Enhancing parenting competencies of female caretakers to boost the cognitive and socio-emotional development of children Other
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention is an 8-week-long dialogic booksharing program for female caregivers and children aged between 15 and 45 months which aims to improve parental competencies in order to boost the cogni
Sponsors
Palacký University, Olomouc
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The child has the correct age (born between 01/12/2019 and 01/06/2022) 2. The primary female caregiver of the child gave her consent to participate in the study 3. The female caregiver declared she could attend the baseline assessment, the intervention sessions, and the post-intervention assessments 4. The female caregiver agreed that we could delay their participation in the project by 1 year
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Specific health conditions of children that do not allow their active participation in the intervention 2. Specific health conditions of caregivers that do not allow their active participation in the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The child's receptive language is assessed by the caretaker via the adjusted Toddler Language Scale, and by the experimental Pointing Vocabulary Test at baseline, after the 8-week program, and 1 year after the baseline. 2. The child's expressive language is assessed by the caretaker via the adjusted Toddler Language Scale, and by the experimental Expressive one-word picture vocabulary test at baseline, after the 8-week program, and 1 year after the baseline. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The attention of the child is assessed by Early Childhood Vigilance Test (experiment) at baseline, after the 8-week program, and 1 year after the baseline. 2. The child's emotional recognition is assessed by the Emotion Recognition/Understanding Assessment (experiment) at the baseline, after the 8-week program, and 1 year after the baseline. 3. Pro-social behavior of the child is assessed by the Prosocial scale of SDQ (questionnaire filled by the caretaker) and Help Task (experiment) at the baseline, after the 8-week program, and 1 year after the baseline. 4. The caregiver-child relationship is assessed by reciprocity analysis based on Female caregiver-child booksharing (experiment) after the 8-week program and 1 year after the baseline. 5. Child behavior is assessed by the total difficulties score of SDQ (questionnaire) after the 8-week program and 1 year after the baseline. 6. Parental stress is assessed by Parental Stress Scale (questionnaire) after the 8-week program and 1 year after the baseline. 7. Positive and negative parenting is assessed by Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire after the 8-week program and 1 year after the baseline. 8. The engagement of parents in playful activities with children is assessed by diaries during the program. 9. Children's health is assessed by the incidence of diarrhea, wasting, stunting, and underweight after the 8-week program and 1 year after the baseline | — |
Countries
Tanzania
Contacts
Public ContactEva Šerá Komlossyová
Outcome results
None listed