Factors associated with early childhood development in municipalities of Ceara, Brazil: a hierarchical model of contexts, environments, and nurturing care domains in a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to identify the contexts, environments, and nurturing care predictors that determine whether a child is developmentally on track in Ceará, Brazil.

Methods

We analysed data from a cross-sectional study conducted with caregivers of 6,447 children aged 0-59 months during a vaccination campaign in Ceará in October 2019. The validated Child Development Assessment Questionnaire was used to assess early childhood development (ECD) and children with a z-score ≥ -1 SD were considered developmentally on track. We conducted logistic regression models to understand the effects of contexts, environments, and nurturing care domains on ECD.

Findings

Children in the early years (< 36 months) were more likely to meet the ECD milestones if they were not born

SUBMITTER: Venancio SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903638 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature