[PDF] Top 20 Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis

... restricted linear growth during the first 2 years of ...in child development that is not linked to linear ...motor development skills were of similar magnitude to those seen in ... See full document

... mean child age at enrollment (< or ≥12 months), mean maternal education (incomplete primary school or complete primary school or higher), and country context (lower middle–income or upper ... See full document

... from low- and middle-income countries with the primary outcome to measure the difference in physical growth (weight, height, head circumference) between inter- vention and control ... See full document

... between child growth and development is mainly a ...the countries included in the ...African countries where the care environment is often poor, the magnitude of the association was ... See full document

... of growth in percentage of the population that is rural, population density, percentage of land area that is agricul- tural, proportion of the population that is agricul- tural, labor force participation rate, and ... See full document

... As indicated above, the incidence of corruption and interest in its causes and consequences began to increase in early 1990s. These developments unfolded against the background of transition from central planning to ... See full document

... According to our findings, around half of individuals who engaged in suicidal behaviour had a psychiatric disorder in LMIC compared with most in HIC [3,6]. There was, however, a high degree of heterogeneity between ... See full document

... Defining units of Inference: “ Individuals ” and “ Populations ” The W pop units of inference in this study refer to children and their mothers. The B pop units of inference refer to communities, regions, and ... See full document

... Other factors are mentioned in some studies, which are the literacy level of the heads of the family, urban households, unhealthy water source, unhygienic toilets in houses, and having one child and one elderly ... See full document

... The review included cross-sectional prevalence surveys conducted in low- and middle-income countries [15]. Studies conducted among symptomatic or care-seeking individuals, children, ... See full document

... our analysis are found in Table 2. Children ’ s socioemotional development score had a mean of ...another child who was spanked, in the past ...the child indicated the child ’ s father ... See full document

... Disease Control Priorities (DCP-3) recommends that family therapy or support; community-based rehabilitation (CBR); and self-help and support groups should be priori- tised in these settings [1]. These interventions may ... See full document

... continued development and use of community-based programs, there is currently limited evidence to support or refute their effectiveness in ...developing countries [29], but the researchers performed ... See full document

... stringent analysis by respecting some of the spatial correlation in the data, holdout sets were created by combining sets of data at different spatial resolutions (for example, first administrative  ... See full document

... No associations were revealed between paternal stimulation and HAZ. Although HAZ has been commonly used as proxy measures of ECD, our results underscore important distinctions between the ECDI measure and HAZ that should ... See full document

... their growth had been between fifth to 95th percentiles since birth; they had received and complied with the free iron prophylaxis available to children in Turkey after 6 months of age or their hemoglobin screens ... See full document

... this analysis of multicenter population-based studies, we describe the association between SES and COPD among ten sites in Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Peru, and ...household income, and a lower composite ... See full document

... A meta-analysis of the three studies demonstrated that application of chlorhexidine to the umbilical cord of the newborn led to a 23% reduction in all-cause neonatal mortality and a reduction in omphalitis ... See full document

... the child may say “ju” for the word “juice” and use this sound when referring to a ...the child, interpretation is not too ...the child will have trouble knowing what is ... See full document

... After analysis on our study was com- pleted, new guidelines were released, which advocate the use of a societal perspective and health systems perspec- tive as the reference case [73] and could be estimated from ... See full document