Passive versus active service delivery: Comparing the effects of two parenting interventions on early cognitive development in rural China.

Center-based parenting intervention Early cognitive development Home-based parenting intervention Program participation Randomized controlled trial

Journal

World development
ISSN: 0305-750X
Titre abrégé: World Dev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9878856

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Historique:
accepted: 27 08 2021
entrez: 4 1 2022
pubmed: 5 1 2022
medline: 5 1 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We present the results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial that evaluates the effects of a free, center-based parenting intervention on early cognitive development and parenting practices in 100 rural villages in China. We then compare these effects to a previous trial of a home-based intervention conducted in the same region, using the same parenting curriculum and public service system, accounting for potential differences between the studies. We find that the center-based intervention did not have a significant impact on child development outcomes, but did lead to increases in the material investments, time investments, and parenting skills of caregivers. The average impact of the center-based intervention on child skills and investments in children was significantly smaller than the home-visiting intervention. Analysis of the possible mechanisms suggests that the difference in effects was driven primarily by different patterns of selection into program participation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34980940
doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105686
pii: S0305-750X(21)00301-6
pmc: PMC8566276
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

105686

Subventions

Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : P2C HD050924
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sean Sylvia (S)

Gillings School of Global Public Health and Carolina Population Center, 1101-D McGavran-Greenberg Bldg., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Renfu Luo (R)

China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Science, 409 Wangkezhen Bldg., Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan, Haidian District, Beijing, China.

Jingdong Zhong (J)

School of Economics, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan, Haidian District, Beijing, China.

Sarah-Eve Dill (SE)

Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Alexis Medina (A)

Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Scott Rozelle (S)

Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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