Evaluating a Community-Based Early Childhood Education and Development Program in Indonesia : Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial with Supplementary Matched Control Group
This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a supplementary matched control group. The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. The program was develope...
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| Language: | en_US |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23159 |
| Summary: | This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a supplementary matched control group. The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. The program was developed in collaboration with the World Bank with a total budget of US$127.7 million, and targets an estimated 738,000 children aged 0 to 6 years living in approximately 6,000 poor communities. The aim of the program is to increase access to early childhood services with the secondary aim of improving school readiness. |
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