Parenting and Unconditional Cash on Children's Development at Middle Childhood

NCT07432971 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PR-24072
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 599
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background (brief):

• Children' IQ (primary outcomes) and
• Their learning achievement
• Middle childhood home environment
• Mothers' depressive symptoms and quality of life
• Mothers' exposure to domestic violence, and women's empowerment (e.g. participation in decision making on family affairs, freedom of movement) compared to only unconditional cash Methods: It is a longitudinal study. We will follow all the mother and child dyads who participated at their early childhood.

Conditions

Follow-up of a cRCT

Keywords

follow-up; child development; parenting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Child's Intelligent Quotient

  Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V was used to measure child's Intelligent Quotient, Higher score mean higher Intelligent Quotient

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Child's reading and mathematics performance

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

• Child quality of home stimulation environment

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

• Maternal mental health (depressive symptoms)

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

• Maternal (women) empowerment (freedom of mobility and decision sharing of household purchasing)

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

• Household violence against women (mother)

  Through study completion, an average of 5 year after intervention

Study Arms (2)

Arm-I (Intervention)

EXPERIMENTAL

Early parenting with government unconditional cash

Behavioral: Parenting training

Arm-II (comparison)

NO INTERVENTION

Only government unconditional cash

Interventions

Parenting training BEHAVIORAL

parenting through home visit, fortnightly by a trained community volunteer

Also known as: psychosocial/child stimulation

Arm-I (Intervention)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 9 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All mother and child dyads participated immediately after the parenting intervention were enrolled in this follow-up. Mothers were enrolled in the original trial who participated in the unconditional cash transfer programme (social protection programme).The eligibility criteria for enrollment into the Government of Bangladesh social protection programme were-
• urban working mothers
• income less than 1500 BDT (\<17.6 USD; Ref: World Bank 2020y) per month per mother
• having less than three children, and
• permanent residence in the urban area

You may not qualify if:

• Known health problems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rangpur City Corporation

Rangpur City, Bangladesh

Location

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Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: asessors
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Early parenting intervention combined with government unconditional cash

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2026
• First Posted: February 25, 2026
• Study Start: September 9, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 12, 2025
• Study Completion: September 8, 2025
• Last Updated: February 25, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Locations

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