Ali Keramati, Mnsour Rezaei, Mohammad Veisipour, Mojtaba Esmaeli
Evaluations of Student's Satisfaction with Externship Education in the Academic Departments of the Medical School of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in July and August 2021
Journal of medical education and curricular development
nutrition stimulation interventions promote early childhood development little known longterm benefits low middleincome countries conducted followup study clusterrandomized maternal education trial performed children aged 6 8 months assess sustainability developmental benefits 8 years education intervention lasted 6 months consisted nutrition hygiene sanitation child stimulation aspects assessed child processing cognitive abilities using kaufman assessment battery children second edition kabcii attention inhibitory control using test variables attention 8 years original trial included 511 motherchild pairs intervention n 263 control n 248 whereas current study 361 71 intervention n 185 control n 176 pairs available analyses intervention group scored higher controls p 001 5 kabcii subscales kabcii global score mean difference 14 95 confidence interval 1216 p 001 5 test variables attention variables intervention group scored higher controls visual auditory tasks p 05 intervention delivered package limitation cannot pinpoint individual contribution component nutrition hygiene stimulation developmental benefits intervention group consistently scored markedly higher neuropsychological tests thus even 8 years original maternal education intervention developmental benefits observed child age 1 2 3 years sustained