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Global Health and Development in Early Childhood

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Aboud, Frances E., Yousafzai, Aisha K.·2015·Annual Review of Psychology
DOI 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015128
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Health and nutritional risks co-occur in the lives of children under the age of 2 years who live in developing countries. We review evidence showing how these risks, in addition to inadequate psychosocial stimulation, prevent children from developing expected cognitive and language abilities. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 interventions aimed at enhancing stimulation and 18 interventions that provided better nutrition--all conducted since 2000--revealed that stimulation had a medium effect size of 0.42 and 0.47 on cognitive and language development, respectively, whereas nutrition by itself had a small effect size of 0.09. The implementation processes of these interventions are described and compared. A number of unresolved issues are outlined and discussed, including ways to maximize parental health behavior change, assess mediators that account for intervention effects, and expand the assessment of young children's brain functions that underlie language and cognition and are affected by nutrition and stimulation.

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  • The Britto et al. evidence synthesis was based on 3 selected reviews published in 2014 and 2015 that focused only on ECD but not parenting outcomes and was limited to studies in low- and middle-income countries.

    “However, this evidence synthesis was based on a review of 3 selected reviews published in 2014 [19] and 2015 [6,20] that focused only on ECD but not parenting outcomes and was limited to studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).”

    From Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) · cites this paper as [6]

    The Introduction and systematic-review section focus on cognitive and language development in young children in developing countries, supporting the ECD and geographic parts of the claim for this review. But the systematic-review section also reports improved HOME Inventory scores in 9 of 21 stimulation studies, reflecting changes in caregiver responsiveness and play materials. Thus, saying the review did not address parenting outcomes is too absolute; this paper does not establish the composition of the three-review synthesis. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Parenting interventions that include components to directly enhance early child learning or strengthen parent-child relationships are more effective for improving early cognitive, language, motor, and socioemotional development.

    “recent evidence has revealed that parenting interventions that include components to directly enhance early child learning or strengthen parent–child relationships are more effective for improving early cognitive, language, motor, and socioemotional development [5–7].”

    From Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) · cites this paper as [6]

    The 'How Stimulation Interventions Work' section reports that stimulation interventions improved cognitive and language development, and 'Psychosocial Stimulation' says they promote stimulating and responsive caregiving. The cited review does not establish that components specifically aimed at strengthening parent–child relationships make interventions more effective, or report corresponding improvements in motor and socioemotional development. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Aboud, F. E., & Yousafzai, A. K.
Affiliations
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Aga Khan University (PK)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2015-01-03
Volume
66
Issue
1
Pages
433-457
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
DOI
10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015128
OpenAlex
W2167322609
Cited by
398
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 13
FWCI
2.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
UNICEF
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Keywords
early childhood development, child nutrition, psychosocial stimulation, cognitive development, language development, developing countries, intervention effectiveness, brain function assessment, global health
MeSH terms
Child Development, Developing Countries, Humans, Infant, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Global Health

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