The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan

The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan

Abstract Background Responsive caregiving, or interactions in which caregivers give appropriate responses to a child’s signals, is linked to improved psychosocial, cognitive and physical outcomes in children. However, much remains unknown about how responsive caregiving affects child development acr...

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Main Authors: Elissa Scherer, Ashley Hagaman, Esther Chung, Atif Rahman, Karen O’Donnell, Joanna Maselko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Child development
Responsive caregiving
Direct observation
OMCI
LMIC
Pakistan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6571-1

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