Infant-Parent Program, University of California, San Francisco, Califonia and Private Practice, Oakland, California.
Infant Ment Health J. 2019 Sep;40(5):608-623. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21808. Epub 2019 Jul 19.
The field of infant mental health is conventionally comprised of professional discourses including developmental science, psychology, and psychiatry, among others, and involves spheres of practice as wide-ranging as pediatrics, maternal/child health, early intervention, early care and education, and child welfare. The World Association of Infant Mental Health [WAIMH] put out its position paper on the rights of infants in 2014 (amended in March 2016) in recognition of the human rights implications of professional understanding of infants' unique, yet universal, developmental capacities and needs. This article links the policy issues outlined in the WAIMH position paper with critical issues in the field of reproductive justice, extending the reach of WAIMH's call to action on behalf of infants' rights, and pointing the way toward potent alliances among interconnected movements. Connecting the dots among economic injustice, race-based health disparities, and gender inequities, the article demonstrates that it is not possible to safeguard infant mental health unless we make reproductive justice a reality.
婴儿心理健康领域通常包括发展科学、心理学和精神病学等专业话语，并涉及儿科、母婴健康、早期干预、早期保育和教育以及儿童福利等广泛的实践领域。世界婴儿心理健康协会（WAIMH）于 2014 年发布了关于婴儿权利的立场文件（2016 年 3 月修订），以承认专业理解婴儿独特但普遍的发展能力和需求所涉及的人权问题。本文将 WAIMH 立场文件中概述的政策问题与生殖正义领域的关键问题联系起来，扩大了 WAIMH 代表婴儿权利采取行动的呼吁范围，并为相互关联的运动之间建立有力联盟指明了方向。本文在经济不公正、基于种族的健康差距和性别不平等之间建立联系，表明除非我们实现生殖正义，否则保护婴儿心理健康是不可能的。
