Early Childhood Development in the Slums of Cuttack, Odisha, India. A follow up

Impact evaluation of a psychosocial stimulation intervention on very young children living in urban poverty in India. A follow up

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18263197

Enrollment

1200

Registered

2020-03-06

Start date

2019-12-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-27

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Conditions

Early childhood development Not Applicable Early childhood development

Interventions

This is an observational follow-up study. This is a follow-up to participants who were enrolled in a previous randomized control trial. Eligible participants were randomly allocated t

Wechsler, 2002). Children's cognition will also be assessed through a set of tasks developed at the Spelke's lab at Harvard. For children aged between 6 to 36 months, child cognition,

and the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III for assessing cognition, receptive language, and expressive language.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children who participated in the original study and their families 2. Siblings of participating children younger than 16 years old 3. Neighbours of participant households

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Mentally or physically disabled children 2. Children older than 16 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Cognitive and language development in children between 6 months and 3 years old assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III (Bayley-III) and the Caregiver Reported Early Childhood Instrument (CREDI) at 6 years after randomization in the initial study 2. Cognitive and language development in children between 4 and 16 years old assessed using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV) and a set of tasks developed at the Spelke lab at Harvard University at 6 years	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Cognitive and language development in children between 6 months and 3 years old assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III (Bayley-III) and the Caregiver Reported Early Childhood Instrument (CREDI) at 6 years after randomization in the initial study 2. Cognitive and language development in children between 4 and 16 years old assessed using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV) and a set of tasks developed at the Spelke lab at Harvard University at 6 years

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Quality of the home stimulation environment as measured by the 'play activities' and 'play materials' subscales of the Family Care Indicators in the home at 6 years 2. Maternal time spent on high stimulation activities with children in the home as measured by time use module in the household questionnaire at 6 years 3. Educational expenditure assessed through questions about educational expenditure in the previous month and year in the follow up interview at 6 years 4. Parental beliefs on returns to educational investment given different endowments assessed in the follow up interview at 6 years 5. Intrahousehold allocation of resources given different levels of ability and health assessed in the follow up interview with families and their neighbors at 6 years	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Quality of the home stimulation environment as measured by the 'play activities' and 'play materials' subscales of the Family Care Indicators in the home at 6 years 2. Maternal time spent on high stimulation activities with children in the home as measured by time use module in the household questionnaire at 6 years 3. Educational expenditure assessed through questions about educational expenditure in the previous month and year in the follow up interview at 6 years 4. Parental beliefs on returns to educational investment given different endowments assessed in the follow up interview at 6 years 5. Intrahousehold allocation of resources given different levels of ability and health assessed in the follow up interview with families and their neighbors at 6 years

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Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026