Fahmida Tofail, Jena Hamadani, Fardina Mehrin, Deborah Ridout et al.
Young children with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) usually have poor development, but there is limited information on their response to psychosocial intervention. We aimed to compare the effects of psychosocial stimulation on the development of children with IDA and children who were neither anemic no...
Jena Hamadani, Helen Baker‐Henningham, Fahmida Tofail, Fardina Mehrin et al.
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, it is often important to have measures of development in children under 3 years of age in large-scale surveys or evaluations of nutrition and stimulation programs. However, there is a lack of suitable instruments with established validity. OBJECTIVE: To develop a...
Sant‐Rayn Pasricha, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Sabine Braat, Leila M Larson et al.
BACKGROUND: Universal provision of iron supplements (drops or syrup) or multiple micronutrient powders to young children in low-to-middle-income countries where anemia is prevalent is recommended by the World Health Organization and widely implemented. The functional benefits and safety of these int...
Syed Nazmul Huda, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Andrew Tomkins
Iodine supplementation before pregnancy in iodine-deficient women prevents cretinism and neuromotor deficits in their offspring. It is unclear whether iodine supplementation benefits cognitive function in iodine-deficient school-aged children. We therefore conducted a double-blind, randomized, contr...
Pamela Jervis, Jacqueline Coore-Hall, Helen O. Pitchik, Charles D. Arnold et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Evidence is needed on effective approaches to build parents' ability to promote child development feasible in low- and middle-income countries. Our objective was to synthesize impact of the Reach Up early childhood parenting program in several low- and middle-income countr...
Baitun Nahar, Md Iqbal Hossain, Jena Hamadani, Tahmeed Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Parenting programmes are effective in enhancing parenting practices and child development. This study evaluated the effects of a intervention with psychosocial stimulation (PS) on the quality of the home environment and mothers' child-rearing practices in a community-based trial with sev...
Ann M. Weber, Marta Rubio‐Codina, Susan Walker, Stef van Buuren et al.
INTRODUCTION: Early childhood development can be described by an underlying latent construct. Global comparisons of children's development are hindered by the lack of a validated metric that is comparable across cultures and contexts, especially for children under age 3 years. We constructed and val...
Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, Tim Cole, Sally Grantham‐McGregor
There is a need for easily administered, low-cost measures to assess child development in large field studies. Many researchers evaluate the age of attainment of motor milestones, but there is little information on their validity. A large longitudinal study (MINIMat) was conducted in a poor rural ar...
Helen Baker‐Henningham, Jena Hamadani, Syed N. Huda, Sally Grantham‐McGregor
Undernutrition in early childhood is associated with poor cognitive development and some changes in behavior. However, there is little information on their temperament. Our objective in this study was to determine whether undernourished children aged 6-24 mo had different temperament traits than bet...
Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Sabine Braat, Michael J. Dibley et al.
INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is a major global health problem affecting about 43% of preschool children globally and 60% of 6-24-month-old children in rural Bangladesh, half of which is attributed to iron deficiency (ID). Although WHO recommends universal supplementation with iron or home fortification wit...
Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Shamima Shiraji et al.
Background Over 250 million children globally do not reach their developmental potential. We tested whether integrating a group-based, early childhood parenting program into government healthcare clinics improved children’s development, growth, and behavior. Methods We conducted a cluster-randomized...
Maureen M. Black, Susan Walker, Orazio Attanasio, Marta Rubio‐Codina et al.
Throughout the world, there has been widespread recognition that children’s development is shaped by the cultural context and interactions that begin prenatally and extend throughout childhood.1,2 Children raised in stable and nurturing settings that provide adequate nutrition, responsive caregiving...
Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Nur‐E Salveen, Masuma Kawsir, Sally Grantham‐McGregor et al.
AIMS: We evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of utilising government health supervisors to train and supervise primary health care workers (HWs) in community clinics to deliver parenting sessions as part of their usual duties. METHODS: We randomly allocated 16 unions in the Mymensing distric...
Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Shamima Shiraji et al.
Background: Over 250 million children globally do not reach their developmental potential. We tested whether integrating a group-based, early childhood parenting programme into government healthcare clinics improved children’s development, growth, and behaviour.Methods: We conducted a cluster-random...
Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Shamima Shiraji et al.
Abstract Background: Over 250 million children globally do not reach their developmental potential. We tested whether integrating a group-based, early childhood parenting programme into government healthcare clinics improved children’s development, growth, and behaviour. Methods: We conducted a clus...