CHILD DEVELOPMENT

This study tested whether sending trained community health workers to visit pregnant women at home could improve health for both mothers and their babies. It followed nearly 1,500 women in rural South Africa for a year after giving birth. The program aimed to help with challenges…

This study tested whether a smartphone app could help parents at risk for adversity. For four weeks, 24 parents received daily text messages with parenting tips and answered questions about their mood and interactions with their child. Researchers wanted to see if these in-the-mo…

This study tested whether giving pregnant women a nutritional supplement called phosphatidylcholine (a form of choline) could help their children's brain development. Researchers gave either the supplement or a placebo to 216 healthy pregnant women and then tracked their children…

This study tested if doctors and nurses could help low-income parents by referring them to a free tax-filing app. Researchers wanted to see if this simple referral made it easier for families to get tax credits they qualify for, and if that money might improve parent and child we…

This study aimed to create a normal reference database showing how healthy children's leg muscles work while walking. Researchers measured muscle activity in 110 healthy kids aged 3-15 as they walked. The data will help doctors compare and identify abnormal walking patterns in ch…

This study aimed to understand how a mother's age, work status, and parenting experience affect her interactions with her baby and the child's later development. Researchers observed over 2,300 mother-infant pairs when the babies were 5 months old, then checked in on the children…

This study aimed to understand the connections between early life factors, thinking skills, and social-emotional development in children with learning difficulties or neurodevelopmental conditions. Researchers observed and tested over 500 children and adolescents, comparing those…

This study aimed to understand how difficult experiences in early childhood might make children more sensitive to physical pain and more likely to develop mental health issues. Researchers tested 39 children by having them hold their hand in cold water, once alone and once while …

This study tested whether a special training program for teachers could help them better support the development of babies and toddlers in Early Head Start classrooms. Ten teachers attended workshops and received coaching in their classrooms to learn new teaching methods. Researc…