Monitoring nurturing care environments for early childhood from the national to the municipal level

There is a dearth of indicators and management information systems to assess early childhood nurturing care environments. The Brazilian Early Childhood Care Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI) is a robust tool to assess nurturing care environments at the local level. IMAPI was able to detect nurturing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pérez‐Escamilla, Rafael, Venancio, Sonia, Buccini, Gabriela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Development and Application of the Brazilian Early Childhood Care Friendly Municipal Index (Imapi)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8968932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35231152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13327
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Sumario:There is a dearth of indicators and management information systems to assess early childhood nurturing care environments. The Brazilian Early Childhood Care Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI) is a robust tool to assess nurturing care environments at the local level. IMAPI was able to detect nurturing care inequities within and across regions. Further validation work is needed to confirm the utility of IMAPI for policymaking.

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