EVIDENCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS Two systematic reviews, based on the key questions for improving ECD, provided the evidence for the recommendations: • Caregiving interventions to support early child development in the first three years of life: report of the systematic review of evidence (Jeong, Franchett & Yousafzai, 2018).
www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/guidelines/SR_ Caregiving_interventions_ECD_Jeong_Final_Nov2018.pdf?ua=1 This review addressed key questions I – IV (see pages 14-27) and additional analysis.
• Psychotherapeutic interventions for common maternal mental health problems among women to improve early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries: report of systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs (Rahman et al., 2018).
www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/guidelines/SR_Psych_ Therapeutic_interventions_ECD_Rahman_Final_Sept2018.pdf?ua=1 This review addressed key question V (see pages 28-30).
The reviews followed the procedures of the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions (Higgins & Green, 2011). Details of the search strategies undertaken and the methodologies employed are given in the reviews. Different tools were used in each of the studies to evaluate both childhood development and caregiving outcomes. These are detailed in the respective systematic reviews.
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