2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'The early years are critical and inform the developmental trajectory of
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children. This is justifiably attracting growing policy attention. Much
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of this attention is focused on interventions and policies directed at
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parents, especially mothers. Yet emerging evidence suggests that
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increasing numbers of children in rapidly urbanizing low- and
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middle-income countries are now spending much of their day with other
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formal and informal childcare providers, including largely unregulated
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paid childcare providers. This paper summarizes the limited literature
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about the use of such paid childcare in low- and middle-income countries
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in sub-Saharan Africa, before considering possible reasons behind the
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lack of research evidence. Finally, key research gaps and their
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implications for public health practice are explored, with reference to
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the ongoing British Academy funded Nairobi Early Childcare in Slums
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research programme in Nairobi, Kenya. We argue that improving childcare
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may be an under-explored strategy to help some of the world''s most
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disadvantaged children in the most important period of their lives, and
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that interventions in this largely informal market should be built on a
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rigorous research base.
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This article is part of the theme issue `Multidisciplinary perspectives
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on social support and maternal-child health''.'
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affiliation: 'Hughes, RC (Corresponding Author), London Sch Hyg \& Trop Med, Fac Epidemiol
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\& Populat Hlth, Dept Populat Hlth, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT, England.
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Hughes, Robert C.; Bhopal, Sunil S.; Kirkwood, Betty R., London Sch Hyg \& Trop
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Med, Fac Epidemiol \& Populat Hlth, Dept Populat Hlth, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT,
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England.
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Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia; Muendo, Ruth; Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth, African Populat
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\& Hlth Res Ctr, Maternal \& Child Wellbeing Unit, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Bhopal, Sunil S., Newcastle Univ, Populat Hlth Sci Inst, Fac Med Sci, Newcastle
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Upon Tyne, Tyne \& Wear, England.
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Hill, Zelee, UCL, Inst Global Hlth, Epidemiol \& Publ Hlth, London, England.'
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article-number: '20200430'
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author: Hughes, Robert C. and Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia and Muendo, Ruth and Bhopal,
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Sunil S. and Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth and Hill, Zelee and Kirkwood, Betty R.
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author-email: robert.hughes@lshtm.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Hughes
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given: Robert C.
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- family: Kitsao-Wekulo
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given: Patricia
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- family: Muendo
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given: Ruth
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- family: Bhopal
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given: Sunil S.
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- family: Kimani-Murage
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given: Elizabeth
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- family: Hill
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given: Zelee
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- family: Kirkwood
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given: Betty R.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0430
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eissn: 1471-2970
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files: []
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issn: 0962-8436
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journal: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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keywords: 'early childhood development; urban health; child health; childcare;
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nurturing care'
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keywords-plus: HEALTH; ADVERSITY; WORK
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language: English
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month: JUN 21
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number: '1827'
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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orcid-numbers: 'Hughes, Robert/0000-0002-1345-3063
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Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia/0000-0003-4206-9746
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Bhopal, Sunil/0000-0003-1229-781X
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Kirkwood, Betty/0000-0001-5274-6072'
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papis_id: a0c47bc4ac268ea131a88fa0b1ff8f52
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ref: Hughes2021whoactually
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researcherid-numbers: 'Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth/HGB-3312-2022
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times-cited: '8'
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title: Who actually cares for children in slums? Why we need to think, and do, more
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about paid childcare in urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000646856500006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '376'
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web-of-science-categories: Biology
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year: '2021'
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