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ArticleBMJ open2023

Effectiveness of a government-led, multiarm intervention on early childhood development and caregiver mental health: a study protocol for a factorial cluster-randomised trial in rural China.

Qi Jiang, Boya Wang, Yiwei Qian, Dorien Emmers, Shanshan Li, Lucy Pappas, Eleanor Tsai, Letao Sun, Manpreet Singh, Lia Fernald and 1 more

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Qi Jiang *School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8054-5390
Boya Wang *Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Yiwei QianResearch Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Dorien EmmersChinese Studies Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Shanshan LiInnovation and Talent Base for Income Distribution and Public Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China lishanceee@163.com.
Lucy PappasStanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Eleanor TsaiSchool of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Letao SunStanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Manpreet SinghStanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Lia FernaldSchool of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Scott RozelleStanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN DEMOGRAPHYT32HD007275 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI FEEHAN, DENNIS MICHAEL · 1985 to 2025
$5.3M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe high incidences of both the developmental delay among young children and the mental health problems of their caregivers are major threats to METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We design a single-blind, factorial, cluster-randomised controlled, superiority trial that will be delivered and supervised by local agents of the All China Women's Federation (ACWF), the nationwide, government-sponsored social protection organisation that aims to safeguard the rights and interests of women and children. We randomise 125 villages in rural China into four arms: (1) a parenting stimulation arm; (2) a caregiver mental health arm; (3) a combined parenting stimulation and caregiver mental health arm and (4) a pure control arm. Caregivers and their children (aged 6-24 months at the time of baseline data collection) are selected and invited to participate in the 12-month-long study. The parenting stimulation intervention consists of weekly, one-on-one training sessions that follow a loose adaptation of the Reach Up and Learn curriculum. The caregiver mental health intervention is comprised of fortnightly group activities based on an adaptation of the Thinking Healthy curriculum from the WHO. Primary outcomes include measures of child development and caregiver mental health. Secondary outcomes include a comprehensive set of physical, psychological and behavioural outcomes. This protocol describes the design and evaluation plan for this programme. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study received approval from the Institutional Review Board of Stanford University (IRB Protocol #63680) and the Institutional Review Board of the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Informed oral consent will be obtained from all caregivers for their own and their child's participation in the study. The full protocol will be publicly available in an open-access format. The study findings will be published in economics, medical and public health journals, as well as Chinese or English policy briefs. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: AEA RCT Registry (AEARCTR-0010078) and ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN84864201).

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CaregiversChild DevelopmentChildChild, PreschoolEquivalence Trials as TopicFemaleGovernmentHumansMental HealthRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSingle-Blind MethodChinaCommunity child healthHealth EquityHealth policyMENTAL HEALTHRandomised Controlled Trial

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PMCPMC10685963

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