Putting science into practice for early child development

Lake, Anthony; Chan, Margaret

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61680-9

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“…59 Extending the emphasis on survival to include components of nurturing care and a life course perspective would ensure that children who survive also thrive. 2 …”

Section: Opportunities To Coordinate Early Childhood Development Acromentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2 This Series responds to those calls. Paper 1 proposes a life course perspective and the study of global commitments to early childhood development; Paper 2 examines evidence to implement and sustain effective early childhood development programmes at scale; 20 and Paper 3 proposes models and strategies to promote early childhood development at scale.…”

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“…The finding that 219 million (39%) children younger than 5 years (under-5s) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential, leading to an average deficit of 19.8% in adult annual income, 1 attracted global attention. 2 These two Series reviewed evidence related to key biological and psychosocial risks; summarised neuroscientific evidence on both adverse and positive experiences affecting early brain development; reviewed effectiveness of programmes and policies to improve early childhood development; provided the estimated costs of not investing in preschools; and concluded that inequities in development begin prior before conception, and that timely interventions reduce inequities and increase productivity (appendix pp 2). 3–6 …”

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Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

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Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based on proxy measures of stunting and poverty, indicate that 250 million children (43%) younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. There is therefore an urgent need to increase multisectoral coverage of quality programming that incorporates health, nutrition, security and safety, responsive caregiving, and early learning. Equitable early childhood policies and programmes are crucial for meeting Sustainable Development Goals, and for children to develop the intellectual skills, creativity, and wellbeing required to become healthy and productive adults. In this paper, the first in a three part Series on early childhood development, we examine recent scientific progress and global commitments to early childhood development. Research, programmes, and policies have advanced substantially since 2000, with new neuroscientific evidence linking early adversity and nurturing care with brain development and function throughout the life course.

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“…59 Extending the emphasis on survival to include components of nurturing care and a life course perspective would ensure that children who survive also thrive. 2 …”

Section: Opportunities To Coordinate Early Childhood Development Acromentioning

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“…Global leadership in the UN (eg, WHO, UNICEF, World Bank) has signalled support for the health sector to use its reach to pregnant women, families, and young children to promote early childhood development. 95–97 …”

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Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development

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Building on long-term benefits of early intervention (Paper 2 of this Series) and increasing commitment to early childhood development (Paper 1 of this Series), scaled up support for the youngest children is essential to improving health, human capital, and wellbeing across the life course. In this third paper, new analyses show that the burden of poor development is higher than estimated, taking into account additional risk factors. National programmes are needed. Greater political prioritisation is core to scale-up, as are policies that afford families time and financial resources to provide nurturing care for young children. Effective and feasible programmes to support early child development are now available. All sectors, particularly education, and social and child protection, must play a role to meet the holistic needs of young children. However, health provides a critical starting point for scaling up, given its reach to pregnant women, families, and young children. Starting at conception, interventions to promote nurturing care can feasibly build on existing health and nutrition services at limited additional cost. Failure to scale up has severe personal and social consequences. Children at elevated risk for compromised development due to stunting and poverty are likely to forgo about a quarter of average adult income per year, and the cost of inaction to gross domestic product can be double what some countries currently spend on health. Services and interventions to support early childhood development are essential to realising the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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“…While the scientific evidence is clear, donor and policy neglect of ECD has been striking. Recently however, high-level support for ECD has been emerging 9,10 including in the recent Lancet series. To optimise the impact of this new momentum, ECD research prioritisation is required.…”

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