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ABSTRACT
The aim was to evaluate the effects of a family-focused early intervention programme on the cognitive, motor, and language development of infants exposed to social and biological risks in the first year of life. Quasi-experimental randomized controlled trial (RBR-6ct969), with intervention (IG; n = 72) and control (CG; n = 170) groups. IG mothers participated in two individual Newborn Behavioral Observation sessions and six in-group sessions. Children's development was assessed at 4, 6, 9, and 12 months of age, using the Bayley-III scale. The results showed that IG children had higher receptive language scores (p = 0.02) and lower gross motor scores (p = 0.03) than CG. The chance of receptive language delay (OR = 0.61, CI 0.38–0.96, Cohen's d = 0.28) was reduced in IG, but no impact was observed on the other domains. The present intervention reduced the risk of receptive language delay, despite its low intensity and short duration.
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Rachel de Carvalho Ferreira
Rachel de Carvalho Ferreira is PhD in Rehabilitation Science Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2019, Master in Child and Women's Health, Fernandes Figueira Institute / FIOCRUZ in 2012, Specialist in Biomechanics at the School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ( UFRJ) in 2010, Graduation in Physiotherapy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2006. Currently, Professor at the Physiotherapy Department at Faculdade Santa Luzia- UNIESP and at Centro Universitário UNA.
Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves
Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves is Graduated in Medicine (1989), Master's (1997) and PhD (2005) in Health Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. She is currently Associate Professor IV. He coordinated the UFMG PET-Health Project in partnership with the Belo Horizonte Municipal Health Department from 2009 to 2014. He coordinated the Nucleus of Primary Health Care (NAPS) of the UFMG School of Medicine (2009–2018). Coordinator of the Early Childhood Development Group, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Coordinates the Caring & Growing Together project, financed by the Grand Challenges Canada-Saving Brains (2014–2016). He participated, coordinating the research in Brazil, in the Field-testing and validation of a tool to provide information on developmental indicators across countries project, coordinated and funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2016). Participates in the Nascente Project (Child development from the perspective of intersectorality in municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais: analysis of the effects of an educational intervention), funded by the Ministry of Health (2018–2019). Full advisor of the Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, area of concentration in Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG (2014–2016). Pos Doc in the Graduate Program in Mental Health at the Medical School of USP in Ribeirão Preto (CNPq Scholarship – PDS), with the project Mother-baby interaction (2019–2020).
Lívia de Castro Magalhães
Lívia de Castro Magalhães is Graduated in Occupational Therapy by the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (1979), Master in Occupational Therapy at Boston University (1987), Doctorate in Education – University of Illinois (1995) and postdoctoral in Occupational Therapy – McMaster University. She is currently Full Professor at the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is an ad hoc reviewer of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and of the magazines Medicina (Ribeirão Preto), Notebooks of Occupational Therapy at UFSCar and Magazine of Occupational Therapy at the University of São Paulo. He has experience in the area of Occupational Therapy, with an emphasis on the development of tests and measures to assess motor development and occupational performance in children, and in intervention strategies with children with motor coordination problems. She coordinates a program to monitor the growth and development of preterm newborns and the topics of interest in research are: impact of prematurity on child development, occupational therapy with children, assessment of motor coordination and strategies for the treatment of motor coordination disorder.