Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development.

TitleNurturing care: promoting early childhood development.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsBritto, P. R., S. J. Lye, K. Proulx, A. K. Yousafzai, S. G. Matthews, T. Vaivada, R. Perez-Escamilla, N. Rao, P. Ip, L. C. H. Fernald, H. MacMillan, M. Hanson, T. D. Wachs, H. Yao, H. Yoshikawa, A. Cerezo, J. F. Leckman, and Z. A. Bhutta
Corporate AuthorsEarly Childhood Development Interventions Review Group, for the Lancet Early Childhood Development Series Steering Committee
PubMed ID27717615
Grant ListPG/14/33/30827 / / British Heart Foundation / United Kingdom

The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a historic opportunity to implement interventions, at scale, to promote early childhood development. Although the evidence base for the importance of early childhood development has grown, the research is distributed across sectors, populations, and settings, with diversity noted in both scope and focus. We provide a comprehensive updated analysis of early childhood development interventions across the five sectors of health, nutrition, education, child protection, and social protection. Our review concludes that to make interventions successful, smart, and sustainable, they need to be implemented as multi-sectoral intervention packages anchored in nurturing care. The recommendations emphasise that intervention packages should be applied at developmentally appropriate times during the life course, target multiple risks, and build on existing delivery platforms for feasibility of scale-up. While interventions will continue to improve with the growth of developmental science, the evidence now strongly suggests that parents, caregivers, and families need to be supported in providing nurturing care and protection in order for young children to achieve their developmental potential.

Title Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development.
Publication Title Lancet
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2017
Authors P.R. Britto; S.J. Lye; K. Proulx; A.K. Yousafzai; S.G. Matthews; T. Vaivada; R. Perez-Escamilla; N. Rao; P. Ip; L.C.H. Fernald; H. MacMillan; M. Hanson; T.D. Wachs; H. Yao; H. Yoshikawa; A. Cerezo; J.F. Leckman; Z.A. Bhutta
Corporate Authors Early Childhood Development Interventions Review Group, for the Lancet Early Childhood Development Series Steering Committee
ISSN Number 1474-547X
PubMed ID 27717615
Grant List
PG/14/33/30827 British Heart Foundation United Kingdom

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