Peer-reviewed article
Translation of evidence to practice to promote early childhood development programs
Pablo A. Stansbery ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This paper discusses how evidence on effective early childhood development programs can be translated into practice at scale. It identifies barriers that policy makers face when implementing nurturing care programs and describes how UNICEF and global partners are working to overcome these barriers. The paper draws on a special issue of a scientific journal focused on implementation research and early childhood development.
Key points
- Translation of evidence to practice requires addressing barriers perceived by policy makers
- UNICEF and global partners are actively addressing implementation barriers for early childhood development
- Quality and scale are key issues in implementing nurturing care programs
- Implementation research is emerging as a field focused on early childhood development
Limitations
The document provides only a high-level overview and does not detail specific barriers, solutions, or evidence for which interventions work. It does not present empirical findings or data that would allow assessment of program effectiveness.
Abstract
The 2018 special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on implementation research and practice for early childhood development brings together emerging evidence on implementing effective nurturing care programs, addressing issues of quality and scale. Translating evidence to practice requires addressing the barriers perceived by policy makers, which have been highlighted in the published literature. Here, I describe how UNICEF and other global partners are addressing these barriers.