Caregiver parenting practices, dietary diversity knowledge, and association with early childhood development outcomes among children aged 18-29 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey.

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Many children in low- and middle-income countries fail to reach their cognitive potential, with experiences before age 3 critical in shaping long-term development. Zanzibar's Jamii ni Afya program is the first national, digitally enabled community health volunteer (CHV) program promoting early childhood development (ECD) following the Nurturing Care Framework within an integrated maternal and child healthcare package. Using program baseline data, we explored home environment, caregivers' parenting, health and nutrition knowledge and practices, and ECD outcomes in Zanzibar.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Public Health

Title: BMC public health

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2458

ISSN (Print): 1471-2458

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 15 2022

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

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[1 ] D-tree International, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Allyson.RussellVT@gmail.com.

[2 ] Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

[3 ] Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

[4 ] Ministry of Health, Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

[5 ] D-tree International, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

[6 ] Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

[7 ] Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1186/s12889-022-13009-y

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13009-y

PMC ID: 9012040

PubMed ID: 35428252

SO-VID: c0e9291b-8328-4b29-a535-162a24b7d249

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Keywords: CREDI,Caregiver engagement,Child development,Community health volunteer,Dietary diversity,Digital health,Early stimulating activities,Home environment,Nurturing care,Tanzania,Zanzibar

Caregiver parenting practices, dietary diversity knowledge, and association with early childhood development outcomes among children aged 18-29 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey.

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