Mexico, Latin America, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett Mexico, Latin America, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett

Conditional cash transfer programs (Mexico)

In Mexico, in collaboration with researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica and other institutions, we found benefits of conditional cash transfer program participation for children at 3-5 years, as well as 8-10 years old.

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Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil, Latin America, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil, Latin America, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett

Conditional cash transfer programs (Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil)

Conditional cash transfer programs have the potential to pull families and individuals out of extreme poverty, as well as providing incentives for accessing health care services for populations that are particularly at risk.

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Malawi, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Preschool, Early Childhood, Past Brigid Barrett Malawi, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Preschool, Early Childhood, Past Brigid Barrett

Parental engagement in preschools (Malawi)

In the current study, we test the effectiveness of a range of quality improvement interventions at informal preschools in Malawi on early childhood development and primary school readiness, using a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cluster-RCT).

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Kenya, Africa, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Integrated Interventions, Scale-up, Current Brigid Barrett Kenya, Africa, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Integrated Interventions, Scale-up, Current Brigid Barrett

Group-based parenting sessions (Msingi Bora, Kenya)

This study, funded by NICHD, assessed the most effective and cost-effective model of delivery for an integrated stimulation and nutrition intervention to improve parenting practices and child developmental outcomes among families with young children in rural Kenya.

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Bangladesh, India, Randomized Control Trial, Cross-sectional analyses, Early Childhood, Integrated interventions, Scale-up, Current Brigid Barrett Bangladesh, India, Randomized Control Trial, Cross-sectional analyses, Early Childhood, Integrated interventions, Scale-up, Current Brigid Barrett

Integrated and holistic child development intervention (RINEW, Bangladesh)

The aim of the RINEW project (Research on Integration of Nutrition Early child development and WASH) was to design and evaluate a multi-component early child development intervention and pilot its scale-up through the government health system in Bangladesh.

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California, United States, Cross-sectional analyses, Poverty, Early Childhood, Current Lia Fernald California, United States, Cross-sectional analyses, Poverty, Early Childhood, Current Lia Fernald

Assessing California Communities’ Experiences with Safety Net Supports Survey (ACCESS)

Our goal is to promote equity by understanding the reasons for disparities in access to income support, and in this study we aim to capture levels of awareness, barriers to uptake, and benefits of participation in the EITC among low-income families with young children.

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Scale-up, Early Childhood, Africa, Madagascar, Randomized Control Trial, Cross-sectional analyses, Nutritional Supplementation, Current Brigid Barrett Scale-up, Early Childhood, Africa, Madagascar, Randomized Control Trial, Cross-sectional analyses, Nutritional Supplementation, Current Brigid Barrett

Scaling up support for early child development (MAHAY, Madagascar)

This study is aimed at understanding the best ways to support children living in poverty and facing multiple risk factors.

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Africa, Asia, Water, Sanitation, Nutritional Supplementation, Bangladesh, Kenya, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Current Brigid Barrett Africa, Asia, Water, Sanitation, Nutritional Supplementation, Bangladesh, Kenya, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Current Brigid Barrett

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Nutrition (Bangladesh & Kenya)

The WASH Benefits Bangladesh and Kenya cluster-randomized trials represent a large-scale collaboration, with colleagues from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford, Emory, Johns Hopkins, and the ICDDR,B in Bangladesh.

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