Trial reportPediatrics2018
Reading Aloud and Child Development: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Brazil.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- The science of child and adolescent mental health in Brazil: a nationwide systematic review and compendium of evidence-based resources.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Strengthening Early Childhood Development Programs and Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review of Interventions.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Association of Parent Training With Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of Two Early Parenting Programmes on Child Aggression and Risk for Violence in Brazil: a Randomised Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Trial
- Pre-pandemic support for shared reading buffers adverse parenting impacts: an RCT in Brazil.Pediatric research · 2023Trial
- Parental developmental screening with CARE: A pilot hybrid assessment and intervention with vulnerable families in Colombia.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Teaching home-visitors to support responsive caregiving: A cluster randomized controlled trial of an online professional development program in Brazil.Journal of global health · 2022Trial
- ABA-based teacher training reduces emotional and behavioral problems in Brazilian children.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Neurodevelopmental Trajectories at 3 Years: Insights From the NASCITA Italian Birth Cohort.International journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children.Lancet (London, England) · 2024Review
- Modifiable factors influencing attention performance in healthy children: insights from a comprehensive school nutrition study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Pediatrician and parental evaluation of child neurodevelopment at 2 years of age.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Developmental Delay in Young US Children.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Development and evaluation of a family-child reading picture book on reducing autism spectrum disorder caregivers' psychological stress: a mixed method study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Segregated by Wealth, Health, and Development: An Analysis of Pre-School Child Health in a Medium-Sized German City.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Translational Research on Caregiver Reading and Playing Behaviors: Evidence from an In Vivo Community-based Intervention throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of child and family studies · 2022Article
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- The Effects of a Reading-Based Intervention on Emotion Processing in Children Who Have Suffered Early Adversity and War Related Trauma.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A Pragmatic Internet Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and School Readiness in Early Childhood: Initial Evidence of Program Use and Satisfaction.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesMany children in low- and middle-income countries fail to reach their developmental potential. We sought to determine if a parenting program focused on the promotion of reading aloud enhanced parent-child interactions and child development among low-income families in northern Brazil.
methodsThis was a cluster-randomized study of educational child care centers randomly assigned to receive an additional parenting program (intervention) or standard child care without a parenting component (control). Parent-child dyads were enrolled at the beginning of the school year and were assessed at enrollment and at the end of the school year. Families in intervention centers could borrow children's books on a weekly basis and could participate in monthly parent workshops focused on reading aloud. We compared parents and children in intervention and control centers 9 months after the start of the intervention on measures of parent-child interaction and child language, cognitive, and social-emotional development.
resultsFive hundred and sixty-six parent-child dyads (279 intervention; 287 control) in 12 child care clusters (26-76 children per cluster) were assessed at enrollment; 464 (86%) contributed follow-up data. Parents in the intervention group engaged in significantly greater cognitive stimulation (Cohen's
conclusionsAn innovative program focused on the promotion of parent-child reading aloud resulted in benefits to parent-child interactions and to child language and cognitive development that were greater than those provided by educational child care alone. This promising approach merits further evaluation at scale.
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