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Nirmala Rao
Other affiliations: University of London, Tulane University
Bio: Nirmala Rao is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Early childhood education & Early childhood. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 190 publications receiving 4993 citations. Previous affiliations of Nirmala Rao include University of London & Tulane University.
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UNICEF1, University of Toronto2, Harvard University3, Yale University4, University of Hong Kong5, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong6, University of California, Berkeley7, McMaster University8, University of Southampton9, Purdue University10, Columbia University11, New York University12, University of Missouri–St. Louis13, Aga Khan University14
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive updated analysis of early childhood development interventions across the five sectors of health, nutrition, education, child protection, and social protection, concluding that to make interventions successful, smart, and sustainable, they need to be implemented as multi-sectoral intervention packages anchored in nurturing care.
858 citations
TL;DR: Several emerging issues in coparenting theory and research are identified to guide work in the years ahead, including issues in definition, conceptualization, and measurement; the interface betweenCoparenting and adult development; and conceptual benefits that will accrue from studies of interadult coordination across diverse cultures and family systems.
Abstract: Though the study of coparenting is still in its infancy, an explosion of coparenting research is in the wings. This paper identifies several emerging issues in coparenting theory and research to guide work in the years ahead, including issues in definition, conceptualization, and measurement; the interface between coparenting and adult development; and conceptual benefits that will accrue from studies of interadult coordination across diverse cultures and family systems. We emphasize that theory must lead empirical efforts, that across family systems the strongest coparental alliances are likely to be those in which the coparents both experience and provide support and solidarity for one another's parenting efforts with the children, and that measurement approaches need to be expanded so as to capture more comprehensively each family's organizational cooparenting structures and themes.
202 citations
TL;DR: This study identifies vulnerable groups of children and highlights the importance of strengthening family coherence, adequate sleep and exercise, and responsible use of electronic devices in promoting psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound impact on the health and development of children worldwide. There is limited evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and its related school closures and disease-containment measures on the psychosocial wellbeing of children; little research has been done on the characteristics of vulnerable groups and factors that promote resilience. We conducted a large-scale cross-sectional population study of Hong Kong families with children aged 2–12 years. Parents completed an online survey on family demographics, child psychosocial wellbeing, functioning and lifestyle habits, parent–child interactions, and parental stress during school closures due to COVID-19. We used simple and multiple linear regression analyses to explore factors associated with child psychosocial problems and parental stress during the pandemic. The study included 29,202 individual families; of which 12,163 had children aged 2–5 years and 17,029 had children aged 6–12 years. The risk of child psychosocial problems was higher in children with special educational needs, and/or acute or chronic disease, mothers with mental illness, single-parent families, and low-income families. Delayed bedtime and/or inadequate sleep or exercise duration, extended use of electronic devices were associated with significantly higher parental stress and more psychosocial problems among pre-schoolers. This study identifies vulnerable groups of children and highlights the importance of strengthening family coherence, adequate sleep and exercise, and responsible use of electronic devices in promoting psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
152 citations
TL;DR: This paper found that older children outperformed younger children on character identification, visual and auditory discrimination, and word recognition, and older children performed significantly better than younger children in all three societies.
Abstract: Parents of 480 Chinese preschoolers in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore reported on their involvement in literacy teaching, the home literacy environment, and their beliefs about language learning. The preschoolers, ranging in age from 2 to 6 years, completed the Preschool and Primary Chinese Literacy Scale (PPCLS), in individual sessions. Results indicated significant age and societal differences on the total PPCLS score and also on the following subscales: Character Identification, Visual and Auditory Discrimination, and Word Recognition. In all three societies, older children outperformed younger children on these subscales. Preschoolers from Hong Kong and Singapore did significantly better than those from Beijing. Despite sociocultural variations (e.g., status of the Chinese language, government directives regarding the age at which to start literacy teaching, documented goals of the preschool curriculum), which contributed to societal differences, home literacy education significantly contributed to...
151 citations
TL;DR: Low-achievers perceived academic learning as being less useful over time and reported spending less time studying in Year 10 than in Year 11 but high- and low-achiever did not differ on their use of self-regulated learning strategies.
145 citations
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RTI International1, University of Maryland, Baltimore2, University of the West Indies3, University of California, Berkeley4, Harvard University5, Georgia State University6, Brigham and Women's Hospital7, University of Pennsylvania8, American University9, World Bank Group10, University College London11
TL;DR: Recent scientific progress and global commitments to early childhood development are examined, with new neuroscientific evidence linking early adversity and nurturing care with brain development and function throughout the life course.
1,534 citations
Harvard University1, University of Cape Town2, King's College London3, Makerere University4, Johns Hopkins University5, University of Washington6, Emory University7, Carter Center8, University of London9, World Psychiatric Association10, University of Melbourne11, Al-Quds University12, Rutgers University13, Peking University14, University of Amsterdam15, Dow University of Health Sciences16, University of Health Sciences Lahore17, University of Ibadan18, University of Liverpool19, Public Health Foundation of India20, Wellcome Trust21, University of Oxford22, Groote Schuur Hospital23, South African Medical Research Council24
1,356 citations
University of the West Indies1, Purdue University2, University of Maryland, College Park3, Boston Children's Hospital4, University of California, Davis5, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh6, University of Michigan7, University of Liverpool8, University of the Witwatersrand9
TL;DR: The goal is to provide information to help the setting of priorities for early child development programmes and policies to benefit the world's poorest children and reduce persistent inequalities.
1,297 citations