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Tables and Figures for: A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)

This dataset provides the tables and figures underlying A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, a study published through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It compiles data from checklist observations of seven home-visit parenting programs operating across the region.

About home-visit parenting programs

Home-visit parenting programs are a widely used early childhood development intervention in which trained visitors meet regularly with families in their homes to promote nurturing care, responsive caregiving, and stimulating interactions between parents and young children. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, governments and partners have scaled such programs to support healthy child development in the earliest years of life, when the returns to investment in human capital are highest. The quality of program implementation—how visits are structured, what activities take place, and how visitors engage caregivers—is a key determinant of whether these programs deliver their intended benefits.

What this dataset contains

The dataset is the data companion to the study's tables and figures, drawn from structured checklist observations of program delivery. It offers a comparative snapshot of implementation quality across the seven programs included in the study, supporting analysis of how home-visit parenting interventions are carried out in practice and where quality varies. The data are provided in a spreadsheet (XLS) resource that reproduces the tables and figures from the underlying publication.

Intended uses

Researchers, program designers, and policymakers working on early childhood development and parenting interventions can use the dataset to benchmark implementation quality, inform program design and supervision, and contextualize evidence on home-visiting in the region. Because it documents observed program features rather than individual-level outcomes, it is especially useful for understanding the quality dimension of service delivery.

Access and citation

The dataset is openly available through IDB Open Data under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 IGO license. Users are asked to cite the dataset and its DOI when reusing the data.

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Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/mmgiat1h
License Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 IGO
Related Knowledge Product
Citation

Leer, Jane (2016). Tables and Figures for: A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/mmgiat1h
Published date 2016-08-24
Modified date 2026-06-25
Tags/Keywords Parenting Intervention
Language
  1. English
Temporal coverage 2014-2014
Country
Bolivia
Brazil
Ecuador
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Region Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Leer, Jane
Data collection type Observational Data
Data structure Semistructured Data
Data notes

What does this dataset contain?

It contains the tables and figures, drawn from checklist observations, that underlie the study A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

What are home-visit parenting programs?

They are early childhood development interventions in which trained visitors meet regularly with families at home to promote nurturing care, responsive caregiving, and stimulating interactions between parents and young children.

How many programs does the study cover?

The study and its accompanying data cover seven home-visit parenting programs operating in Latin America and the Caribbean.

How were the data collected?

The data come from checklist observations of the programs, a structured way of recording how each program is delivered in practice.

What geographic area and time period does the dataset cover?

The dataset covers Latin America and the Caribbean, with the listed countries including Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. The associated period is 2014.

Why does program quality matter?

The quality of implementation—how visits are structured, what activities take place, and how visitors engage caregivers—is a key determinant of whether home-visit parenting programs deliver their intended benefits for early childhood development.

What file format is the data available in?

The data are provided as a single spreadsheet (XLS) resource reproducing the tables and figures from the study.

Who can use this dataset and for what purposes?

Researchers, program designers, and policymakers working on early childhood development and parenting interventions can use it to benchmark implementation quality, inform program design and supervision, and contextualize evidence on home-visiting in the region.

What does this dataset not include?

It documents observed program features and quality from checklist observations rather than individual-level child or family outcomes, so it is best suited to analyzing service-delivery quality rather than measuring program impact on children.

Under what license is the dataset published?

The dataset is published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 IGO license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/).

How do I cite this dataset?

Cite it as: Leer, Jane (2016). Tables and Figures for: A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/mmgiat1h. The publisher is the Inter-American Development Bank; the DOI is 10.60966/mmgiat1h.

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