Promoting child development through group-based parent support within a cash transfer program: Experimental effects on children's outcomes

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 222-236

  Fernald, Lia C H ^a   Kagawa, Rose M C ^a   Knauer, Heather A ^a   Schnaas, Lourdes ^b   Guerra, Armando Garcia ^c   Neufeld, Lynnette M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cash transfer; Indigenous; Parenting; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; PARENTING; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991372806     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000185     Document Type: Article

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