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The problem
Intervention: First Steps 'Intera za Mbere' holistic parenting education program providing nurturing care information and parental skills training
Who it was tested with: Parents and caregivers in Rwanda with young children.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"The project utilized a randomized control trial to provide insight into components that work better for parenting education" and "The application of MEAL evidence led to the successful development and improvement of the program." The randomized design with comparison of different parenting education components provides experimental evidence, and the documented policy influence and program success indicate positive outcomes, though specific effect sizes are not detailed.
The paper does not report specific child development outcome measurements, effect sizes, or quantitative results from the RCT. Limited detail on the population size, geographic scope, or comparison group characteristics in the randomized trial.
Across countries and designs
5 studies · 4 countries
