G20's Initiative for Early Childhood Development

Richter, Linda; Desmond, Chris; Behrman, Jere R.; Britto, Pia Rebello; Daelmans, Bernadette; Devercelli, Amanda Epstein; Gertler, Paul; Hoddinott, John; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Fink, Günther; Lombardi, Joan; Bóo, Florencia López; Lu, Chunling; Lye, Stephen J.; Nores, Milagros; Yousafzai, Aisha K.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)33058-7

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“…The Jamaican intervention is being replicated around the world (Grantham-McGregor and Smith, 2016). Our analysis provides justification for expanding ECD interventions targeting disadvantaged children living in poor countries around the world (Richter et al, 2018). Treatment group combines the stimulation arms of the intervention while the control group comprise the participants that did not experience the stimulation treatment.…”

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Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31

Gertler¹,

Heckman²,

Pinto³

et al. 2021

Policy Research Working Papers

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We report the labor market effects of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation intervention at age 31. The study is a small-sample randomized early childhood education stimulation intervention targeting stunted children living in the poor neighborhoods of Kingston, Jamaica. Implemented in 1987-1989, treatment consisted of a two-year home-based intervention designed to improve nutrition and the quality of mother-child interactions to foster cognitive, language and psycho-social skills. The original sample is 127 stunted children between 9 and 24 months old. Our study is able to track and interview 75% of the original sample 30 years after the intervention, both still living in Jamaica and migrated abroad. We find large and statistically significant effects on income and schooling; the treatment group had 43% higher hourly wages and 37% higher earnings than the control group. This is a substantial increase over the treatment effect estimated for age 22 where we observed a 25% increase in earnings.

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Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31

Gertler¹,

Heckman²,

Pinto³

et al. 2021

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“…Encouragingly, there has been an increase in donor funding; though few funds even mention disability, demonstrating the need to integrate care for children with disabilities within approaches that promote ECD 10. Domestic investment data to enable tracking of public finance is a major gap generally,10 including for ECD 11…”

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Reaching the dream of optimal development for every child, everywhere: what do we know about ‘how to’?

Banerjee

Britto²,

Daelmans

et al. 2019

Arch Dis Child

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“…The importance of the family and social environment in influencing children’s neurodevelopment is well-known. However, the impact of health services on the neurodevelopment of children, particularly primary care (the first level of the health system), is less well understood 11 12. Healthcare providers (HCPs) working in primary care, including community health workers, generalist nurses, health visitors, midwives, child health nurses and general practitioners, are uniquely positioned to augment early child development.…”

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Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0–36 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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ObjectiveTo determine the effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers (HCP-ECD) on child cognition and maternal mental health.DesignSystematic review, meta-analysis.SettingHealthcare setting or home.ParticipantsInfants under 1 month of age.InterventionsHCP-ECD interventions that supported responsive caregiving, early learning and motor stimulation. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Health Technology Assessment Database, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched until 15 November 2021. Studies reporting prespecified outcomes were pooled using standard meta-analytical methods.Main outcome measuresCognitive development in children at 0–36 months.ResultsForty-two randomised controlled trials with 15 557 infants were included in the narrative synthesis. Twenty-seven trials were included in the meta-analyses. Pooled data from 13 trials suggest that HCP-ECD interventions may improve cognitive outcomes in children between 0 and 36 months (Bayley Scales of Infant Development version IIII (BSID-III) mean difference (MD) 2.65; 95% CI 0.61 to 4.70; 2482 participants; low certainty of evidence). Pooled data from nine trials suggest improvements in motor development (BSID-III MD 4.01; 95% CI 1.54 to 6.48; 1437 participants; low certainty of evidence). There was no evidence of improvement in maternal mental health (standardised MD −0.13; 95% CI −0.28 to 0.03; 2806 participants; 11 trials; low certainty of evidence).ConclusionsWe report promising evidence, particularly for cognitive and motor outcomes, of the effect of HCP-ECD interventions. However, effect sizes were small, and the certainty of evidence ranged from very low to moderate. Additional high-quality research is required.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019122021.

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G20's Initiative for Early Childhood Development

Cited by 18 publications

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Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31

Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31

Reaching the dream of optimal development for every child, everywhere: what do we know about ‘how to’?

Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0–36 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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