early childhood development (ECD) intervention

Impacts of Integrating Early Childhood with Health Services: Experimental Evidence from the Cresça Com Seu Filho Home Visiting Program

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This study looked at a new government home visiting program that integrated early childhood development tasks into the work of community health workers. The program aimed to use existing public resources to improve home environments for children. While the program slightly improved the quality of home environments, it didn’t significantly affect child development or health. The … [Read more...] about Impacts of Integrating Early Childhood with Health Services: Experimental Evidence from the Cresça Com Seu Filho Home Visiting Program

Improvement of community health worker counseling skills through early childhood development (ECD) videos, supervision and mentorship: A mixed methods pre-post evaluation from Tanzania

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This study evaluated an early childhood development (ECD) project in Tanzania, assessing the effect of mobile video use, supervision and mentorship to improve the quality of CHW counseling skills. Post intervention, two-thirds of caregivers reported that the father’s involvement with their child increased due to CHW visits. Male participation in home observation sessions … [Read more...] about Improvement of community health worker counseling skills through early childhood development (ECD) videos, supervision and mentorship: A mixed methods pre-post evaluation from Tanzania

Effectiveness of an integrated multilevel early child development intervention on caregiver knowledge and behavior: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Malezi program in Tanzania

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate an early childhood development (ECD) project in Tanzania to compare the effectiveness of radio messaging (RM) alone with a combined radio messaging/video job aids/ECD (RMV-ECD) intervention involving CHWs. Researchers enrolled a cohort of caregivers of children 0-24 months, and followed them for 9 months, then assessed the effects of … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of an integrated multilevel early child development intervention on caregiver knowledge and behavior: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Malezi program in Tanzania