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Developmental Assessments during Injury Research: Is Enrollment of Very Young Children in Crèches Associated with Better Scores?

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  • Divya Nair

    (Department of International Health, International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    IDinsight, 24/1 Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi 110021, India)

  • Olakunle Alonge

    (Department of International Health, International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

  • Jena Derakhshani Hamadani

    (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Shumona Sharmin Salam

    (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Irteja Islam

    (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Adnan A. Hyder

    (Department of International Health, International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA)

Abstract

The Developmental Study is part of a larger intervention on “saving of lives from drowning (SoLiD)” where children were enrolled either into crèches (daycare centers) or playpens to prevent drowning in rural Bangladesh. Sampling ~1000 children between the ages of 9–17 months, we compared problem-solving, communication, motor and personal-social outcomes assessed by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in the two interventions. After controlling for variables such as home stimulation in multivariate regressions, children in crèches performed about a quarter of a standard deviation better in total scores ( p < 0.10) and 0.45 standard deviations higher in fine motor skills ( p < 0.05). Moreover, once the sample was stratified by length of exposure to the intervention, then children in crèches performed significantly better in a number of domains: those enrolled the longest (about 5 months) have higher fine motor (1.47, p < 0.01), gross motor (0.40, p < 0.05) and personal-social skills (0.95, p < 0.01) than children in playpens. In addition, children in crèches with the longer exposure (about 5 months) have significantly higher personal-social and problem-solving scores than those in crèches with minimum exposure. Enrollment in crèches of very young children may be positively associated with psychosocial scores after accounting for important confounding variables.

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  • Divya Nair & Olakunle Alonge & Jena Derakhshani Hamadani & Shumona Sharmin Salam & Irteja Islam & Adnan A. Hyder, 2017. "Developmental Assessments during Injury Research: Is Enrollment of Very Young Children in Crèches Associated with Better Scores?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-10, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:10:p:1130-:d:113327
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