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The Benefits of Early Book Sharing (BEBS) for child cognitive and socio-emotional development in South Africa: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Nicholas Dowdall, Peter J Cooper, Mark Tomlinson, Sarah Skeen, Frances Gardner, Lynne Murray

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Trial report in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicholas DowdallDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Peter J CooperUniversity of Reading, Reading, UK. p.j.cooper@rdg.ac.uk.
Mark TomlinsonStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Sarah SkeenStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Frances GardnerDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Lynne MurrayUniversity of Reading, Reading, UK.
Stellenbosch University · ZAOxford Policy Management · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

Neighborhood Alcohol & HIV Prevention in South African TownshipsR01AA017104 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ROTHERAM-BORUS, MARY JANE · 2007 to 2011
$3.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA017104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at risk for problems in their cognitive, social and behavioural development. Factors such as a lack of cognitive stimulation, harsh parenting practices, and severe and persistent aggression in early childhood are central to the genesis of these problems. Interventions that target the intersection between early childhood development, parenting, and early violence prevention are required in order to meaningfully address these problems.

methodsWe are conducting a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a parenting intervention for caregivers of children aged between 23 and 27 months, designed to promote child cognitive and socioemotional development in Khayelitsha, a low-income peri-urban township in South Africa. Families are randomly allocated to a book-sharing intervention group or to a wait-list control group. In the intervention, we train caregivers in supportive book-sharing with young children. Training is carried out in small groups over a period of 8 weeks. Data are collected at baseline, post intervention and at 6 months post intervention. In addition to targeting child cognitive development, the intervention aims to improve child socioemotional functioning. DISCUSSION: The Benefits of Early Book Sharing (BEBS) trial aims to evaluate the impact of an early parenting intervention on several key risk factors for the development of violence, including aspects of parenting and child cognition, prosocial behaviour, aggression, and socioemotional functioning. The study is being carried out in a LMIC where violence constitutes a major social and health burden. Since the intervention is brief and, with modest levels of training, readily deliverable in LMIC contexts, a demonstration that it is of benefit to both child cognitive and socioemotional development would be of significance.

trial registrationThe BEBS trial is registered on the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number database, registration number ISRCTN71109104 . Registered on 9 February 2016. This is version 1 of the protocol for the BEBS trial.

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BooksChild BehaviorChild DevelopmentCognitionEmotionsInterpersonal RelationsSocial BehaviorAge FactorsCaregiversChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleParentingParentsBook-sharingEarly childhood developmentParenting interventionSouth AfricaViolence prevention

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PMID28279200
PMCPMC5345192
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