Cargando…
Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective
Nurturing care interventions postulated on strengthening caregiver-child relationships have proven to be effective for improving early childhood development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Hence, a scale-up of the interventions has been recommended with an emphasis on the health sector...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9234446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35769789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.903342 |
_version_ | 1784736076712116224 |
---|---|
author | Rasheed, Muneera A. |
author_facet | Rasheed, Muneera A. |
author_sort | Rasheed, Muneera A. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Nurturing care interventions postulated on strengthening caregiver-child relationships have proven to be effective for improving early childhood development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Hence, a scale-up of the interventions has been recommended with an emphasis on the health sector given the contact with families in the critical first 3 years of life. However, an effective scale-up of an integrated intervention through healthcare requires a theory of change approach elucidating pathways of sustainable change. From this viewpoint, I reflect on my experience of scaling the intervention in a private pediatric care setting. I realized that buy-in from the health sector required realization of benefits to include health outcomes framed as the potential to improve the quality of life and the process of recovery; sustainable behavior change required a culture that promoted nurturing care highlighting the role of leadership; subsequently improving the experience of frontline staff and at an individual level, this could be achieved through the provision of supportive supervision-rooted in a framework of compassion. The lessons learned are shared to be considered for future integration efforts. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9234446 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-92344462022-06-28 Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective Rasheed, Muneera A. Front Public Health Public Health Nurturing care interventions postulated on strengthening caregiver-child relationships have proven to be effective for improving early childhood development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Hence, a scale-up of the interventions has been recommended with an emphasis on the health sector given the contact with families in the critical first 3 years of life. However, an effective scale-up of an integrated intervention through healthcare requires a theory of change approach elucidating pathways of sustainable change. From this viewpoint, I reflect on my experience of scaling the intervention in a private pediatric care setting. I realized that buy-in from the health sector required realization of benefits to include health outcomes framed as the potential to improve the quality of life and the process of recovery; sustainable behavior change required a culture that promoted nurturing care highlighting the role of leadership; subsequently improving the experience of frontline staff and at an individual level, this could be achieved through the provision of supportive supervision-rooted in a framework of compassion. The lessons learned are shared to be considered for future integration efforts. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9234446/ /pubmed/35769789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.903342 Text en Copyright © 2022 Rasheed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Rasheed, Muneera A. Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title | Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title_full | Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title_fullStr | Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title_short | Scaling Nurturing Care Interventions in the Health Sector: A Theory of Change Perspective |
title_sort | scaling nurturing care interventions in the health sector: a theory of change perspective |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9234446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35769789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.903342 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT rasheedmuneeraa scalingnurturingcareinterventionsinthehealthsectoratheoryofchangeperspective |