degree of concordance between the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and a Psychomotor Development Evaluation Scale (Escala de Evaluació...

The earthquake of 2010 in Chile holds important lessons about how a rights-based public health system can guide disaster response to protect vulnerable populations. This article tells the story of Chile Grows With You (Chile Crece Contigo), an intersectoral system created three years before the earthquake for protection of child rights and developm...

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability of a self-administered questionnaire in the screening of psychomotor development (PD) in a primary care setting (PC). For that purpose, the degree of concordance between the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and a Psychomotor Development Evaluation Scale (Escala de Evaluació...

Spontaneous preterm labor (SPL) continues to be a health problem that has not been fully explained. Preterm labor has been associated with infant death and morbidity among infants and children and for that reason is problem concern that is important to study. In several reports, however, researchers have proposed that exposure to stressors may play...

Preterm delivery is considered to be the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The determinants of this condition are several, however, researchers have discussed the role that psychosocial factors may have. Among these, , maternal tress and depression have been described as factors that influence birth outcomes, in particul...

La muerte constituye un evento cotidiano en la medicina, sin embargo, los eventos psicológicos que la acompañan y el enfrentamiento humano de ella ha sido estudiado pocas veces con rigurosidad científica. Hace 25 años, frente a la muerte de un recién nacido, se recomendaba que la madre no tuviese contacto con el niño, administrar tranquilizantes a...

Although death is a daily event in medicine, the psychological events that it bears and the human confrontation of it has not been studied frequently with scientific rigor. 25 years ago, faced with the death of a newborn child, it was recommended that the mother should not have contact with the baby, to administer sedatives to the family to avoid a...