Implementing an early childhood development intervention with routine immunization visits in India: a feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT: Integrating an early childhood development (ECD) intervention within routine healthcare visits offers an important opportunity for a population-level approach to support ECD in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where 250 million children under the age of 5 years fail to reach their full developmental potential. This paper reports on the feasibility of integrating an adapted healthcare-based ECD intervention (Sit Down and Play) in primary health centers (PHCs) serving low-income rural communities in Karnataka, India, and its potential to support research-informed components needed to improve ECD (e.g., opportunities for learning). Using a prospective cluster nonrandomized pilot and feasibility trial, caregivers with infants 6-10 weeks of age were recruited from 2 PHCs: one which deli

SUBMITTER: Shah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9447954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature