Impacts 2 years after a scalable early childhood development intervention to increase psychosocial stimulation in the home: A follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial in Colombia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Andrew, Alison ^a,b   Attanasio, Orazio ^a,b   Fitzsimons, Emla ^a,c   Grantham McGregor, Sally ^d   Meghir, Costas ^a,e   Rubio Codina, Marta ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDREN BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FAMILY CARE INDICATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRADED RESPONSE MODEL; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL READINESS; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HOME CARE; INFANT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046343053     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002556     Document Type: Article

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