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Renos Vakis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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seasonal migration and Early Childhood Development
World Development, 2010Co-Authors: Karen Macours, Renos VakisAbstract:This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in Early Childhood Development. The authors analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that in particular mother's migration has a positive effect on Early cognitive Development. The authors attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative ECD effects from temporary lack of parenting. This paper, hence, illustrates how increased opportunities in seasonal migration due to higher South-South mobility might positively affect Early Childhood Development and as such long-term poverty reduction.
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seasonal migration and Early Childhood Development
Post-Print, 2010Co-Authors: Karen Macours, Renos VakisAbstract:This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in Early Childhood Development. We analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk -coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that shock-driven migration by mothers has a positive effect on Early cognitive Development. We attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative Early Childhood Development effects from temporary lack of parenting.
Tendai Chikutuma - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Nutrition, health and safety in Early Childhood Development programmes in selected Harare primary schools in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, 2015Co-Authors: Tendai ChikutumaAbstract:A research paper on Early Childhood Development programmes in nutrition, health and safety in Zimbabwe ECD schools.
Linda Johnston - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Early Childhood Development of late preterm infants a systematic review
Pediatrics, 2011Co-Authors: Jennifer E. Mcgowan, Fiona Alderdice, Valerie Holmes, Linda JohnstonAbstract:CONTEXT: Late-preterm infants (LPIs) born at 34 to 36 weeks9 gestation are increasingly regarded as being at risk for adverse Developmental outcomes. To date, the Early Childhood Development of LPIs has not been systematically considered. OBJECTIVE: To undertake a broad examination of literature relating to Early Childhood Development at the ages of 1 to 7 years of LPIs born at 34 to 36 weeks9 gestation. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of Early Childhood outcomes in LPIs by using 9 electronic databases (January 1980 to March 2010). Bibliographies were reviewed. After examination of abstracts, ineligible studies were excluded. A specifically designed data-extraction form was used. The methodologic quality of included studies was assessed by using well-documented quality-appraisal guidelines. RESULTS: Of 4581 studies, 10 (3 prospective and 7 retrospective cohort) were included. Studies were heterogeneous, and poorer outcomes were reported among LPIs in relation to neuroDevelopmental disabilities, educational ability, Early-intervention requirements, medical disabilities, and physical growth in comparison to term-born children. No identified study used healthy nonadmitted LPIs as a comparison group for admitted LPIs. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence suggests that LPIs are at increased risk of adverse Developmental outcomes and academic difficulties up to 7 years of age in comparison to term infants. An infant control group matched for gestational age has not been used; thus, for LPIs, the effect of neonatal admission on longer-term outcomes has not been fully explored. Systematic measurement of Early Childhood outcomes is lacking, and focused long-term follow-up studies are needed to investigate Early Childhood Development after late-preterm birth.
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Early Childhood Development of Late-Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
Pediatrics, 2011Co-Authors: Jennifer E. Mcgowan, Fiona Alderdice, Valerie Holmes, Linda JohnstonAbstract:Late-preterm infants (LPIs) born at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation are increasingly regarded as being at risk for adverse Developmental outcomes. To date, the Early Childhood Development of LPIs has not been systematically considered. To undertake a broad examination of literature relating to Early Childhood Development at the ages of 1 to 7 years of LPIs born at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation. We conducted a systematic review of Early Childhood outcomes in LPIs by using 9 electronic databases (January 1980 to March 2010). Bibliographies were reviewed. After examination of abstracts, ineligible studies were excluded. A specifically designed data-extraction form was used. The methodologic quality of included studies was assessed by using well-documented quality-appraisal guidelines. Of 4581 studies, 10 (3 prospective and 7 retrospective cohort) were included. Studies were heterogeneous, and poorer outcomes were reported among LPIs in relation to neuroDevelopmental disabilities, educational ability, Early-intervention requirements, medical disabilities, and physical growth in comparison to term-born children. No identified study used healthy nonadmitted LPIs as a comparison group for admitted LPIs. Evidence suggests that LPIs are at increased risk of adverse Developmental outcomes and academic difficulties up to 7 years of age in comparison to term infants. An infant control group matched for gestational age has not been used; thus, for LPIs, the effect of neonatal admission on longer-term outcomes has not been fully explored. Systematic measurement of Early Childhood outcomes is lacking, and focused long-term follow-up studies are needed to investigate Early Childhood Development after late-preterm birth.
Pablo Stansbery - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Translation of Evidence to Practice to Promote Early Childhood Development Programs
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2018Co-Authors: Pablo StansberyAbstract:The 2018 special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on implementation research and practice for Early Childhood Development brings together emerging evidence on implementing effective nurturing care programs, addressing issues of quality and scale. Translating evidence to practice requires addressing the barriers perceived by policy makers, which have been highlighted in the published literature. Here, I describe how UNICEF and other global partners are addressing these barriers.
Karen Macours - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact evaluation of three types of Early Childhood Development interventions in Cambodia
2013Co-Authors: Adrien Bouguen, Karen Macours, Deon Filmer, Sophie NaudeauAbstract:Scaling up Early Childhood Development services has the potential to increase children's cognitive and socio-emotional Development and promote school readiness in a large segment of the population. This study used a randomized controlled trial approach to evaluate three scaled-up programs designed to widen access to Early Childhood Development services: formal preschools, community preschools, and home-based services. The impacts of all three programs fell short of expectations because of two key flaws in how they were scaled up. First, implementation did not receive due attention; as a result, school facilities were not completed as planned, community-based programs were not always established, and low, irregular stipends created difficulties in hiring and retaining teachers. Second, the services that were available were not promoted and thus not used as widely as anticipated. The results imply that the quality of programs supplied is critical, as is attention to the demand side of the problem. The finding that these programs fell short of expectations does not mean that interventions such as these are ineffective. Rather, it indicates that quality and demand require careful attention in attempts to scale up Early Childhood Development interventions, and any problems should be addressed prior to evaluating effectiveness.
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seasonal migration and Early Childhood Development
World Development, 2010Co-Authors: Karen Macours, Renos VakisAbstract:This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in Early Childhood Development. The authors analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that in particular mother's migration has a positive effect on Early cognitive Development. The authors attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative ECD effects from temporary lack of parenting. This paper, hence, illustrates how increased opportunities in seasonal migration due to higher South-South mobility might positively affect Early Childhood Development and as such long-term poverty reduction.
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seasonal migration and Early Childhood Development
Post-Print, 2010Co-Authors: Karen Macours, Renos VakisAbstract:This paper provides unique evidence of the positive consequences of seasonal migration for investments in Early Childhood Development. We analyze migration in a poor shock-prone border region in rural Nicaragua where it offers one of the main household income diversification and risk -coping strategies. IV estimates show, somewhat surprisingly, that shock-driven migration by mothers has a positive effect on Early cognitive Development. We attribute these findings to changes in income and to the intra-household empowerment gains resulting from mother's migration, which offset potential negative Early Childhood Development effects from temporary lack of parenting.
