title: Associations of biological factors and affordances in the home with infant motor development.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Whereas considerable work has been published regarding biological factors associated with infant health, much less is known about the associations of environmental context with infant development - the focus of the present cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on 561 infants, aged newborn to 18 months. Measures included the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale, Alberta Infant Motor Scale, and selected bio/medical factors. Correlation and regression were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Home environmental factors were associated with children's motor development as much as some typically high-risk biologic factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The home environment partially explained infant development outcomes and infants at risk could possibly be helped with a home assessment for affordances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saccani
authors.forename: Nadia C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Valentini
authors.forename: Keila Rg
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Alessandra B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gabbard
mesh_terms: D001685:Biological Factors; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors