Evaluation of the Home Visiting Pilot Programa Cresça Com Seu Filho (PCCSF) on Early Childhood Outcomes: a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Fortaleza Brazil
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Child Development
- Sponsor
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Enrollment
- 2520
- Primary Endpoint
- Denver Developmental Screening Test II- aggregate rating of language skills
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a cluster-randomized study of a home visiting program targeting mothers of children 0 to 2.5 years of age with the objective of improving global child development. The program, Programa Cresça com Seu Filho (PCCSF), will be randomized across 220 microareas in the poorest Region (V) of the state of Fortaleza, Brazil.
Detailed Description
This is an evaluation of pilot program, Programa Cresça com Seu Filho (PCCSF) which is publically funded and, developed in a partnership between the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Brazil and the municipal government of Fortaleza. The program targets low-income mothers of children 0 to 2.5 years old, living in low-income neighborhoods in Fortaleza Brazil. The home visits are carried out by community health workers (CHW), who currently work for the Ministry of Health as part of the program Programa Saúde da Família. The CHWs will be trained on the PCCSF curriculum in order to provide 1-hour visits with the early stimulation package during two years. The PCCSF home visiting program is planned to begin implementation the week of March 15, 2016 for half of the community health workers and April 15, 2016 for the other half.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Mothers of children ages 0-2.5 years of age
- •Included in the poverty registry CadastroUnico
- •Residents of specific 440 poor microareas of Region V of Fortaleza
Exclusion Criteria
- •Data will not be collected if parental consent not given.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Denver Developmental Screening Test II- aggregate rating of language skills
Time Frame: change from baseline to follow-up at 18 months
language development
Denver Developmental Screening Test II -aggregate rating cognitive skills
Time Frame: change from baseline to follow-up at 18 months
cognitive development
Denver Developmental Screening Test II - aggregate rating of socioemotional skills
Time Frame: change from baseline to follow-up at 18 months
socioemotional development
Denver Developmental Screening Test II -aggregate rating motor skills
Time Frame: change from baseline to follow-up at 18 months
motor development