Maternal and environmental Impact assessment on Neurodevelopment in Early childhood years (MINE): a prospective cohort study protocol from a low, middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Environmental and psychosocial adversities negatively impact children's developmental outcomes. When these factors are experienced in early childhood-a sensitive period of development-the developing brain can be altered. While these associations have been drawn in high-income countries, it is necessary to understand child growth, neurodevelopment, and the role of environmental factors in developmental trajectories in low-income settings. The objective of this study is to longitudinally assess how demographic factors, maternal health, maternal development, and child health, are related to child development on a behavioural, cognitive, and neuroimaging level in low-socioeconomic communities.

Methods and analysis

Mother-child dyads will be identified in the peri-ur

SUBMITTER: Surani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335476 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature