Using the infrastructure of a conditional cash transfer program to deliver a scalable integrated early child development program in Colombia: cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of an integrated early child development intervention, combining stimulation and micronutrient supplementation and delivered on a large scale in Colombia, for children's development, growth, and hemoglobin levels.

Design

Cluster randomized controlled trial, using a 2 × 2 factorial design, with municipalities assigned to one of four groups: psychosocial stimulation, micronutrient supplementation, combined intervention, or control.

Setting

96 municipalities in Colombia, located across eight of its 32 departments.

Participants

1420 children aged 12-24 months and their primary carers.

Intervention

Psychosocial stimulation (weekly home visits with play demonstrations), micronutrient sprinkles given daily, and both combine

SUBMITTER: Attanasio OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4179481 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature