Open AccessReading Aloud and Child Development: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Brazil
Author(s) -
Adriana Weisleder,
Denise S. R. Mazzuchelli,
Aline Sá Lopez,
Walfrido Duarte Neto,
Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates,
Hosana Alves Gonçalves,
Róchele Paz Fonseca,
J.B.A. Oliveira,
Alan L. Mendelsohn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2017-0723
Subject(s) - medicine , reading aloud , reading (process) , promotion (chess) , cluster (spacecraft) , developmental psychology , randomized controlled trial , cluster randomised controlled trial , child development , low income , psychiatry , socioeconomics , linguistics , psychology , political science , sociology , programming language , computer science , philosophy , surgery , politics , law
Many children in low- and middle-income countries fail to reach their developmental potential. We sought to determine if a parenting program focused on the promotion of reading aloud enhanced parent-child interactions and child development among low-income families in northern Brazil.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom