Home environment and nutritional status mitigate the wealth gap in child development: a longitudinal study in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inequity in child development is found at early age, but limited evidence exists on whether these gaps change over time and what are the mediators.

Objective

We aim to (1) quantify wealth related gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development in early and middle childhood; (2) examine how these gaps were mitigated by maternal, child factors and home environment.

Methods

We assessed the offspring of women who participated in a randomized controlled trial of preconception micronutrient supplementation in Vietnam (n = 1599). Child development was measured by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-III (at 1-2y) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children®-IV (at 6-7y). We used multivariable regression to estimate the changes in wealth gaps for child de

SUBMITTER: Tran LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature