Publications by authors named "Kelly da Rocha Neves"
Quality of the home, daycare and neighborhood environment and the cognitive development of economically disadvantaged children in early childhood: A mediation analysis.
Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais Lívia de Castro Magalhães Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre Priscilla Ferreira Avellino Pinto Kelly da Rocha Neves
Infant Behav Dev
August 2021
The objective of this study was to investigate how socioeconomic factors and the quality of ecological environments affect motor and cognitive development of economically disadvantaged children. This is a cross-sectional, predictive and correlational study using structural equation modeling to analyze data on 147 economic disadvantage children of 24-36 months attending public daycare. The Bayley-III Scales, the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory, the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition, a socioeconomic index and a specifically designed questionnaire on neighborhood quality were applied.
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- The study aimed to explore the growth and cognitive/language development of preschool children, as well as the environmental and biological factors affecting them.
- Conducted with 92 children aged 24-36 months in a region of Brazil, the research highlighted significant issues such as low parental education and a 14.1% prevalence of stunted growth, while cognitive/language development was reported below average in about 28% of the children.
- The findings indicated that inadequate educational institutions and risky home environments contributed to developmental challenges, with biological variables showing a stronger connection to growth compared to environmental factors related to development.