Susan Walker, Theodore D. Wachs, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Maureen M. Black et al.
Inequality between and within populations has origins in adverse early experiences. Developmental neuroscience shows how early biological and psychosocial experiences affect brain development. We previously identified inadequate cognitive stimulation, stunting, iodine deficiency, and iron-deficiency...
Jena Hamadani, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Andrew Baldi, Sheikh Jamal Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Stay-at-home orders (lockdowns) have been deployed globally to control COVID-19 transmission, and might impair economic conditions and mental health, and exacerbate risk of food insecurity and intimate partner violence. The effect of lockdowns in low-income and middle-income countries mu...
Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, A Hilaly, Syed Nazmul Huda et al.
Poor stimulation in the home is one of the main factors affecting the development of children living in poverty. The family care indicators (FCIs) were developed to measure home stimulation in large populations and were derived from the Home Observations for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). Th...
Jena Hamadani, Syed Nazmul Huda, Fahmida Khatun, Sally Grantham‐McGregor
Undernutrition in early childhood is associated with poor mental development and affects 45% of children in Bangladesh. Although limited evidence shows that psychosocial stimulation can reduce the deficits, no such interventions have been reported from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition...
Maria Kippler, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Hamadani, Renee M. Gardner et al.
BACKGROUND: Cadmium is a commonly occurring toxic food contaminant, but health consequences of early-life exposure are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the associations between cadmium exposure and neurobehavioral development in preschool children. METHODS: In our population-based mother-...
Fahmida Tofail, Lars Åke Persson, Shams El Arifeen, Jena Hamadani et al.
Background Few data exist for the effects of multiple micronutrient (MM) or food supplementation to undernourished pregnant women on their offsprings' development. Objective We aimed to compare the effects on infant development of early (8-10 wk gestation) or usual ( approximately 17 wk gestation) s...
Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, Syed Nazmul Huda, Dewan S Alam et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the timing and size of the cognitive deficit associated with poverty in the first 5 years of life and to examine the role of parental characteristics, pre- and postnatal growth, and stimulation in the home in Bangladeshi children. We hypothesized that the effect of p...
Jena Hamadani, George J. Fuchs, Saskia Osendarp, Syed N. Huda et al.
Background Zinc deficiency is widely prevalent in developing countries. Zinc supplements given to Bangladeshi pregnant women have been shown to reduce infants' infectious disease morbidity. We assessed these infants at age 13 months to establish the effect of antenatal zinc supplementation on infant...
Jena Hamadani, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Fahmida Tofail, Mohammad Imrul Hasan et al.
BACKGROUND: Poor development in young children in developing countries is a major problem. Child development experts are calling for interventions that aim to improve child development to be integrated into health services, but there are few robust evaluations of such programmes. Previous small Bang...
Jena Hamadani, George J. Fuchs, Saskia Osendarp, Fahmida Khatun et al.
Background Zinc deficiency is thought to be common in young children in developing countries and some data suggest that it may detrimentally affect children's development. Objective Our goal was to assess the effect of zinc supplementation on the developmental levels and behavior of Bangladeshi infa...
Fahmida Tofail, Marie Vahter, Jena Hamadani, Barbro Nermell et al.
BACKGROUND: Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight and fetal loss, and there is concern that the infants' development may be affected. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effects of in utero arsenic exposure during pregnancy on infants' problem-so...
Syed Nazmul Huda, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Khan M. Rahman, Andrew Tomkins
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy leads to poor cognitive function in the offspring; however, the effect of concurrent iodine deficiency on school-aged children is not clear. Several studies have shown that school children in iodine-deficient villages have poorer cognitive function than children in iod...
Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Joanne Smith
We review the development of the Jamaican home visiting intervention for children under 4 years and its evidence base. The intervention has focused on supporting mothers to promote the development of their children through interacting in a responsive way, labelling the environment and activities. Th...
Dorothy Boggs, Kate Milner, Jaya Chandna, Maureen M. Black et al.
Background Identification of children at risk of developmental delay and/or impairment requires valid measurement of early child development (ECD). We systematically assess ECD measurement tools for accuracy and feasibility for use in routine services in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC)...
Alison Andrew, Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Monimalika Day et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 63.4 million Indian children under 5 years are at risk of poor development. Home visits that use a structured curriculum to help caregivers enhance the quality of the home stimulation environment improve developmental outcomes. However, achieving effectiveness in poor urban ...