Promoting Mother-Infant Relationships and Underlying Neural Correlates: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-Visiting Program for Adolescent Mothers in Brazil

Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira Alarcão, et al - Developmental Science

This study aimed to test whether a home‐visiting intervention could improve early attachment relationships between adolescent mothers and their infants living in poverty in Brazil.

Preprint: Responsive caregiving, opportunities for early learning, and children’s safety and security during COVID-19: A rapid review

Kerrie Proulx, Rachel Lenzi-Weisbecker, Rachel Hatch, Kristy Hackett, Carina Omoeva, Vanessa Cavallera, Bernadette Daelmans, Tarun Dua - medRxiv

This rapid review takes stock of emerging research on nurturing care for young children during the COVID-19 crisis.

File

Better Jobs and Brighter Futures: Investing in Childcare to Build Human Capital

Amanda E. Devercelli and Frances Beaton-Day - World Bank Group

In this paper, the authors present the evidence on why childcare matters for building human capital, look at the current status of childcare provision worldwide, including an estimate of the global gaps in access, and present specific actions countries can take to expand access to quality, affordable childcare for all families that need it, especially the most vulnerable.

File

The Nurturing Care Framework: Indicators for Measuring Responsive Care and Early Learning Activities

Elizabeth Hentschel, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Frances E. Aboud

Two new indicators for the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) have been developed in support of programme implementation. These indicators need to be validated before they can be recommended widely. Read the report to learn more about the proposed indicators.

File

Midiendo el impacto de la Covid-19 en los niños y niñas menores de seis años en América Latina – Mapeo de encuestas en curso y sistematización de lecciones aprendidas

Gabriela Guerrero - Programa de Educación del Diálogo Interamericano y la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de UNICEF

Este mapeo inicial tiene dos objetivos: a) identificar temas e intereses comunes entre las encuestas implementadas en los diferentes países de la región; y b) analizar las fortalezas y desafíos enfrentados cuando se implementan este tipo de ejercicios de medición, en particular durante una situación de distanciamiento social como la que implica la Covid-19.

File