Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA).

Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA). Neurotoxicology. 2019 Jun 05;: Authors: Till C, Dudania A, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Green R, Menezes-Filho JA, Schnaas L, Smith DR, Lindh CH, van Wendel de Joode B Abstract Early caregiving is one of the strongest influences on children's development, and among the most significant modifiable environmental factor. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of caregiver-infant interactions and neurodevelopment of infants living in banana-growing communities in rural Costa Rica characterized as having environmental toxic exposures. Home visits were conducted with 94 caregiver-infant dyads from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA), living within Matina county, Limón province. One-year infant neurodevelopmental outcomes were assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development®, Third Edition (Bayley-III). Quality of caregiver-infant interaction was assessed with a standardized observational task: Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Teaching scale (NCATS) around two years of age. Multiple regression analyses examined associations between components of caregiver-infant interactions and neurodevelopmental outcomes, adjusting for mancozeb and manganese exposure and other potential confounders. Compared to NCATS normative data for U.S. Hispanic mothers, 35% of the sam...
Source: Neurotoxicology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Neurotoxicology Source Type: research