Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China
A growing body of literature has documented that community-based early childhood development (ECD) interventions can improve child developmental outcomes in vulnerable communities. One critical element of effective community-based programs is consistent program participation. However, little is know...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478867/?tool=EBI |
id |
doaj-96c4e32fbd48486898dab230299de2c8 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-96c4e32fbd48486898dab230299de2c82020-11-25T03:18:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01159Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural ChinaYiwei QianYi Ming ZhengSarah-Eve DillScott RozelleMuhammad A. Z. MughalA growing body of literature has documented that community-based early childhood development (ECD) interventions can improve child developmental outcomes in vulnerable communities. One critical element of effective community-based programs is consistent program participation. However, little is known about participation in community-based ECD interventions or factors that may affect participation. This paper examines factors linked to program participation within a community-based ECD program serving 819 infants and their caregivers in 50 rural villages in northwestern China. The results find that more than half of families did not regularly attend the ECD program. Both village-level social ties within the program and proximity to the program significantly predict program participation. Increased distance from the program site is linked with decreased individual program participation, while the number of social ties is positively correlated with participation. The average program participation rates among a family’s social ties is also positively correlated with individual participation, indicating strong peer effects. Taken together, our findings suggest that attention should be given to promoting social interactions and reducing geographic barriers among households in order to raise participation in community-based ECD programs.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478867/?tool=EBI |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Yiwei Qian Yi Ming Zheng Sarah-Eve Dill Scott Rozelle Muhammad A. Z. Mughal |
spellingShingle |
Yiwei Qian Yi Ming Zheng Sarah-Eve Dill Scott Rozelle Muhammad A. Z. Mughal Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China PLoS ONE |
author_facet |
Yiwei Qian Yi Ming Zheng Sarah-Eve Dill Scott Rozelle Muhammad A. Z. Mughal |
author_sort |
Yiwei Qian |
title |
Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China |
title_short |
Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China |
title_full |
Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China |
title_fullStr |
Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China |
title_full_unstemmed |
Correlates of participation in community-based interventions: Evidence from a parenting program in rural China |
title_sort |
correlates of participation in community-based interventions: evidence from a parenting program in rural china |
publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
series |
PLoS ONE |
issn |
1932-6203 |
publishDate |
2020-01-01 |
description |
A growing body of literature has documented that community-based early childhood development (ECD) interventions can improve child developmental outcomes in vulnerable communities. One critical element of effective community-based programs is consistent program participation. However, little is known about participation in community-based ECD interventions or factors that may affect participation. This paper examines factors linked to program participation within a community-based ECD program serving 819 infants and their caregivers in 50 rural villages in northwestern China. The results find that more than half of families did not regularly attend the ECD program. Both village-level social ties within the program and proximity to the program significantly predict program participation. Increased distance from the program site is linked with decreased individual program participation, while the number of social ties is positively correlated with participation. The average program participation rates among a family’s social ties is also positively correlated with individual participation, indicating strong peer effects. Taken together, our findings suggest that attention should be given to promoting social interactions and reducing geographic barriers among households in order to raise participation in community-based ECD programs. |
url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7478867/?tool=EBI |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT yiweiqian correlatesofparticipationincommunitybasedinterventionsevidencefromaparentingprograminruralchina AT yimingzheng correlatesofparticipationincommunitybasedinterventionsevidencefromaparentingprograminruralchina AT sarahevedill correlatesofparticipationincommunitybasedinterventionsevidencefromaparentingprograminruralchina AT scottrozelle correlatesofparticipationincommunitybasedinterventionsevidencefromaparentingprograminruralchina AT muhammadazmughal correlatesofparticipationincommunitybasedinterventionsevidencefromaparentingprograminruralchina |
_version_ |
1724624932137074688 |