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Early childhood development and parental training interventions in rural China

A systematic review and meta-analysis

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ID21880786
AuthorsDorien Emmers (0000-0001-7750-9196, KU Leuven), Qi Jiang (0009-0008-4157-0129, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Hao Xue (0000-0001-6583-993X, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Yue Zhang (0000-0003-1198-882X, Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention), Yunting Zhang (0000-0002-6341-2956, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China), Yingxue Zhao (0000-0001-8526-6729, The Thousand Day Initiative, Beijing, China), Bin Liu (0000-0002-7467-2331, Xinhe Foundation, Beijing, China), Sarah‐Eve Dill (0000-0002-9321-6606, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Yiwei Qian (0000-0003-0466-8545, University of Southern California), Nele Warrinnier (0000-0003-0296-4594, KU Leuven), Hannah Johnstone (0009-0003-7909-685X, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Jianhua Cai (Administrators of Training Center of the National Health Commission of the PRC, Beijing, China), Xiaoli Wang (0000-0001-6921-7724, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China), Lei Wang (0000-0001-5326-565X, International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China), Renfu Luo (Peking University), Guirong Li (0000-0002-4745-8292, International Center for Action Research on Education, Henan University School of Education, Kaifeng, Henan, China), Jiajia Xu (0000-0002-6701-3805, International Center for Action Research on Education, Henan University School of Education, Kaifeng, Henan, China), Ming Liu (0000-0003-3177-4001, Save the Children International China Program, Beijing, China), Yaqing Huang (0009-0008-7646-4481, Save the Children International China Program, Beijing, China), Wenjie Shan (0000-0001-5724-4805, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China), Zhihui Li (0000-0001-5356-932X, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China), Yu Zhang (0000-0002-0059-270X, Hupan Modou Foundation, Hangzhou, China), Sean Sylvia (0000-0002-9508-247X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Yue Ma (0009-0009-8408-0231, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Alexis Medina (0000-0003-3149-2514, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA), Scott Rozelle (0000-0001-5053-0243, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA)
Year2021
Volume6
Issue8
Pagese005578
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005578
LanguageEN
Citations received35
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