Early childhood health, nutrition and education

UNESCO

Published in : 2006

Available in : English

Keywords : preschool children; early childhood; health; nutrition; child development; learning readiness; early childhood education

Extensive research has been conducted on the educational effects of early childhood health and nutrition interventions. The breadth and depth of this research allows for a number of general conclusion to be drawn:
-Early childhood health and nutrition interventions have a consistently large impact on cognitive development
-Health and nutrition interventions have the largest impacts for the preschool age group, but are also effective in older children
-Early childhood health and nutrition interventions improve all aspects of school readiness, but greatest impacts are seen for motor development
-Early childhood health and nutrition interventions promote equity
-The best evidence of educational benefits is found for feeding programs, iron supplementation and malaria prevention
-Preschool education programs can be as effective as health and nutrition interventions in mitigating the educational impact of poor health and nutrition

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Early childhood health, nutrition and education (PDF, 502.33Kb)

Originally posted at : UNESCO - UNESDOC

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, general, Undernutrition, general, Deworming, Diarrhoea, Infections, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Malaria, Maternal and child health, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Stunting

Life-cycle focus : Pre-school age

Resource types : Scientific/background documents