Evidence

Evidence on children's well-being, problem first.

Every finding is tied to a defined problem for children, the intervention that claims to solve it, and its type of design. Open any card to compare the same intervention across countries.

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Development

Problem

Limited social-emotional skills in early childhood, including stress management, self-awareness and social communication with peers

Intervention: A neuroeducation program delivered in an early childhood school setting
Population: Young children in an early childhood education institution (further details not given)

Key finding

Children were helped to manage stress

Practitioner

Candra · Crossref · 21 Jun 2025

Development

Problem

Developing language skills (language intelligence) in early childhood

Intervention: Reading activities using the Big Book method, compared with reading activities using the Syllables method
Population: Early childhood children, grouped by high or low thinking skills (country and sample size not stated)

Key finding

Children taught with the Big Book method had higher language skills than children taught with the Syllables method.

Experimental

Aisyah · Crossref · 29 May 2019

DevelopmentSurvival

Problem

Poor early childhood care, stimulation, health and nutrition among children under 3 years in India, including high rates of stunting and wasting.

Intervention: Adding crèche (day-care) services, with child stimulation, feeding and health care, to existing Anganwadi Centres under the ICDS programme in Madhya Pradesh. Crèche workers were newly recruited and trained with technical assistance from IFPRI and the World Bank.
Population: Children aged 6-72 months whose mothers go to work, with a focus on children under 3 years, in Anganwadi Centres in Madhya Pradesh.

Practitioner

World Bank documents and reports · 21 Sept 2018

Development

CNKR

Problem

Unclear which physical education teaching models are most effective for motor skill development in school-aged children and adolescents

Intervention: Different physical education teaching models (e.g. hybrid TGfU–Sport Education, Nonlinear pedagogy, Functional games, Cooperative) compared with each other and with a control
Population: School-aged children and adolescents; the primary network was restricted to participants younger than 18

Key finding

Hybrid TGfU–Sport Education, Nonlinear pedagogy and Functional games had the most favourable relative effect estimates in the primary network.

Practitioner

田琪 et al. · OpenAlex · 6 Oct 2026

Development

Problem

Depression in adolescents, and whether delays in starting psychological support affect recovery of worldview, life perspective and values

Intervention: Early (within 14 days) versus delayed (after 14 days) start of a structured psycho-educational intervention
Population: 244 adolescents with depressive disorder treated between January 2022 and December 2024 (country hint: China)

Key finding

Worldview change was greater with early intervention (β = 4.43, 95% CI 2.89 to 5.98, p < 0.001).

Pre/post

Chen · OpenAlex · 5 Oct 2026

Development

COVNUS

Problem

Lack of rigorously evaluated, gamified tools that explicitly teach gratitude to preadolescent children, who could benefit in well-being and prosocial behavior from character strengths such as gratitude

Intervention: Grati y la Isla de la Gratitud, an educational game-based app to enhance children's understanding and expression of gratitude
Population: 304 children aged 9-12 from public and private schools; 17 of them interviewed

Key finding

The intervention group gave significantly more complex definitions of gratitude, with more conceptual elements (benefactor, beneficiary, benefit, effort), than the control group.

Experimental

Gómez et al. · OpenAlex · 3 Oct 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Poverty and socioeconomic deprivation among vulnerable households, including weak human capital outcomes such as school enrolment, health service use and child nutrition

Intervention: Conditional Cash Transfer programme under Nigeria's National Social Investment Programme
Population: 380 beneficiaries of the CCT programme in selected Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Key finding

No significant increase in human capital development (χ² = 2.803, p > 0.05).

Practitioner

Akpan et al. · OpenAlex · 4 Oct 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Impaired growth and neurodevelopment (cognitive, motor, language, social) in children aged 1–6 years with severe acute malnutrition

Intervention: Eight weeks of standardised nutritional rehabilitation, including therapeutic feeding, micronutrient supplementation and management of associated complications
Population: 150 children aged 1–6 years diagnosed with SAM (WHO criteria) at the Department of Paediatrics, Khairpur Medical College, Sindh

Key finding

Weight rose from 7.3 to 9.2 kg and weight-for-height Z-score from −3.42 to −2.18 (p < 0.001)

Pre/post

Soomro et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

SurvivalDevelopment

Problem

Limited knowledge among kindergarten teachers about anthropometric measurement and nutritional status assessment, which hinders early detection of child stunting in Indonesia.

Intervention: Training session with health education, practical weight and height measurement, and a demonstration of the AnthroCal rapid nutritional screening app.
Population: 20 kindergarten teachers from 10 schools in Dramaga District, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia.

Key finding

Mean knowledge score increased from 72.2±11.9 to 90.0±9.2.

Practitioner

Dainy et al. · OpenAlex · 30 Sept 2026

Development

Problem

Limited physical fitness and psychosocial adaptation (self-esteem, well-being, social functioning) in school-age children

Intervention: School-based physical activity programmes lasting at least 8 weeks
Population: Children aged 6 to 12 years in 40 studies, 21,793 participants in total

Key finding

Cardiorespiratory fitness: g = 0.36 (95% CI 0.25 to 0.46), I2 = 98%

Experimental

Zhang et al. · OpenAlex · 2 Oct 2026

Development

Problem

Psychological and emotional challenges (anxiety, low motivation, reduced concentration) among students from broken homes affecting their academic performance

Intervention: Islamic Education value-based teaching (tawakkal, patience, sincerity, character formation) and teacher emotional/moral support
Population: Primary and secondary school students from broken home backgrounds

Key finding

Islamic values help students reinterpret family experiences positively and turn adversity into motivation.

Practitioner

Wafa et al. · OpenAlex · 21 Sept 2026

DevelopmentProtection

Problem

Families living in extreme poverty in the Eastern Cape face high rates of child maltreatment and lack access to early childhood development support.

Intervention: Bachelor's-level home visitors delivering early childhood development home-visiting services to vulnerable families
Population: Home visitors serving highly impoverished families in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Key finding

Visitors reported encountering extreme family poverty and high rates of child maltreatment

Practitioner

Azzi-Lessing et al. · Crossref · 14 Oct 2019

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