Summit

2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024

Trajectories and Social Determinants of Child Cognitive Development: A Prospective Cohort Study from Infancy through Middle Childhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Virtual · October 2024

Posters · Lifespan Development

  • Viviane Valdes
    Harvard Medical School
  • Viviane Valdes
    Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
  • Eileen F. Sullivan
    Harvard Medical School
  • Eileen F. Sullivan
    Boston Children's Hospital
  • Tofail Fahmida
    International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
  • Lisa M. Thompson
    Emory University
  • Shahria H. Kakon
    International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
  • Talat Shama
    icddr,b
  • Haque Rashidul
    International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
  • Charles A. Nelson
    Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Charles A. Nelson
    Harvard Medical School
  • Charles A. Nelson
    Boston Children's Hospital

Abstract

We characterized trajectories and social determinants of cognition in Bangladeshi children from infancy through 7 years (1,397 observations). Trajectories showed downward trends in the first four years of life, with more pronounced effects for those below the poverty line. Maternal education and food security had protective effects on cognition.

Childhood Adversity

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