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The problem
Intervention: Parenting program with two dose levels: high-dose (12 group sessions and 4 home visits) and low-dose (6 group sessions and 2 home visits) focused on early learning, stimulation, and responsive feeding practices
Who it was tested with: 733 children under five years and their caregivers in Rwandan refugee camps (Mugombwa, Kansi, Kigeme) and host communities.
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.
"Via a quasi-experimental research design, the study assessed the effects of intervention delivered as a high dose (HD: 12 group sessions and four home visits) or low dose (LD: 6 group sessions and two home visits) on child and caregiver outcomes compared to the control group from similar settings receiving standard care." The design included comparison groups and standardized outcome measures, meeting the criteria for experimental evidence tier; mixed outcomes reflect both significant behavioral changes in caregiving practices but null findings for child development.
No significant child development outcomes were detected despite improvements in caregiver practices, suggesting either the measurement tools did not capture benefits, follow-up was insufficient for developmental gains to manifest, or behavioral change did not translate to developmental gains. Caregiver mental health was not improved by the intervention.
Across countries and designs
5 studies · 4 countries
