Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study

Nurturing care (NC) is essential for children to meet their optimal development potential. However, the various NC dimensions and their patterns from preconception through adolescence have not been comprehensively documented. This study explored five NC dimensions (health, nutrition, safety/security...

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Autores principales: Tran, Lan Mai, Stein, Aryeh D., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Young, Melissa F., Ramakrishnan, Usha
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173502
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author Tran, Lan Mai
Stein, Aryeh D.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Young, Melissa F.
Ramakrishnan, Usha
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Ramakrishnan, Usha
Stein, Aryeh D.
Tran, Lan Mai
Young, Melissa F.
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Young, Melissa F.
Ramakrishnan, Usha
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description Nurturing care (NC) is essential for children to meet their optimal development potential. However, the various NC dimensions and their patterns from preconception through adolescence have not been comprehensively documented. This study explored five NC dimensions (health, nutrition, safety/security, learning, and relationships) using prospectively collected data from 1040 mother–child dyads in a birth cohort conducted in Vietnam from 2011 to 2023. We described distributions of age‐specific variables of the NC dimensions from preconception through ages 2, 6, and 10 years, and generated scaled scores that ranged from 0 to 1. Mean scores varied across dimensions and life stages (range: 0.45–0.83). The scores were 0.1–0.2 points higher among mothers with higher schooling levels. Smaller differences (0.03–0.06 points) in scores were also observed between ethnicities, but no significant difference was observed between boys and girls. We observed positive correlations among most of the five dimensions within each study period (r range: 0.03–0.38). The variation of NC dimensions across different time points indicates a need to measure NC across life stages. Our findings demonstrate important gaps in gaining full achievement in NC from preconception through age 10 years.
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spelling CGSpace1735022025-12-08T10:11:39Z Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study Tran, Lan Mai Stein, Aryeh D. Nguyen, Phuong Hong Young, Melissa F. Ramakrishnan, Usha child development health nutrition data children longitudinal studies Nurturing care (NC) is essential for children to meet their optimal development potential. However, the various NC dimensions and their patterns from preconception through adolescence have not been comprehensively documented. This study explored five NC dimensions (health, nutrition, safety/security, learning, and relationships) using prospectively collected data from 1040 mother–child dyads in a birth cohort conducted in Vietnam from 2011 to 2023. We described distributions of age‐specific variables of the NC dimensions from preconception through ages 2, 6, and 10 years, and generated scaled scores that ranged from 0 to 1. Mean scores varied across dimensions and life stages (range: 0.45–0.83). The scores were 0.1–0.2 points higher among mothers with higher schooling levels. Smaller differences (0.03–0.06 points) in scores were also observed between ethnicities, but no significant difference was observed between boys and girls. We observed positive correlations among most of the five dimensions within each study period (r range: 0.03–0.38). The variation of NC dimensions across different time points indicates a need to measure NC across life stages. Our findings demonstrate important gaps in gaining full achievement in NC from preconception through age 10 years. 2025-03 2025-03-06T18:24:38Z 2025-03-06T18:24:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173502 en Limited Access Wiley Tran, Lan Mai; Stein, Aryeh D.; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Young, Melissa F.; and Ramakrishnan, Usha. 2025. Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1545(1): 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15297
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data
children
longitudinal studies
Tran, Lan Mai
Stein, Aryeh D.
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Young, Melissa F.
Ramakrishnan, Usha
Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title_full Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title_fullStr Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title_full_unstemmed Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title_short Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study
title_sort nurturing care in the first 10 years of life results from a vietnamese longitudinal study
topic child development
health
nutrition
data
children
longitudinal studies
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173502
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