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Do Intervention Programs in Child Care Promote the Quality of Caregiver-Child Interactions? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
- Source :
- Prevention Science; Feb2016, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p259-273, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This meta-analysis reports on the effectiveness of targeted interventions focusing on child care professionals to improve child care quality, caregiver interaction skills, and child social-emotional development. Within randomized controlled trials, interventions are moderately effective in improving overall caregiver-child interactions (k = 19, Hedges' g = 0.35) and in improving child care quality on the classroom level (k = 11; Hedges' g = 0.39), the caregiver level (k = 10; Hedges' g = 0.44), and the child level (k = 6; Hedges' g = 0.26). Based on these findings, the implementation of evidence-based targeted interventions on a larger scale than currently exists may lead to better social-emotional development for children under the age of 5 years. There remains, however, an urgent need for more and larger randomized controlled trials with a solid design and high quality measures in order to shed more light on which child care components for which children are most critical in supporting children's socio-emotional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INTERVENTION (Social services)
CHILD care
CAREGIVER-child relationships
SOCIAL development
META-analysis
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
CAREGIVERS
CLINICAL trials
COMPARATIVE studies
DATABASES
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
QUALITY assurance
RESEARCH
EVALUATION research
EVALUATION of human services programs
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13894986
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Prevention Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112358893
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-015-0602-7