Prioritizing nurturing care at the municipal and district level with the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI)

• Main Authors: Gabriela Buccini (Author), Juliana L. Pimentel (Author), Jéssica Pedroso (Author), Stefanie Eugênia dos Anjos Coelho Kubo (Author), Juracy Bertoldo (Author), Alberto Sironi (Author), Marcos E. Barreto (Author), Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla (Author), Muriel B. Gubert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI) is a population‐based approach to monitor the nurturing care environment for early childhood development (ECD) using routine information system data. It is unknown whether IMAPI can be applied to document metropolitan urban terr...