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 ...
Gareth McCray, Dana Charles McCoy, Patricia Kariger, Magdalena Janus et al.
INTRODUCTION: With the ratification of the Sustainable Development Goals, there is an increased emphasis on early childhood development (ECD) and well-being. The WHO led Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) project aims to provide population and programmatic level measures of ECD for 0-3 years...
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...
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...
Vanessa Cavallera, Gillian Lancaster, Melissa Gladstone, Maureen M. Black et al.
INTRODUCTION: Children's early development is affected by caregiving experiences, with lifelong health and well-being implications. Governments and civil societies need population-based measures to monitor children's early development and ensure that children receive the care needed to thrive. To th...
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...
Ambreen Nizar Merchant, Raghbir Kaur, Gareth McCray, Vanessa Cavallera et al.
BACKGROUND: To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include (1) a caregiver-reported short form (SF), (2) a di...
Ambreen Nizar Merchant, Raghbir Kaur, Gareth McCray, Vanessa Cavallera et al.
Background To assess the neurodevelopment of children under three years, a multinational team of subject matter experts (SMEs) led by the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED). The measures include 1) a caregiver-reported short form (SF), 2) a direc...