Stanford University.
Michigan State University.
Child Dev. 2017 Sep;88(5):1513-1526. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12882. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
In some areas of rural Africa, long-standing cultural traditions and beliefs may discourage parents from verbally engaging with their young children. This study assessed the effectiveness of a parenting program designed to encourage verbal engagement between caregivers and infants in Wolof-speaking villages in rural Senegal. Caregivers (n = 443) and their 4- to 31-month-old children were observed at baseline in 2013 and 1 year later at follow-up. Results showed that caregivers in program villages nearly doubled the amount of child-directed speech during a play session compared to baseline, whereas caregivers in matched comparison villages showed no change. After 1 year, children in program villages produced more utterances, and showed greater improvement in vocabulary and other language outcomes compared to children in comparison villages.
在非洲的一些农村地区，长期存在的文化传统和信仰可能会阻碍父母与幼儿进行口头交流。本研究评估了一个育儿计划的效果，该计划旨在鼓励塞内加尔农村沃洛夫语村庄的照顾者与婴儿进行口头交流。在 2013 年基线时观察了照顾者（n=443）及其 4 至 31 个月大的孩子，1 年后在随访时再次观察。结果表明，与基线相比，计划村的照顾者在游戏时间内与儿童的对话量几乎翻了一番，而对照村的照顾者则没有变化。1 年后，与对照村的孩子相比，计划村的孩子说出的话语更多，词汇量和其他语言方面的表现也有了更大的提高。
