Integrating early child development programs into health and nutrition services in Bangladesh: Benefits and challenges

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 192-203

  Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani ^a   Nahar, Baitun ^a,b   Huda, Syed Nazmul ^c   Tofail, Fahmida ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; ECD; Integrated nutrition and ECD programs; Psychosocial stimulation

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SANITATION; STAFF; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BANGLADESH; ECD; INTEGRATED NUTRITION AND ECD PROGRAMS; PSYCHOSOCIAL STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893107260     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12366     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Grantham-McGregor, S. 2007. Early child development in developing countries. Lancet 369: 824.
2. Walker, S.P. et al. 2007. Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries. Lancet 369: 145-157.
3. Engle, P.L. et al. 2007. Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world. Lancet 369: 229-242.
4. Walker, S.P. et al. 2011. Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development. Lancet 378: 1325-1338.
5. Engle, P.L. et al. 2011. Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet 378: 1339-1353.
6. Jahan, M. 2005. Needs assessment of early childhood care and education in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Educ. J. 4: 9-33.
7. UNESCO & UNICEF. 2008. Bangladesh EFA MDA National Report 2001-2005. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Dhaka Office and United Nations Children's Education Fund, Bangladesh.
8. UNICEF. 2012. Evaluation of the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) Supported by UNICEF in the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Districts: Report. United Nations Children's Education Fund, NY, USA.
9. Aboud, F.E., K. Hossain & C. O'Gara. 2008. The Succeed Project: challenging early school failure in Bangladesh. Res. Compar. Int. Educ. 3: 295-307.
10. Aboud, F.E. 2007. Evaluation of an early childhood parenting programme in rural Bangladesh. J. Health Popul. Nutr. 25: 3-13.
11. Aboud, F.E. 2005. Evaluation of preschool component of early childhood care and development programs of Plan Bangladesh. Bangladesh Educ. J. 4: 9-15.
12. Aboud, F.E. 2006. Evaluation of an early childhood preschool program in rural Bangladesh. Early Childhood Res. Quarter. 21: 46-60.
13. Moore, A.C., S. Akhter & F.E. Aboud. 2008. Evaluating an improved quality preschool program in rural Bangladesh. Int. J. Educ. Dev. 28: 118-131.
14. Aboud, F.E., A.C. Moore & S. Akhter. 2008. Effectiveness of a community-based responsive feeding programme in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomized field trial. Maternal Child Nutr. 4: 275-286.
15. Aboud, F.E., S. Shafique & S. Akhter. 2009. A responsive feeding intervention increases children's self-feeding and maternal responsiveness but not weight gain. J. Nutr. 139: 1738-1743.
16. Aboud, F.E. & S. Akhter. 2011. A cluster-randomized evaluation of a responsive stimulation and feeding intervention in bangladesh. Pediatrics 127: e1191-e1197.
17. Hamadani, J.D. et al. 2006. Psychosocial stimulation improves the development of undernourished children in rural Bangladesh. J. Nutr. 136: 2645-2652.
18. Tofail, F. et al. 2013. J. Nutr. 143: 885-893.
19. Nahar, B. et al. 2009. Effects of psychosocial stimulation on growth and development of severely malnourished children in a nutrition unit in Bangladesh. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 63: 725-731.
20. Nahar, B. et al. 2012. Effects of psychosocial stimulation on improving home environment and child-rearing practices: results from a community-based trial among severely malnourished children in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 12: 622.
21. Nahar, B. et al. 2012. Effects of a community-based approach of food and psychosocial stimulation on growth and development of severely malnourished children in Bangladesh: a randomised trial. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 66: 701-709.
22. Walker, S.P. et al. 2007. Early childhood stunting is associated with poor psychological functioning in late adolescence and effects are reduced by psychosocial stimulation. J. Nutr. 137: 2464-2469.
23. Walker, S.P. et al. 2011. Early childhood stimulation benefits adult competence and reduces violent behavior. Pediatrics 127: 849-857.
24. Dewey, K.G. & K. Begum. 2011. Long-term consequences of stunting in early life. Maternal Child Nutr. 7(Suppl. 3): 5-18.
25. Gandhi, M. et al. 2011. Height gain during early childhood is an important predictor of schooling and mathematics ability outcomes. Acta Paediatr. 100: 1113-1118.
26. Black, M.M. & F.E. Aboud. 2011. Responsive feeding is embedded in a theoretical framework of responsive parenting. J. Nutr. 141: 490-494.
27. Angeles, G. et al. 2009. The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application. Int. J. Health Geogr. 8: 32.