Peer-reviewed article
The Scope of Nurturing Care in Early Childhood and Its Applications in Our Country
Elanur Yolal Karimov, Gülbin Gökçay ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This review examines nurturing care in early childhood and its importance for cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. The author discusses current nurturing care applications in Turkey and identifies gaps in health practice. The review aims to provide recommendations for strengthening nurturing care approaches in the country.
Key points
- Early childhood support through developmental care is thought to increase peace and welfare levels in future generations
- There are existing nurturing care applications in Turkey that need to be supplemented with additional health practice interventions
- Nurturing care affects multiple developmental domains: cognitive, social, emotional and physical
Limitations
This is a descriptive review that does not present empirical data, outcome measures or evaluation of specific interventions. The document provides no information about the prevalence of problems, effectiveness of current practices, or evidence for the recommendations proposed.
Abstract
It is thought that supporting the early childhood period, which is of critical importance in terms of cognitive, social, emotional and physical development in children, with the components of the developmental care scope will increase the peace and welfare levels of future generations.In addition to the applications carried out in this context in our country, there is also a need for applications that we need to add to our health practice.The purpose of the review is to talk about the scope of nurturing care and nurturing care practices in our country in the light of current information and to offer suggestions to further develop the scope.