The Early Responsive Nurturing Care (EARN) mission in Brazil is to identify pathways to support quality improvement while supporting scaling up and sustainability in low-income settings. This mission is translated into several projects and partnerships listed below.
Funder: Brazil Ministry of Health/Pan American Health Organization Co-I: Buccini Periods: 05/2023 – 9/2024 Collaborators Betta Recine, Ph.D.,University of Brasilia Fernando Pereira, doctoral student, University of Brasilia
Funder: Brazil Ministry of Health/Pan American Health Organization Co-I: Buccini Period: 05/2021 – 9/2023 Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37396061/ Collaborators: Betta Recine, Ph.D.,University of Brasilia Juliana Machado, MS, University of Brasilia
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Co-PI: Buccini Period: 2019-2021 The Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI) is the first attempt worldwide to capture the dimensions of NCF at the municipal level using routine information systems (Ref). The IMAPI (Índice Município Amigo da Primeira Infância) was developed following an
Funder: FAP-DF Co-I: Buccini Period: 2021-2023 The goal of this project is to evaluate the implementation of the Criança Feliz Brasiliense Program (PCFB) and its contributions to parenting skills and child development of participants in Brasilia. This project will follow three steps: Collaborators: Vivian Siqueira Santos, PhD, University of Brasilia
Funder: World Health Organization PI: Buccini Period: 2023 Collaborators: Ariene Silva do Carmo, Ph.D.. Brazilian Ministry of Health Gláubia Rocha Barbosa Relvas, Ph.D., State Secretariat of Mato Grosso Juliana Gonçalves Machado, MSc, University of Brasilia Muriel Bauermann Gubert, Ph.D.,University of Brasilia Sonia Isoyama Venancio, Ph.D., Brazilian Ministry of Health