Section I - Introduction to the Special Issue and the 2nd International Conference on Child Development in Seychelles

 

A special issue for the Seychelles Child Development Study  

Heather Shamlaye

 

Introductory  presentations at the Conference

 

Role of research in public health  

Kenneth Olden

 

Seychelles Child Development Study: many more avenues for scientific collaboration

Conrad Shamlaye, JJ Strain, Thomas W Clarkson

 

Section II - Seychelles in perspective - placing child development in context

 

Socio-economic development in Seychelles: an overview  

Michel Rosalie, Liam Campling

 

Health in Seychelles: an overview  

Conrad Shamlaye, Heather Shamlaye, Rubell Brewer

 

Maternal and child health in Seychelles

Philip Govinden, Juliette Henderson, Zia Rizvi, Valentina Seth, Heather Shamlaye

 

The Seychelles Dental Service

Kathline Ernesta, Marie-Helene Dogley, Elizabeth Arrisol, Harold Pothin

 

The oral health status of children aged 12 years in Seychelles in the years 1994 and 2000

Kathline Ernesta

 

Increasing prevalence of overweight among Seychelles children, 1998-2002

Pascal Bovet, George Madeleine, Dana Padayachy, Nicolas Stettler, Monica Servina

Education in Seychelles: an overview    

Marie-Therese Purvis

 

The fishing sector in Seychelles: an overview, with an emphasis on artisanal fisheries
Jan Robinson, Jude Shroff

 

Observations on the levels of total mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) in species common to the artisanal fisheries of Seychelles

Jan Robinson, Jude Shroff

 

Section III - Reviews of specific issues relevant to child development

 

Methyl mercury: loaves versus fishes

Thomas W Clarkson, JJ Strain

 

Airborne particulate lead and children’s mental functioning

Richard L Canfield, Todd A Jusko, Vivian Radegonde

 

Mercury: selenium interactions and health implications

Laura J Raymond, Nicholas VC Ralston

 

Nutrition and neurodevelopment: the search for candidate nutrients in the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study

JJ Strain, Maxine P Bonham, Emeir M Duffy, Julie MW Wallace, Paula J Robson, Thomas W Clarkson, Conrad Shamlaye

 

Section IV -The Child Development Studies in Seychelles

 

Principles of studying low-level neurotoxic exposures in children: using the Seychelles Child Development Study of methyl mercury as a prototype

Philip W Davidson, Gary J Myers, Conrad Shamlaye

The Seychelles Child Development Study: two decades of collaboration

Conrad Shamlaye, Philip W Davidson, Gary J Myers. 

Development and implementation of a method to assess food and nutrient intakes in the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study

Paula J Robson, Octavie Choisy, Maxine P Bonham, Emeir M Duffy, Julie MW Wallace, Christina D Esther, JJ Strain, M Barbara E Livingstone

 

The Seychelles Child Development Study of methyl mercury from fish consumption: analysis of subscales from the Child Behaviour Checklist at age 107 months in the main cohort

Gary J Myers, Philip W Davidson, Conrad Shamlaye, Christopher Cox, James Kost, Christopher Beck, Li-Shan Huang, Bernard Weiss

 

Monitoring the educational achievement of primary school children: an international collaboration

Andre Leste, Philip W Davidson

 

^{Scholastic achievement among children enrolled in the Seychelles Child Development Study}

Jean Sloane-Reeves , Philip W Davidson, Gary J Myers, Conrad Shamlaye, Andre Leste, Li-Shan Huang, Sally Thurston

 

Association between prenatal dietary methyl mercury exposure and developmental outcomes on acquisition of articulatory-phonologic skills in children in the Republic of Seychelles

Edna C Young, Philip W Davidson, Gregory Wilding, Gary J Myers, Conrad Shamlaye, Christopher Cox, Jan de Broeck, Carolyn M Bennett, Jean Sloane-Reeves