Implementing an early childhood development intervention with routine immunization visits in India: a feasibility trial

Conclusion: Our findings suggest integrating an ECD intervention with routine healthcare visits is a feasible and promising strategy for supporting ECD in India. Further studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of SDP on children ’s development.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04167254.What is Known:• Interventions are increasingly being developed to target responsive caregiving and opportunities for learning because of their potential to support early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries where 250 million children under the age of 5 years fail to reach their full d evelopmental potential.• A critical issue in ECD intervention research is the gap between what is known to be effective treatment to protect healthy brain development and what is provided to millions of caregivers during routine care who live in low-income communities.What is New:• We adapted a brief, ECD intervention for use with routine healthcare visits in India as a population-level strategy to support ECD in LMICs.• Our results demonstrate feasibility, acceptability, and improvements in key parenting behaviors that promote ECD.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research