Multilevel determinants of child development in socially vulnerable Brazilian children: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: Child development consists of a process that involves multiple factors interrelated to the acquisition of children's skills in different areas, such as language, motor, cognitive, emotional, and social. Although extensively explored in literature, there is a gap in how vulnerabilities faced by families can influence this outcome. Thus, this study aims to identify social, maternal, obstetric and familiar determinants of child development in vulnerable children. This is a longitudinal study, conducted in three evaluations between August 2018 and January 2022, with families from Central Brazil participating in the research Impact Evaluation of the Happy Child Program. Generalized Estimating Equations models were used to identify the determinants of child development, evaluated in this study b

SUBMITTER: da Silva AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12832241 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature