Effect of Psychosocial Stimulation on Improving Home Environment and Infant Development in West Sumatera, Indonesia - Effect of Psychosocial Stimulation on Improving Home Environment and Infant Development in West Sumatera, Indonesia

There were improvements in linear growth, cognitive and motor development of children in the FS (p<0.05) and the FS+PS (p<0.01) groups compared to the CG. After six months of intervention, mean length increased to 6.86+2.08 cm and 6.66+2.41 cm for FS and FS+PS respectively (p<0.05). With the combination of food supplementation and psycho social stimulation (FS+PS), cognitive development increased to 21.4+12.2 points (effect size 0.56) (p<0.01) and motor development increased to 20.7+18.4 points (effect size 0.50) (p<0.001)