Child Development
Conditions
Keywords
parenting intervention, child development, low and middle income countries
Brief summary
Children of mothers in the intervention parenting program are expected to show benefits over the standard care control group in terms of better cognitive/language development, less recent illness, and better height for age. The mothers assigned to the intervention parenting program are expected to evidence higher levels of home stimulation, better health prevention, and better dietary diversity, along with more accurate knowledge of child development.
Detailed description
There are actually two intervention groups: in one the program is delivered by trained peer educators from the village, and in the other the program is delivered by trained government personnel.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALResponsive parenting
On a monthly basis, mothers meet with the peer educator to learn about ways to provide a hygienic environment (hand-washing), proper diverse diet (family foods, breast milk), play materials and conversation to stimulation their child's cognitive and language development. Mothers practice with their child and are coached by the peer educator.
BEHAVIORALChild Development
On a monthly basis, mothers meet with the government worker to learn about ways to provide a hygienic environment (hand-washing), proper diverse diet (family foods, breast milk), play materials and conversation to stimulation their child's cognitive and language development.
Sponsors
Save the Children
McGill University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 14 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* mother has a child 6 to 14 months of age * mother willing to learn about child care
Exclusion criteria
* not severely disabled
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bayley scales of infant development | 12 months | Cognitive, receptive language and expressive language items will be administered to the child and scored as pass/fail with a total score calculated for each subtest and the total. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HOME Inventory | 12 months | 45 items assessing through observation and interview opportunities for stimulation in the home. |
| Mother-Child picture talk | 12 months | Mothers' responsive talk while looking at pictures with her child. |
| Dietary diversity | 12 months | Number out of 7 categories of food, based on Mothers recall foods fed to their child over a 24-hour period. |
| Child development knowledge of mother | 12 months | Mothers report the age when they expect children to start acquiring 10 psychosocial skills, e.g. recognize its mother. |
| height for age | 12 months | height for age z score is derived from the current WHO growth standards |
Countries
Bangladesh
Outcome results
None listed