'Making the most of together time': development of a Health Visitor-led intervention to support children's early language and communication development at the 2-2½-year-old review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early interventions to support young children's language development through responsive parent-child interaction have proven efficacy but are not currently delivered universally. A potential universal delivery platform is the Health Visitor (HV)-led 2-2½-year-old review in England's Healthy Child Programme. It is unclear if it is feasible to offer such interventions through this platform. We report an intervention development process, including extensive stakeholder consultation and co-design which aimed to develop an acceptable, feasible and equitable early language intervention for delivery in this context.

Methods

The study involved five phases including 13 stakeholder co-design workshops with 7 parents and 39 practitioners (HVs, early years practitioners and s

SUBMITTER: McKean C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822642 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature