The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Background: The home environment is reported to contribute significantly to children's developing cognitive skills. However, it is not yet evident whether this role prevails in the context of extreme poverty and frequent ill-health. We therefore investigated the role of the home environment in Ugandan children taking into account the frequent infections and extreme poverty in which they lived. Methods: Cognitive abilities of 163 5-year-old children were assessed. Home environments of these children, their health status and family socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed respectively using the EC-HOME, anthropometry and illnesses, and traditional SES measures. Structural equation analyses compared five models on the influence of the home environment, SES, and child health on t

SUBMITTER: Nampijja M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338129 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature