India : Can We Make Parenting Programs More Cost-Effective?
In the first years of life, all children need healthy food, a clean environment, and stimulation to thrive and reach their full developmental potential. However, poverty prevents millions of young children in low- and middle-income countries from r...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/580531627631953868/India-Can-We-Make-Parenting-Programs-More-Cost-Effective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36085 |
| Summary: | In the first years of life, all children
need healthy food, a clean environment, and stimulation to
thrive and reach their full developmental potential.
However, poverty prevents millions of young children in low-
and middle-income countries from receiving adequate
nutrition and stimulation. As a result, many disadvantaged
children’s brain development lags behind that of their
well-off peers, which can have lifelong consequences.
Previous research from low-income settings has found that
encouraging parents to play and interact more with their
children can improve children’s brain development, with
impacts that can last into adulthood. Delivering these
parenting programs at scale and in a cost-effective manner,
however, has been a challenge, in part because some of the
most successful programs have been delivered through
intensive and relatively costly home-based programs. |
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