Rasika Sudharshan, Alena Shen, Shreya Gupta, Sandy Zhang-Nunes
Assessing the Utility of ChatGPT in Simplifying Text Complexity of Patient Educational Materials
Cureus
anemia significant public health problem many low middleincome countries lmics young children especially vulnerable iron deficiency leading cause anemia prior studies shown associations low iron statusiron deficiency anemia poor child development outcomes lmics 43 children age five years risk meeting developmental potential however studies examined associations anemia status early childhood development ecd large populationbased surveys examined associations severe moderate anemia ecd domains literacynumeracy physical socialemotional learning overall ecd index among children age 3659 months nine demographic health surveys dhs phase vii dhs program dhs7 included ecd module hemoglobin testing children age five years used bivariate multivariate logistic regressions run five outcomes multivariate models controlled early learninginteraction variables child maternal paternal characteristics socioeconomic household characteristics results showed almost significant associations anemia ecd domains overall ecd index except socialemotional development benin aor 100 p 005 physical development maldives aors 097 p 005 attendance early childhood education program also significantly associated outcomes many countries findings reinforce importance nurturing care framework describes multisectoral approach promote ecd lmics