Publications by authors named "Stefanie Eugenia Dos Anjos Coelho Kubo"
The Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI) is a population-based approach to monitor the nurturing care environment for early childhood development (ECD) using routine information system data. It is unknown whether IMAPI can be applied to document metropolitan urban territorial differences in nurturing care environments. We used Brasilia, Brazil's capital with a large metropolitan population of 2,881,854 inhabitants divided into 31 districts, as a case study to examine whether disaggregation of nurturing care data can inform a more equitable prioritization for ECD in metropolitan areas.
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- Monitoring nurturing care (NC) environments is critical for effective early childhood development (ECD) programs, and there is a push to develop standardized indicators globally.
- A scoping review identified 32 population-based approaches to measure NC, revealing that most utilize specific indicators, with a prevalence in middle-income countries.
- Recommendations highlight the need for standardized methods for selecting indicators, sharing data among stakeholders, and ensuring flexibility in approaches to suit various contexts.
Providing an enabling nurturing care environment for early childhood development (ECD) that cuts across the five domains of the Nurturing Care Framework (i.e., good health, adequate nutrition, opportunities for early learning, security and safety and responsive caregiving) has become a global priority.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyse usual intakes of energy, macronutrients and micronutrients, and their percentage of inadequacy, in a Brazilian population at severe food insecurity (SFI) risk, determined from a predictive model using two national databases.
Design: Cross-sectional study. Our study used a statistical model to predict SFI using the 2009 National Sample Household Survey, where the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale measured SFI.