Simone Domingues Garcia, Dulce Maria Strieder
Perceptions about exposure to pesticides among rural school students: identified controversies
Revista brasileira de enfermagem
early reading interventions hold promise increasing language literacy development young children improving caregiverchild interactions engage rural caregivers young children home reading zambian child psychologists education specialists developed culturally representative local language childrens book targeted pregrade 1 children qualitatively assessed community acceptability use book distributed households young children two provinces zambia conducted 15 focus group discussions fgds women n117 received zambian folktales adapted stories young children book codebook created priori based established themes guide content analysis conducted nvivo v12 data interpreted theoretical framework acceptability respondents described wide acceptability childrens book across multiple framework constructs respondents believed book culturally appropriate folktale structure appreciated morals lessons provided stories respondents described using book multiple ways including reading oneonone group settings asking child questions narrative pictures providing additional commentary actions figures pictures respondents believed books helping children grow vocabulary early literacy skills books simple vocabulary facilitated use less educated caregivers primary concern voiced ability low literacy caregivers utilize book reading childrens book widely considered acceptable rural zambian communities provided platform additional method caregiverchild interactions households reading dialogue oral storytelling shared reading experiences potentially substantial benefits language development emergent literacy young children programs develop deliver culturally acceptable books households limited access considered governments funders