Caregiver mental health promotion Other
Conditions
Interventions
The Ya’an Project is a curriculum-based caregiver education intervention that aims to improve early childhood psychosocial development and maternal well-being through caregiver training classes by par
Sponsors
Stanford University, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers of a child 6-24 months of age living in the village at the time of surveying 2. Children aged 6-24 months at the time of surveying (born between February 1st, 2020, and March 1st, 2022) 3. Wiling to participate in the parenting center programs (parenting training and mental health) 4. Willing to participate in the impact evaluation, including the child surveys, caregiver surveys, and household surveys 5. Able and willing to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with a severe disability 2. Caregivers that are unwilling or unable to give informed consent 3. Caregivers who are unwilling to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following primary outcomes will be recorded on tablets at baseline and endline (i.e., after 1 year at the end of the trial): 1. Early childhood development outcomes measured using: 1.1. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III) 1.2. Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument – short form (CREDI-SF) 1.3. Brief Infant-Toddler social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA) 1.4. New Wolke social-Emotional Behavior Ratings 2. Mental health of caregivers (both primary and secondary) measured using: 2.1. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, 21 items (DASS-21) 2.2. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 2.3. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following secondary outcomes will be recorded on tablets at baseline and endline (i.e., after 1 year at the end of the trial): 1. Parental investment in stimulative parenting practices and materials measured with 1.1. Family Care Indicators (FCI) 1.2. Home Observation Measurement of the Environment (HOME Inventory) short form 2. Parenting style measured with: Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ) 3. Social connectedness between caregiver and trainers, and between caregivers and other caregivers measured with: Social Connectedness Scale 4. Structural and functional social support (community/family) measured with: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) 5. Positive perception of daily chores measured with: Parenting Daily Hassles (PDH) scale 6. Parental stress; physical health measured with: Parenting Stress Index (PSI) 7. Beliefs about mental health stigma measured with: The Chinese version of the Mental Health Literacy Scales (MHLS-C) 8. Cognitive bandwidth measured with: Cognitive-control-demanding tasks | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactAlexis Medina
Outcome results
None listed