Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean: Workshop in Brief (2015) / Chapter Skim
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Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop in Brief
Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop in Brief
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Introduction Keynote During her keynote presentation, Claudia Costin of the World Bank discussed the importance of integrating health, education, and social protection in order to promote healthy childhood development. She stated that children should be at the center of policy making and that investing in young children is one of the smartest investments a country can make.
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The program introduced psychosocial stimulation and micronutrient supplementation through weekly home visits. The program was adapted from the Jamaica home visiting program, and aims to strengthen mother–child interactions and promote healthy child development.
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Scalability and Sustainability of Program Investments Paulo Bonilha, from the Ministry of Health in Brazil, stated that Brazil has been advancing on a number of social indicators, particularly Millennium Development Goal 4 on infant and child mortality, which he attributed to the public policies adopted by the national system of health. For example, Bonilha described the Bolsa Familia program in Brazil, which is the largest conditional cash transfer program in the world and was a contributing factor to the reduction in infant mortality, especially among vulnerable families.
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PIM aims to establish a strong parent–child bond and to help families feel comfortable and at ease with the child development process. A program representative conducts weekly home visits to encourage families to play with their children and to provide opportunities to connect with other facets of the intersectoral care network.
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A final challenge the group discussed was a concern about producing results for impact assessments because most childhood outcomes occur in the medium or long term, not in the short term. Measurements and Indicators Mark Miller, of the Fogarty International Center, reported from the small discussion group on measurements and indicators, where participants discussed relevant outcomes to be measured from a population and individual perspectives.
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Constanza Alarcón Division of International and Intersectoral Commission for Early Population Studies, Fogarty SPONSORS: This workshop was partially supported by the Accordia Childhood, Presidency of the International Center Global Health Foundation; the Aga Khan Foundation; Autism Republic, Colombia Helia Molina Milman Speaks; the Bernard van Leer Foundation; The Bill & Melinda Gates Raquel Bernal Past Minister of Health, Chile Foundation; Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal; the Fraser Center for Research on Economic De- Ariel Pablos-Mendez Mustard Institute for Human Development; Grand Challenges velopment, Universidad de los Andes USAID Canada; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the InterPia Rebello Britto Janna Patterson American Development Bank; the Jacobs Foundation; the National Early Childhood Development Unit, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Institutes of Health -- the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of UNICEF Alan Pence Child Health and Human Development, Fogarty International Center, Helena Choi School of Child and Youth Care, and National Institute of Mental Health; Nestlé Nutrition Institute; Global Development and Population University of Victoria Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Open Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Ruth Perou Society Foundations; Society for Research in Child Development; Centers for Disease Control and UNICEF; U.S. Agency for International Development; U.S.
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