Effect of a playful parenting programme on early childhood development and care outcomes of young children in vulnerable communities: findings from a quasi-experimental study
The study demonstrated that higher intervention doses were associated with better child development outcomes in Nepal and only with medium dose in Uganda, emphasizing the importance of implementation factors like dosage, quality and delivery modality in community-based interventions for improving ECD outcomes in vulnerable populations.
Authors
- Bihari Sharan Kuikel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3377-8719)
- Viktoria Sargsyan
- Biraj Man Karmacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-0235)
- Muneera A. Rasheed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-0102)
- Sabina Marasini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9410)
- Narbada Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9527-4343)
- Barun Mahat
- Ridhi Chaudhary
- Harriet Walea
- Robert Tamale
- Janet Birungi
Institutions
- Dhulikhel Hospital (NP)
- Nepal Development Research Institute (NP)
- World Health Organization - Uganda (UG)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-05161-8
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- LEGO Foundation