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Executive functioning and self-regulation influence a range of outcomes across the life course including physical and mental health, educational success, and employment

Inclusion of early child development in the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda raises issues of how this goal should be monitored, particularly in low resource settings. The aim of this paper was to explore the validity of the early Human Capability Index (eHCI); a population measure designed to capture the holistic development of children aged 3-5 years. Convergent, divergent, discriminant and concurrent validity were examined by exploring the associations between eHCI domains and child (sex, age, stunting status, preschool attendance) and family (maternal education, home learning environment) characteristics. Analyses were repeated using data from seven low and middle income countries.

These challenges in measuring early childhood development are exacerbated when making comparisons across cultures

A collaboration between The Kids Research Institute Australia and Joondalup Health Campus is poised to be a game-changer for early childhood development.

A Quinns Rocks family who became the 1000th family to sign up for the ORIGINS Project is excited to be contributing to such ground-breaking research.

The Early Human Capability Index is a holistic measure intended to capture early child development across diverse cultures and contexts.

These results show that a word gap related to maternal education is not apparent up to twelve months of age

Findings support the aims of the early Human Capability Index in being adaptable and applicable for use within a range of low and middle income countries

Overall, temperament had small associations with cognitive and academic outcomes after accounting for parenting and confounders

Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit