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Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda

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العنوان: Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda
المؤلفون: Aisha Yousafzai, Theresa S Betancourt, Sarah KG Jensen, Matias Placencio-Castro, Shauna M Murray, Robert T Brennan, Simo Goshev, Jordan Farrar, Laura B Rawlings, Briana Wilson, Emmanuel Habyarimana, Vincent Sezibera
المصدر: BMJ Global Health, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021)
بيانات النشر: BMJ Publishing Group, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine (General)
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
الوصف: Introduction Families living in extreme poverty require interventions to support early-childhood development (ECD) due to broad risks. This longitudinal cluster randomised trial examines the effectiveness of Sugira Muryango (SM), a home-visiting intervention linked to Rwanda’s social protection system to promote ECD and reduce violence compared with usual care (UC).Methods Families with children aged 6–36 months were recruited in 284 geographical clusters across three districts. Cluster-level randomisation (allocated 1:1 SM:UC) was used to prevent diffusion. SM was hypothesised to improve child development, reduce violence and increase father engagement. Developmental outcomes were assessed using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) and the Malawi Development Assessment Tool (MDAT) and anthropometric assessments of growth. Violence was assessed using questions from UNICEF Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) and Rwanda Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Father engagement was assessed using the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment. Blinded enumerators conducted interviews and developmental assessments.Results A total of 541 SM families and 508 UC families were enrolled and included in the analyses. Study attrition (2.0% children; 9.6% caregivers) was addressed by hot deck imputation. Children in SM families improved more on gross motor (d=0.162, 95% CI 0.065 to 0.260), communication (d=0.081, 95% CI 0.005 to 0.156), problem solving (d=0.101, 95% CI 0.002 to 0.179) and personal-social development (d=0.096, 95% CI −0.015 to 0.177) on the ASQ-3. SM families showed increased father engagement (OR=1.592, 95% CI 1.069 to 2.368), decreased harsh discipline (incidence rate ratio, IRR=0.741, 95% CI 0.657 to 0.835) and intimate partner violence (IRR=0.616, 95% CI:0.458 to 0.828). There were no intervention-related improvements on MDAT or child growth.Conclusion Social protection programmes provide a means to deliver ECD intervention.Trial registration number NCT02510313.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2059-7908
العلاقة: https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e003508.fullTest; https://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908Test
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003508
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/3d3ed74cf02640efaf730d527afcfa68Test
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.3d3ed74cf02640efaf730d527afcfa68
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20597908
DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003508