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Pedro Maunde, Institute for Human Development Aga Khan University, Kenya
Home based ECD as an efficient and efficacy to support infant and young
children affected by HIV/AIDS to thrive
In context of HIV/AIDs, nutrition and environment where the infant and young
children develop are considered as fundamental to ensure a child well-being and
also to form their brain architecture since early age. Healthy physical and social
environment offer to young children a valuable opportunity to enable them to build
the relationship they need to strengthen their brain architecture and consequently
to achieve cognitive, emotional, physical and language development.
Physical environment around children where they can safely play in order to provide long
term stability and social interaction encouraging their resilience and positive development
(Bartlett, 2007).
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Community volunteers, Community Facilitators and others who are working at community
level, in most of case directly with our target groups.
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Home visits to Early Childhood Development target households conducted by field workers
include community volunteers.
Conclusion
Child development involve a lot of knowledge and skills we need to support
vulnerable families to take care their infant and young children, special for those are
affected by HIV/AIDS so that they can thrive in positive way. Its important to know
that we have to ensure healthy brain development through well balanced nutritional
diet and healthy environment before and after the birth. Healthy environment
includes physical and psychosocially in order to avoid a stressful daily life at
caregivers, infant and young children environment.
The promotion of healthy attachment is also crucial to build a qualitative and
trustful relationship between the caregivers and infant and young children,
particularly those affected by HIV. It is enabling them to establish a positive
communication and learning environment at the end. It is also important to ensure
that young children experiment challenge environment to enable them to develop
their executive function and self-regulation skills considered as crucial.
Home based ECD approach at community level can be seen as a practicable model
to support infant and young children to thrive. Through the use this approach, the
caregivers has a useful environment and opportunity to share and learn on how
ensure a secure and positive child development since early age.
References
Oates et al. Early Childhood in Focus 7: Developing Brains. The Open University,
2012;
Bartlett, S. (2010). Childrens health and well-being. Improving learning
achievement in early primary in low-income countries: A review of the research.
(pp. 7 8). Geneva: Aga Khan Foundation. Retrieved from
http://www.akdn.org/publications/2010akf_learning_achievement.pdf