Subsidized childcare and child development in Colombia: Effects of hogares comunitarios de bienestar as a function of timing and length of exposure

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-249

  Bernal, Raquel ^a   Fernández, Camila ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Childcare; Colombia; Developing countries; Early childhood intervention; Latin America; Nutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCOUNT RATE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDCARE; COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; LATIN AMERICA; NUTRITION; POVERTY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84886388975     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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