Young children in crisis settings 4: How early childhood development in emergencies promotes gender equality
2022-11-21
This fourth thematic brief from MMA explains how early childhood development contributes to gender equality. They focus on how ECD services prevent gender-based violence in emergencies and how they close the gender gap in parental care.Read More →
Young children in crisis settings 3: Nourish the body, nourish the bond: integrating early care and nutrition in emergencies
2022-11-18
In this thematic brief Moving Minds Alliance looks at integrating early childhood development in emergencies within nutrition sector response plans and programs. They share evidence from various contexts of the positive effects that integration of ECDIE and nutrition has on both children and their caregivers. They include some existing entry points for integration and examples of different nutrition and responsive caregiving programs.Read More →
Young children in crisis settings 2: The developing brain in crisis contexts
2022-11-18
Moving Minds Alliance dives deeper to understand our brain and how it responds to stress. They consider threats faced by young children in crisis, such as being exposed to prolonged stress and adversity, and discuss how to mitigate the impact on their brain development. They also share how the humanitarian sector can incorporate early childhood development programs in their emergency response plans and programs through the nurturing framework lens.Read More →
From most vulnerable to most valuable: a scoping study on putting young children at the heart of environmental and climate actions
2022-11-15
ARNEC is pleased to share the evidence from the Asia-Pacific region and the insights from experts and partners around the world exploring the deep interlinkages between climate change, environmental degradation and ECD to support the goal of enabling ECD systems and services for young children become more climate resilient, adequately funded, and their value better understood and considered by policy makers and climate scientists.Read More →
The climate crisis impinges on children’s rights and wellbeing. Urgent action required.
2022-11-15
ARNEC has made available the summary of the scoping study “From Most Vulnerable to Most Valuable: A scoping study putting young children at the heart of environmental and climate actions”. This one page document captures the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the five components of nurturing care. Read More →
From most vulnerable to most valuable: A scoping study on putting young children at the heart of environmental and climate actions
2022-11-15
This study recognises there is insufficient attention given to the immediate and longer term needs of children in climate change and environmental actions. It leverages the Nurturing Care Framework for ECD to better understand and communicate the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation.
Read More →
Risks to child development and school readiness among children under six in Pakistan
2022-11-11
This World Bank paper analyzes the risks to child development and school readiness among children under age 6 in Pakistan. Drawing on a nationally representative telephone survey, it presents the first nationally representative estimates of child development for children under 3 years of age and school readiness for children 3 to 6 years of age, using internationally validated instruments.Read More →
Implementing the Nurturing care framework: resources
2022-10-29
Following the launch of the Nurturing care framework in 2018, numerous resources have been developed to support advocacy and implementation of the Framework. This brochure introduces them, with a general background and links to the nurturing care handbook, practice guide, advocacy toolkit, thematic briefs, country profiles and more.Read More →
Young children in crisis settings 1: How the youngest children are left behind in humanitarian response
2022-10-29
This brief defines early childhood development and why it is important to understand, especially in crisis contexts. It also explains the Nurturing Care Framework and how to use it to mitigate risks for young children in crisis settings and supporting them to have a healthy development. The fact sheet also provides simple recommendations on how to support early childhood development programming, financing and research in supporting young children in crisis and their caregivers.Read More →
Nurturing care and men’s engagement
2022-10-29
This thematic brief summarizes the evidence regarding the benefits of men’s engagement on outcomes for women, children, and even men themselves. It consolidates the learnings thus far regarding designing and adapting services to engage men in providing nurturing care. Finally, it recommends practical actions for policymakers and programme designers across four enabling environments: policies, services, communities and caregivers – all illustrated with case studies. It focuses particularly on what health services can do, while also covering education, social protection and other sectors. Read More →
Parenting interventions to promote ECD in the first three years of life: Systematic review and meta-analysis
2022-09-21
The WHO has commissioned a systematic review and meta-analysis of 102 randomized controlled trials of parenting interventions for children during the first 3 years of life that were implemented across a total of 33 countries. Among the findings, the review found greater effects on child cognitive development, parenting knowledge, parenting practices, and parent–child interactions for programs that focused on responsive caregiving compared to those that did not.Read More →
Snapshot of early childhood development data and policies in nine countries: a cross-country analysis
2022-09-21
This analysis summarises the situation of young children across several policy areas impacting their development. It is based on data collected from nine European countries and consolidated in nine country profiles. It draws attention towards four key findings across policy areas impacting ECD and priorities for policy-making and investment in early childhood at the European and country level.Read More →
Situational analysis of early childhood care and development services in Ghana
2022-08-24
This study looks at services in health and social welfare in Ghana that promote optimal ECD outcomes, explores the sustainability of promoting responsive care and early learning in mother-to-mother support groups, and identifies opportunities to promote optimal development in early childhood. Read More →
Pediatricians promoting ECD in Kenya and Tanzania
2022-08-17
This brief summarizes the collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Kenya Paediatric Association, and the Paediatric Association of Tanzania to identify and build the capacity of ECD champions so that they can better advocate for ECD. Read More →
The pediatrician’s role in supporting nurturing care for early childhood development
2022-08-17
This publication provides a brief overview on the science of ECD, the components of nurturing care, and specific, actionable ways paediatricians can champion ECD in their clinics and communities. The issue brief was developed as part of the Academy’s ECD grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which focused on strengthening the capacity of paediatric societies in promoting ECD in Kenya and Tanzania.Read More →
How to engage men in nurturing care across the life stages
2022-06-21
Men caregivers play an important role in ensuring all children receive nurturing care. From supportive services to enabling policies and beyond, this infographic from MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership shows how men can be supported to provide nurturing care for their children from pregnancy to early childhood.Read More →
Scaling nurturing care interventions in the health sector: a theory of change perspective
2022-06-20
The author reflects on his experience of scaling nurturing care interventions in a private pediatric care setting. Buy-in from the health sector required realization of benefits to include health outcomes framed as the potential to improve the quality of life and the process of recovery; sustainable behavior change required a culture that promoted nurturing care highlighting the role of leadership; subsequently improving the experience of frontline staff and at an individual level. This could be achieved through the provision of supportive supervision-rooted in a framework of compassion.Read More →
Nurturing care framework for early childhood development – Arabic version
2022-06-10
الرعاية في مرحلة التنشئ من أجل تنمية الطفولة المبكرةRead More →
Improving policy environments for infants and young children: global status of multisectoral national policies for early childhood development
2022-04-28
Multisectoral national policies for early childhood development have been developed since 1979, yet until now the number of countries adopting them has not been systematically documented. This is a descriptive study conducted to assess historical trends in policy adoption, regional coverage, income levels, governance categories, and crisis countries. Read More →
