Parenting Programs to Promote the Nurturing Care of Children: Essential Considerations

World Bank Group

This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs—including by examining their costs—particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It emphasizes the critical role of nurturing care in child development, outlines the essential considerations for designing and implementing these programs to enhance caregiver-child interactions and improve child outcomes, and highlights the need for context-specific, integrated approaches to maximize program impact and sustainability.

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