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ArticleNutrients2022

Children Receiving a Nutrition and High-Quality Early Childhood Education Intervention Are Associated with Greater Math and Fluid Intelligence Scores: The Guatemala City Municipal Nurseries.

Ana M Palacios, Lisa M Villanueva, Matthew B Flynn, Erik Parker, Stephanie Dickinson, Helen W Bland, Greg A Reinhart

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ana M PalaciosDepartment of Health Policy and Community Health, Jiann Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9489-2219
Lisa M VillanuevaThe Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, Guatemala City 01009, Guatemala.
Matthew B FlynnDepartment of Political Sciences and International Studies, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
Erik ParkerBiostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5537-7900
Stephanie DickinsonBiostatistics Consulting Center, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Helen W BlandDepartment of Health Policy and Community Health, Jiann Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA 31419, USA.
Greg A ReinhartThe Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, Dayton, OH 45414, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: About 47% of children < 5 years of age are stunted in Guatemala. In this study, the investigators aimed to compare growth and cognitive outcomes between children in second grade that attended five Guatemala City Municipal Nurseries (GCMN) vs. same sex, grade, and age-matched children. Methods: A cross-sectional design nested in a retrospective cohort was implemented between 2015 and 2019. Children that attended the GCMN and matched controls completed a math test and validated receptive language and fluid intelligence tests. The primary caregivers completed a sociodemographic survey. General and generalized linear mixed effect models were used to compare children that attended the GCMN vs. controls. The models were adjusted by maternal education, sex, asset score, and other relevant covariates. Results: Children that attended the GCMN exhibited greater math and fluid intelligence scores relative to the controls in the adjusted models (ß = 6.48; 95% CI (2.35−10.61)) and (ß = 1.20; 95% CI (0.12−2.29)), respectively. Lower odds of stunting were significant for children who went to any early childcare institution (AOR = 0.28; 95% CI (0.09−0.89)). Conclusions: The importance of integrating nutrition and high-quality early childhood education interventions in cognitive and growth outcomes is highlighted in this study. The GCMN model may be a scalable model in similar low-resource settings.

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Nurseries, InfantChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesGrowth DisordersGuatemalaHumansInfantIntelligenceRetrospective Studieschildcareearly educationfluid intelligenceglobal nutritionGuatemalamathematicsmicronutrient supplementoverweightstuntingundernutrition

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PMCPMC9003089

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