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The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study

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The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study. / Nampijja, Margaret; Kizindo, Robert; Apule, Barbara et al.
In: Wellcome Open Research, Vol. 3, 152, 03.12.2018.

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Nampijja, M, Kizindo, R, Apule, B, Lule, SA, Muhangi, L, Titman, A, Elliott, A, Alcock, KJ & Lewis, CN 2018, 'The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study', Wellcome Open Research, vol. 3, 152. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14702.1

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Nampijja, M., Kizindo, R., Apule, B., Lule, S. A., Muhangi, L., Titman, A., Elliott, A., Alcock, K. J., & Lewis, C. N. (2018). The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study. Wellcome Open Research, 3, Article 152. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14702.1

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Nampijja M, Kizindo R, Apule B, Lule SA, Muhangi L, Titman A et al. The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study. Wellcome Open Research. 2018 Dec 3;3:152. Epub 2018 Dec 3. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14702.1

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Nampijja, Margaret ; Kizindo, Robert ; Apule, Barbara et al. / The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses : a cross-sectional study. In: Wellcome Open Research. 2018 ; Vol. 3.

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title = "The role of the home environment in neurocognitive development of children living in extreme poverty and with frequent illnesses: a cross-sectional study",
abstract = "Background: The home environment is reported to contribute significantly to children's developing cognitive skills. However, it is not yet evident whether this role prevails in the context of extreme poverty and frequent ill-health. We therefore investigated the role of the home environment in Ugandan children taking into account the frequent infections and extreme poverty in which they lived. Methods: Cognitive abilities of 163 5-year-old children were assessed. Home environments of these children, their health status and family socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed respectively using the EC-HOME, anthropometry and illnesses, and traditional SES measures. Structural equation analyses compared five models on the influence of the home environment, SES, and child health on the cognitive scores. Results: The model in which the home environment mediates the combined influence of SES and child health on cognitive performance showed a particularly good fit to the data compared with the four alternative models, i.e. those in which the HOME, SES and health independently influence cognitive performance. Conclusions: Home environments providing cognitive stimulation can enable children to overcome effects of major adverse life experiences on cognitive development.",
keywords = "home environment, poverty, health status, child, cognitive function",
author = "Margaret Nampijja and Robert Kizindo and Barbara Apule and Lule, {Swaib A.} and Lawrence Muhangi and Andrew Titman and Alison Elliott and Alcock, {Katherine Jane} and Lewis, {Charles Neville}",
year = "2018",
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language = "English",
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AU - Nampijja, Margaret

AU - Kizindo, Robert

AU - Apule, Barbara

AU - Lule, Swaib A.

AU - Muhangi, Lawrence

AU - Titman, Andrew

AU - Elliott, Alison

AU - Alcock, Katherine Jane

AU - Lewis, Charles Neville

PY - 2018/12/3

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N2 - Background: The home environment is reported to contribute significantly to children's developing cognitive skills. However, it is not yet evident whether this role prevails in the context of extreme poverty and frequent ill-health. We therefore investigated the role of the home environment in Ugandan children taking into account the frequent infections and extreme poverty in which they lived. Methods: Cognitive abilities of 163 5-year-old children were assessed. Home environments of these children, their health status and family socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed respectively using the EC-HOME, anthropometry and illnesses, and traditional SES measures. Structural equation analyses compared five models on the influence of the home environment, SES, and child health on the cognitive scores. Results: The model in which the home environment mediates the combined influence of SES and child health on cognitive performance showed a particularly good fit to the data compared with the four alternative models, i.e. those in which the HOME, SES and health independently influence cognitive performance. Conclusions: Home environments providing cognitive stimulation can enable children to overcome effects of major adverse life experiences on cognitive development.

AB - Background: The home environment is reported to contribute significantly to children's developing cognitive skills. However, it is not yet evident whether this role prevails in the context of extreme poverty and frequent ill-health. We therefore investigated the role of the home environment in Ugandan children taking into account the frequent infections and extreme poverty in which they lived. Methods: Cognitive abilities of 163 5-year-old children were assessed. Home environments of these children, their health status and family socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed respectively using the EC-HOME, anthropometry and illnesses, and traditional SES measures. Structural equation analyses compared five models on the influence of the home environment, SES, and child health on the cognitive scores. Results: The model in which the home environment mediates the combined influence of SES and child health on cognitive performance showed a particularly good fit to the data compared with the four alternative models, i.e. those in which the HOME, SES and health independently influence cognitive performance. Conclusions: Home environments providing cognitive stimulation can enable children to overcome effects of major adverse life experiences on cognitive development.

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KW - health status

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