1. In the film, Truffles did not discover that her son Johnny was nearly deaf until he was 18 months old. Why do you think his condition went unnoticed for so long? What factors do you think cause children in poor communities to be at greater risk for health problems?

2. Evidence suggests that home visitation programs help improve early childhood development. What other changes need to happen at the federal policy level in the US to ensure that the most vulnerable children in our society don't slip through the cracks?

3. What SDGs do you think are most relevant to address the issues we see in the story of Johnny?

Part 2. Social-Ecological Model

Choose an example from Half the Sky (can be from one of the chapters or the film) in which there is a parent child relationship. With a child as identified person in the microsystem, describe the mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem influences on the child. Revisit the recorded lecture and use the example of Johnny and Truffles (above) as a model.

*Note: The boxes are not fillable. Use the boxes below to identify the information you would include in the textboxes next to the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem.

Microsystem (individual/intrapersonal)

Name of child:

Mesosystem (interactions/interpersonal)

1. In the film, Truffles did not discover that her son Johnny was nearly deaf until he was 18 months old. Why do you think his condition went unnoticed for so long? What factors do you think course children in poor communities to be at greater risk for health problems? Ecological Model - Bronfenbrenner