Scaling up child development centres in Bangladesh
| Autor: | N. Z. Khan, Razia Sultana, A. B. Shilpi, Gary L. Darmstadt, F. Ahmed, N Sultana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Government Activities of daily living Referral business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Family-friendly Child development 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics General partnership Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology Medicine Early childhood 0305 other medical science Human resources business |
| Zdroj: | Child: Care, Health and Development. 44:19-30 |
| ISSN: | 0305-1862 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cch.12530 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Child Development Centres (CDCs) have been established within government medical college tertiary hospitals across Bangladesh. Services entail a parent-professional partnership in a child and family friendly environment with a focus on assessment, diagnosis, and management of a range of neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents 0-16 years of age. Services are provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals (child health physician, child psychologist, and developmental therapist) who emphasize quality of services over the numbers of children seen. METHODS In 2008, Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital was given the mandate by the government to conceptualize, train, and monitor CDCs nationwide. Here, we describe the rationale and processes for the establishment of the national network of CDCs and discuss lessons learned on scaling up early childhood development services in a low resource setting. RESULTS Fifteen CDCs were established in major government hospitals across Bangladesh and have recorded 208,866 patient visits. The majority (79%) of children were from the lowest and middle-income families, and about one third (30%) were |
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