Early Childhood Development Friendly Index (IMAPI): Assessing the Enabling Environment for Nurturing Care in Brazilian Municipalities

摘要

Early inequities in Early Childhood Development (ECD) are linked to inequalities across the five regions and within the 5570 municipalities in Brazil. We aimed to operationalize an index (IMAPI) to assess and monitor the enabling environment for nurturing care at the regional and municipal level in Brazil using existing national databases.