@article {356,
	title = {A home-visiting intervention programme with Jamaican mothers and children.},
	journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1975},
	month = {1975 Oct},
	pages = {605-13},
	abstract = {<p>In order to promote better mental development in three-year-old children from poor Jamaican families, a home-visiting project was carried out with the aim of helping mothers to interact with and stimulate their children. Homes were visited once a week, and the use of toys and books was demonstrated to the mothers. The play equipment was then left with the family and exchanged at the following visit. After a maximum of 29 visits, the children had made significant gains (average 13 IQ points) compared with children in a previously matched control group. The mothers\&$\#$39; knowledge of child-rearing had also improved. Similar intervention programmes may be useful on a larger scale, and need not be expensive if full use is made of the mothers\&$\#$39; help.</p>
},
	keywords = {Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Female, Home Care Services, Humans, Intellectual Disability, Intelligence, Jamaica},
	issn = {0012-1622},
	author = {Grantham-McGregor, S M and Desai, P}
}
