Four-year follow-up to a home-visiting intervention to promote early childhood development and prevent family violence in rural Rwanda: the Sugira Muryango cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sugira Muryango (SM) is a home-visiting intervention designed to promote early childhood development (ECD) and prevent violence in families with young children living in extreme poverty in rural Rwanda.

Methods

We present 4-year follow-up data collected in 2022 in n=1009 households (93%) from a cluster randomised trial. We compare outcomes in SM and usual care (UC) families using mixed-effect models. Results are reported as the average difference in change over time in the SM versus UC group for longitudinal outcomes and the average difference in SM versus UC groups for new outcomes.

Results

Compared with UC caregivers, caregivers who participated in SM report engaging in more stimulating interaction with their children (b=0.531; 95% CI: 0.468, 0.594) and a

SUBMITTER: Jensen SGK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12161331 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature