When Cultural Norms Discourage Talking to Babies: Effectiveness of a Parenting Program in Rural Senegal

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1513-1526

  Weber, Ann ^a   Fernald, Anne ^a   Diop, Yatma ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SPEECH; WOLOF (PEOPLE); ADULT; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85021338736     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12882     Document Type: Article

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