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Stakeholders’ perspectives of enablers and barriers to successfully implementing an integrated early childhood development program in an informal urban settlement in Kenya
- Abstract:
- Integrated early childhood development (ECD) programs boost child health and developmental outcomes. However, the factors contributing to the successful implementation of such programs in informal urban settlements are not well researched. We conducted 14 focus group discussions and 13 key informant interviews with 125 caregivers of children under the age of 5 years and stakeholders, exploring their views on enablers and barriers to implementing an integrated ECD program in an informal settlement in Kenya. Strategic engagement, capacity building, transparency, fair compensation of ECD workforce, communication skills, and the need to tailor ECD programs to local realities were discussed. An equity-focused implementation approach for integrated ECD programs is timely.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1177/21582440231208986
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- SAGE Publications
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- SAGE Open More from this journal
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 4
- Article number:
- 21582440231208986
- Publication date:
- 2023-11-16
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2158-2440
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English
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1576517
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pubs:1576517
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2024-02-21
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- Ssewanyana et al
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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