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Prioritizing Research For Integrated Implementation Of Early Childhood Development And Maternal, Newborn, Child And Adolescent Health And Nutrition Platforms, Renee Sharma, Michelle F. Gaffey, Harold Alderman, Diego G. Bassani, Kimber Bogard, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jai K. Das, Joseph E De Graft–Johnson, Jena D. Hamadani, Susan Horton
Prioritizing Research For Integrated Implementation Of Early Childhood Development And Maternal, Newborn, Child And Adolescent Health And Nutrition Platforms, Renee Sharma, Michelle F. Gaffey, Harold Alderman, Diego G. Bassani, Kimber Bogard, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jai K. Das, Joseph E De Graft–Johnson, Jena D. Hamadani, Susan Horton
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Background: Existing health and nutrition services present potential platforms for scaling up delivery of early childhood development (ECD) interventions within sensitive windows across the life course, especially in the first 1000 days from conception to age 2 years. However, there is insufficient knowledge on how to optimize implementation for such strategies in an integrated manner. In light of this knowledge gap, we aimed to systematically identify a set of integrated implementation research priorities for health, nutrition and early child development within the 2015 to 2030 timeframe of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Methods: We applied the Child Health and Nutrition …