Bridging early development gaps in rural Egypt: a community-based approach to equitable childhood care
Participation in the community-based program was positively associated with improved nurturing-care practices and developmental performance after controlling for key sociodemographic factors. The findings suggest that integrating similar caregiver training and early stimulation programs into national child health strategies may help promote equitable early childhood development.
Authors
- Ayman F. Armaneous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9127-4415)
- Marwa W. Abouelnaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-5966)
- Mona Gamal El-Abd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-4307)
- Ebtissam M. Salah El-Din (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3331-8977)
- Manal A. Shehata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-7010)
- Ammal M. Metwally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0575-5202)
- Doaa E. Ahmed
- Ghada A. Elshaarawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7165-0594)
- Nihad A. Ibrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-6446)
- Maysa S. Nassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-6803)
Institutions
- National Research Centre (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02728-4
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00