Maternal care mediates the effects of nutrition and responsive stimulation interventions on young children's growth

ConclusionsThe quality of early caregiving experience mediated the association between both interventions and height‐for‐age. The effect of maternal depressive symptoms on growth was mediated by diarrhoeal illness. Programmatic approaches to child nutrition and growth must address all these potentially modifiable factors.

Source: Child: Care, Health and Development - May 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: N. Brown, J. E. Finch, J. Obradovi ć, A. K. Yousafzai Tags: Original Article Source Type: research