Scaling Program Investments for
Young Children Globally:
Evidence from Latin America
and the Caribbean
Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the
National Research Council, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto
Vidigal, São Paolo
Deepali M. Patel and Sarah M. Tracey, Rapporteurs
Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Board on Global Health
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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Accordia Global Health Foundation; the Aga Khan Foundation (unnumbered); Autism Speaks (unnumbered award); the Bernard van Leer Foundation (222-2012-043); The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1084405); the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development; Grand Challenges Canada (unnumbered); the Inter-American Development Bank (unnumbered); the Jacobs Foundation (2013-1079); the National Institutes of Health—Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Institute of Mental Health; Nestlé Nutrition Institute (unnumbered); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); the Open Society Institute–Budapest Foundation (OR2013-10010); the Society for Research in Child Development (unnumbered); UNICEF (unnumbered); U.S. Agency for International Development; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Department of State (SAQMMA14M0612); Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (unnumbered); the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (2013-9204); and the World Bank (unnumbered). The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON FINANCING
INVESTMENTS IN YOUNG CHILDREN GLOBALLY1
CONSTANZA ALARCÓN (Co-Chair), Coordinator of the National Early Childhood Strategy, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia
EDUARDO QUEIROZ (Co-Chair), Executive Director, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
AMINA ABUBAKAR ALI, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme
RAQUEL BERNAL, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Economic Development, Universidad de los Andes
FLORENCIA LOPEZ BOO, Social Protection Economist Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
JOAN LOMBARDI, Senior Advisor, Bernard van Leer Foundation
RUTH PEROU, Acting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Coordinator, Program Performance and Evaluation Office, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SUSAN WALKER, Professor of Nutrition and Director, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Epidemiology Research Unit, University of the West Indies
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1 Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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FORUM ON INVESTING IN YOUNG CHILDREN GLOBALLY1
ZULFIQAR A. BHUTTA (Co-Chair), Co-director, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Toronto, and Founding Director, Center of Excellence for Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University
ANN S. MASTEN (Co-Chair), Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
J. LAWRENCE ABER, Willner Family Professor of Psychology and Public Policy, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and University Professor, New York University
CONSTANZA ALARCÓN, Colombian National Coordinator of the Intersectoral Commission for Early Childhood, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia
AMINA ABUBAKAR ALI, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research– Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme
RAQUEL BERNAL, Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Economic Development, Universidad de los Andes
FLORENCIA LOPEZ BOO, Social Protection Economist Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
PIA REBELLO BRITTO, Senior Advisor, Early Childhood Development Unit, UNICEF
HELENA CHOI, Program Officer, Global Development and Population Program, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
PAMELA Y. COLLINS, Director, Office for Research on Disparities, and Director, Global Mental Health and Office of Rural Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health
TRACY COSTIGAN, Senior Program Officer, Research-Evaluation- Learning Unit, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
GARY L. DARMSTADT, Associate Dean for Maternal and Child Health, Global Pediatric Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
ANGELA DIAZ, Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
RANA HAJJEH, Director, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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1 Institute of Medicine forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
JODY HEYMANN, Dean, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
GILLIAN HUEBNER, Policy and Advocacy Director, Lumos
VENITA KAUL, Director, School of Education Studies and Director, Center for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi
SARAH KLAUS, Director, Early Childhood Program, London, Open Society Foundation
VESNA KUTLESIC, Director, Office of Global Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
ALBERT LEE, Professor (Clinical), JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, and Director, Centre for Health, Education, and Health Promotion, Chinese University of Hong Kong
JOAN LOMBARDI, Senior Advisor, Bernard van Leer Foundation
STEPHEN LYE, Executive Director, Fraser Mustard Institute of Human Development, University of Toronto
ROBERT MALLET, President and CEO, Accordia Foundation
KOFI MARFO, Director of the Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University
MARK MILLER, Director, Division of International and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center
HELIA MOLINA MILMAN, Professor in Public Health, Public Health Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Past Minister of Health, Chile
ARIEL PABLOS-MENDEZ, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
JANNA PATTERSON, Senior Program Officer, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ALAN PENCE, UNESCO Chair, Early Childhood, Education, Care and Development, and Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
RUTH PEROU, Acting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Coordinator, Program Performance and Evaluation Office, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHERYL POLK, President, HighScope Educational Research Foundation
EDUARDO QUEIROZ, Executive Director, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
JOSE SAAVEDRA, Global Chief Medical Officer, Nestlé Nutrition
LORRAINE SHERR, Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, University College, London
ANDY SHIH, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Autism Speaks
KARLEE SILVER, President of Targeted Challenges, Grand Challenges Canada
SIMON SOMMER, Head of Research, Jacobs Foundation
TAHA E. TAHA, Professor, Epidemiology and Population, Family and Reproductive Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
PAMALA TRIVEDI, SRCD/AAAS Policy Fellow, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
SUSAN WALKER, Professor of Nutrition and Director, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Epidemiology Research Unit, University of the West Indies
SARA WATSON, National Director, ReadyNation, Council for a Strong America
AMALIA WAXMAN, Consultant
QUENTIN WODON, Advisor, Human Development Network, World Bank
HIROKAZU YOSHIKAWA, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University
Forum Staff
KIMBER BOGARD, Project Director and Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
SARAH M. TRACEY, Research Associate
CHARLEE ALEXANDER, Research Associate
AMANDA PASCAVIS, Senior Program Assistant
PAMELLA ATAYI, Administrative Assistant
FAYE HILLMAN, Financial Associate
PATRICK KELLEY, Director, Board on Global Health
Consultant
JOCELYN WIDMER, University of Florida
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BOARD ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES1
ANGELA DIAZ (Chair), Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
SHARI BARKIN, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Vanderbilt University
THOMAS F. BOAT, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
W. THOMAS BOYCE, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
DAVID A. BRENT, Western Psychiatric Institute and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
DAVID V. B. BRITT, Retired Chief Executive Officer, Sesame Workshop
DEBBIE I. CHANG, Nemours Health and Prevention Services
JANET M. CURRIE, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
PATRICK H. DELEON, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
GARY W. EVANS, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis and Department of Human Development, Cornell University
ELENA FUENTES-AFFLICK, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital
EUGENE E. GARCIA, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers’ College, Arizona State University
J. DAVID HAWKINS, School of Social Work, University of Washington
JEFFREY W. HUTCHINSON, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
JACQUELINE JONES, Foundation for Child Development
ANN S. MASTEN, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota
BRUCE S. McEWEN, Rockefeller University
PAMELA MORRIS, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
VELMA McBRIDE MURRY, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
TAHA E. TAHA, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
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1 Institute of Medicine and National Research Council boards do not review or approve individual products. The responsibility for the content of the workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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BOARD ON GLOBAL HEALTH1
THOMAS C. QUINN (Chair), National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
JO IVEY BOUFFORD, New York Academy of Medicine
GARY L. DARMSTADT, Global Pediatric Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
JACOB A. GAYLE, Community Affairs, Medtronic Foundation
GLENDA E. GRAY, South African Medical Research Council
STEPHEN W. HARGARTEN, Global Health Program, Medical College of Wisconsin
CLARION JOHNSON, Private Consultant
ALAN I. LESHNER, American Association for the Advancement of Science
MYRON M. LEVINE, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine
GUY H. PALMER, School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University
ANNE C. PETERSON, University of Michigan; Global Philanthropy Alliance
DAVID VLAHOV, University of California, San Francisco, Schools of Nursing and Medicine
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1 Institute of Medicine boards do not review or approve individual products. The responsibility for the content of the workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published workshop summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
Mauricio L. Barreto, The Collective Health Institute, Federal University of Bahia
Maria Elena Ubeda Castillo, UNICEF
Helia Molina Milman, Minister of Health, Chile
Simon Sommer, Jacobs Foundation
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by Enriqueta C. Bond, Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, she was responsible for making
certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.
Acknowledgments
The planning committee and project staff deeply appreciate the many valuable contributions from individuals who assisted us with this project. First, we offer our profound thanks to all of the presenters and discussants at the workshop, who gave so generously their time and expertise. These individuals are listed in full in the workshop agenda in Appendix B. We are also grateful to the many participants who attended the workshop both in person and via the live webcast. The engagement of all those in attendance was robust and vital to the success of the event.
In addition, the forum wishes to recognize the sponsors that supported this activity. Financial support for this project was provided by Accordia Global Health Foundation; the Aga Khan Foundation; Autism Speaks; the Bernard van Leer Foundation; The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development; Grand Challenges Canada; the Inter-American Development Bank; the Jacobs Foundation; the National Institutes of Health—Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Institute of Mental Health; Nestlé Nutrition Institute; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); the Open Society Institute–Budapest Foundation; the Society for Research in Child Development; UNICEF; U.S. Agency for International Development; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Department of State; Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; and the World Bank.
A NOTE ABOUT THE COVER ART
The Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally is committed to confronting the challenges and harnessing the opportunities surrounding the global nature of integrating the science of health, education, nutrition, and social protection. One of the ways the forum has committed itself to being global in scope is through the workshops that occur in different regions throughout the world. The cover design is intended to embrace the diversity in place, culture, challenges, and opportunities associated with forum activities at each of the workshops, but this global trajectory is done keeping in mind the momentum that comes in connecting these diverse locales to one another through the work of the forum. The bright orange dot represents the location of the workshop this report summarizes, and the lighter orange dots represent workshop locations across the first 3 years of the forum. The dotted orange line suggests that the forum will link what was gleaned from the convening activities from this workshop to the next. We would like to thank Jocelyn Widmer for her contributions to the cover design.
Contents
Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally Overview
Organization of the Workshop Summary
2 NO SMALL MATTER: THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN YOUNG CHILDREN GLOBALLY
3 GRAND CHALLENGES FOR INVESTING IN YOUNG CHILDREN GLOBALLY
Reaching More Children and Families with Evidence-Based Parenting Interventions
Evaluating Large-Scale Interventions on Child Health in Brazil: The Role of Context and Challenges
5 MAINTAINING QUALITY AT SCALE
Developing a National Child Policy in Brazil
Structuring National Early Childhood Programming in Jamaica
Mother Owl: Public Policy in Pernambuco
Coordinating Early Childhood Management in Colombia
7 COMPONENTS OF SCALING AND SUSTAINABILITY
Methodology for Measuring Public Investments in Young Children