Parental Impact on Filipino Early Childhood Development*

父母对菲律宾儿童早期发展的影响*

基本信息

批准号：
7380056
负责人：
JERE R BEHRMAN
金额：
$ 3.09万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2006-02-15 至 2010-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7380056
关键词：
Address Affect Age Americas Area Back Behavior Biological Brazil Caring Characteristics Child Child Development Child Nutrition Child health care Cognitive Collaborations Collection Communities Country Data Data Collection Data Set Databases Developed Countries Developing Countries Development Economics Effectiveness Employment Endowment Evaluation Family Family health status Fathers Filipino Foundations Funding Goals Government Health Health Status Healthcare Household Immunization Programs Income Individual International Intervention Investigation Joints Knowledge Lead Learning Life Life Cycle Stages Link Literature Low income Mails Malnutrition Maternal Health Maternal and Child Health Measurement Measures Methods Micronutrients Modeling Mothers Motor Skills Nursery Schools Outcome Paper Parents Pattern Philippines Placement Policies Population Population Study Postnatal Care Pregnancy Pregnant Women Prenatal care Preschool Child Principal Investigator Production Productivity Program Development Program Effectiveness Provider Purpose Range Reporting Research Research Personnel Resources Schools Series Services Sex Characteristics Social Development Social Work Staging Surveys Time Training Universities Visit Week Work World Bank aged base cost day early childhood early experience experience food consumption high school human capital improved insight interest member nutrition parent grant parent project pressure programs psychosocial response skills social capital social skills socioeconomics success symposium

项目摘要

The initial years of life are increasingly emphasized as critical for health and productivity over the life cycle and increasing efforts have been made to improve early childhood development (ECD). Yet little is known about determinants of ECD in developing countries, including the importance of family background. The parent grant on "Filipino Early Childhood Development: Longitudinal Analysis" for this FIRCA application attempts to fill part of this knowledge gap through: (1) collection by the Office of Population Studies (OPS) in the Philippines of longitudinal data on children aged 0-4 and their families, ECD services providers, and communities in 2001prior to initiation of a new ECD program with three rounds of follow-updata; (2) analyses of impacts of the ECD program; and (3) capacity-building through collaboration. This FIRCA application is for new analyses of effects of parental background on ECD and on maternal health care, building on data collected, knowledge gained, and collaborative research relations developed under the parent grant -- but going beyond the parent project. The specific FIRCA topics have been developed by OPS staff based on their expertise and research interests and are grounded in substantial familiaritywith the current state of and gaps in understanding of child and maternal health in the Philippines from a varietyof disciplinary perspectives. The construct of technological/biological "production functions" for indicators of ECD (or of maternal health) dependent directly on inputs chosen by the parents and on inputs exogenous to parents will be used to organize empirical investigation of direct impacts of parental background on ECD (or on maternal health). Exploration of alternative specifications will provide essential insights into how important are strong assumptions used in most of the literature for correct estimation and interpretation of causal impacts of family background on.ECD and maternal health. Reduced-formdemand relations that incorporate both direct and indirect effects of family background will provide further insight on how family resources and behaviors affect ECD and maternal health. This FIRCA research, centered at OPS with OPS staff leading the studies, will enrich our knowledge of critical effects of parental background on ECD and maternal health care in a low-income context, as well as permit further analytical capacity-building at OPS.