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Brazilian Center for Early Child Development

Grant number: 19/12553-0
Support Opportunities:Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
Duration: October 01, 2021 - September 30, 2031
Field of knowledge:Interdisciplinary Subjects
Convênio/Acordo: Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal Foundation
Principal Investigator:Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
Grantee:Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
Host Institution: Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Host Companies:Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper)
Fundação Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal
City: São Paulo
Pesquisadores principais:
Débora Falleiros de Mello ; Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares ; Rogerio Lerner ; Sonia Isoyama Venancio
Associated researchers:Alicia Matijasevich Manitto ; Antonio Jose Ledo Alves da Cunha ; Charles Kirschbaum ; Ciro Biderman ; Cláudia Maria Gaspardo ; Daniel Domingues dos Santos ; Darci Neves Santos ; Débora Falleiros de Mello ; Eurípedes Constantino Miguel Filho ; Fernando Mazzilli Louzada ; Guilherme Vanoni Polanczyk ; Helena Paula Brentani ; Joana Simoes de Melo Costa ; Luiz Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave ; Ricardo Paes de Barros
Associated grant(s):24/02083-5 - Evaluation of an intervention aimed at child development surveillance using the Caderneta da Criança in two Brazilian municipalities, AP.R
Associated scholarship(s):24/00487-1 - Podcast BACURI - The Science of Early Childhood, BP.JC
24/00512-6 - Vídeos/reels para redes sociais - Ciência da Primeira Infância, BP.JC
24/00513-2 - Podcast BACURI - The Science of Early Childhood, BP.JC
+ associated scholarships 24/00514-9 - Reels for social media - The Science of Early Childhood, BP.JC
24/01218-4 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.MS
23/14326-7 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
23/15389-2 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.PD
23/14979-0 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.TT
23/12238-3 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
23/11536-0 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
23/10660-0 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.TT
23/04943-9 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
23/05192-7 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
23/07235-5 - Design and implementation of an app to collect data on early childhood development, BP.TT
23/07684-4 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.TT
23/07854-7 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.TT
23/04910-3 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.PD
23/03793-3 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.PD
23/04914-9 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
22/14379-0 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
22/15137-0 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian Child Booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.TT
22/06789-4 - Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian child booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance, BP.PD
21/15210-7 - Relational and collective aspects of policy entrepreneurship intentions and behavior: a study among early childhood education professionals, BE.PQ
21/05978-5 - Design and implementation of a cohort study in a partner municipality, BP.PD
21/09249-8 - Design and implementation of an app to collect data on early childhood development, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

This proposal aims to launch the Brazilian Center for Early Child Development (BCECD) that will: i) carry out original research in the area of measurement of early child development (ECD); ii), develop an application (app) to integrate and store data on child development from different sources; iii), disseminate the app among public sector workers and iv) organize e-learning courses and workshops to public sector professionals, students (from high school to PhD levels) and parents regarding the crucial role of ECD on later life outcomes. The research component will focus on different forms of ECD measurement to improve the efficacy of home visiting programs and the evaluation of interventions aimed at improving parental skills to promote nurturing care. We will start with a pilot in one municipality for the first three years, where we will combine existing instruments, such as those of the Children Health Booklet (CHB), with administrative health and education data. The data platform with individual-level data from these different sources will be accessible to all public sector workers implementing home visiting programs in Brazil to help increase the impact and enhance child development at scale, with a focus on promoting equity. The BCECD will follow a new cohort of children born in the municipality using the new official national identification number (the tax payers' identification number - CPF) to evaluate the effects of monitoring the development of these children while simultaneously empowering health workers to access this individual-level data on child health and education indicators. The impact of these actions on child development will be evaluated using a synthetic difference-in-differences methodology, comparing differences in health and education outcomes across cohorts born before and after the intervention in the municipality, with the same differences in the synthetic control group of municipalities. The BCECD will also collect biological measures, such as measurements of sleep patterns, functional neural networks, polygenic risk scores and epigenetic markers, such as the age acceleration clock, to examine their correlation with the CHB measures and its evolution over the life cycle. After the principal intervention, we will also implement specific, complementary interventions to improve the skills of parents and professionals of different sectors that are close to families during these sensitive periods of brain development (from prenatal to 6 years old). Specially, we will target the Community Health Agents, and evaluate the impact of these interventions on the ECD measures using randomized controlled trials. We will also assess the quality of daycare centers in the municipality and of the public environment near these centers and examine their impact on ECD. (AU)

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Scientific publications (5)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
PORTELLA, ALYSSON; KIRSCHBAUM, CHARLES; MENEZES-FILHO, NAERCIO. Racial social norms among Brazilian students: Academic performance, popularity, and racial identification. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 119, n. 27, p. 7-pg., . (13/07616-7, 19/12553-0)
TEIXEIRA, JULIANA ARAUJO; OLIVEIRA, CINTIA DE FREITAS; DE BORTOLI, MARITSA CARLA; VENANCIO, SONIA ISOYAMA. Studies on the Child Handbook in Brazil: a scoping review. Revista de Saúde Pública, v. 57, p. 20-pg., . (19/12553-0)
HOTT, HENRIQUE AUGUSTO CAMPOS FERNANDEZ; MENEZES-FILHO, NAERCIO. Length of candidate lists and political careers: Quasi-experimental evidence from Brazil. PARTY POLITICS, v. N/A, p. 17-pg., . (19/12553-0)
MELO, CAROLINA; MENEZES-FILHO, NAERCIO. The effects of a national policy to reduce c-sections in Brazil. HEALTH ECONOMICS, v. 32, n. 2, p. 17-pg., . (21/05978-5, 19/12553-0)
HOTT, HENRIQUE AUGUSTO CAMPOS FERNANDEZ; MENEZES-FILHO, NAERCIO. Are newcomers financially responsible? Evidence from close elections in Brazilian Municipalities. LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, v. N/A, p. 39-pg., . (19/12553-0)

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