A meta‐analytic review of the implementation characteristics in parenting interventions to promote early child development

MN Ahun, NB Ali, E Hentschel, J Jeong… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the implementation characteristics of parenting interventions to
promote early child development (ECD) outcomes from birth to 3 years. We included 134 …

Implementation of UNICEF and WHO's care for child development package: Lessons from a global review and key informant interviews

MN Ahun, F Aboud, C Wamboldt… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In the last decade, there has been increased global policy and program
momentum to promote early childhood development. The Care for Child Development …

Pathways to scale up early childhood programs: A scoping review of Reach Up and Care for Child Development

G Buccini, L Kofke, H Case, M Katague… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Evidence-based early childhood development (ECD) programs that strengthen nurturing
parenting skills and promote early stimulation, such as Reach Up (RU) and Care for Child …

Can home visits for early child development be implemented with sufficient coverage and quality at scale? Evidence from the SPRING program in India and Pakistan

Z Hill, S Zafar, S Soremekun, S Sikander, BI Avan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There is limited evidence from low and middle-income settings on the
effectiveness of early child development interventions at scale. To bridge this knowledge …

Effects of COVID-19 on child health services utilization and delivery in rural Mozambique: a qualitative study

L Bliznashka, MN Ahun, D Velthausz… - Health Policy and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Little is known about the COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions in health services and the
resilience of the health system response in rural low-resource settings. We conducted a …

Effect of the SPRING home visits intervention on early child development and growth in rural India and Pakistan: parallel cluster randomised controlled trials

BR Kirkwood, S Sikander, R Roy, S Soremekun… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Almost 250 million children fail to achieve their full growth or developmental
potential, trapping them in a cycle of continuing disadvantage. Strong evidence exists that …

Parenting of mothers of children in early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative research

RB Gurgel, JLPD Silva, EMLM Monteiro… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Objectives: to understand practices of mothers of children in early childhood who live in
contexts of poverty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: an exploratory …

A qualitative study of maternal and paternal parenting knowledge and practices in rural Mozambique

MN Ahun, L Bliznashka, S Karuskina-Drivdale… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Providing nurturing care for young children is essential for promoting early child
development (ECD). However, there is limited knowledge about how mothers and fathers …

Parentalidade de mães de crianças na primeira infância durante a pandemia de COVID-19: pesquisa qualitativa

RB Gurgel, JLPD Silva, EMLM Monteiro… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivos: compreender a parentalidade e práticas parentais de mães de crianças na
primeira infância que vivem em contextos de pobreza, diante da pandemia de COVID-19 …

Learning from health system actor and caregiver experiences in Ghana and Nepal to strengthen growth monitoring and promotion

A Singh, KA Torres, N Maharjan, J Shrestha, F Agbozo… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally, growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) of infants and young children
is a fundamental component of routine preventive child health care; however, programs …