TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of Kilimani Sesame in the healthy development of Tanzanian preschool children
AU - Borzekowski, Dina L.G.
AU - Macha, Jacob E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was commissioned by Sesame Workshop, and funded through a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to the Sesame Workshop. We acknowledge the hard work of the following Tanzanian researchers who interviewed parents and children: Sisti Mosha, Dotto Eliasi, Fatuma Mwichande, Aisa Kimaro, Chrispin Kato, Weston Ndomba, Hamisi Kisesa, Lespicious Barongo, and Tumaini Francis. Additionally, we appreciate the assistance of Holly M. Henry, who helped coordinate the Institutional Review Board approval for this study.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Kilimani Sesame, a media intervention that employs print, radio, and television, was developed to entertain and educate preschool children in Tanzania. This study examined the effects of a six-week intervention delivering Kilimani Sesame material to 223 children in the rural district of Kisarawe and the city of Dar es Salaam. Results offer evidence that literacy and numeracy, social and emotional development, and health and hygiene significantly improved from baseline to post-intervention; those with the greatest receptivity to Kilimani Sesame performed the best after the intervention, controlling for baseline scores, sex, age, location, and general media receptivity. This study shows that an educational media intervention directed towards very young children can have an impact on their healthy development, even in locales where populations have minimal resources and face extreme hardships.
AB - Kilimani Sesame, a media intervention that employs print, radio, and television, was developed to entertain and educate preschool children in Tanzania. This study examined the effects of a six-week intervention delivering Kilimani Sesame material to 223 children in the rural district of Kisarawe and the city of Dar es Salaam. Results offer evidence that literacy and numeracy, social and emotional development, and health and hygiene significantly improved from baseline to post-intervention; those with the greatest receptivity to Kilimani Sesame performed the best after the intervention, controlling for baseline scores, sex, age, location, and general media receptivity. This study shows that an educational media intervention directed towards very young children can have an impact on their healthy development, even in locales where populations have minimal resources and face extreme hardships.
KW - African children
KW - Educational television
KW - Literacy
KW - Media receptivity
KW - Preschool children
KW - Sesame Street
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77954542389
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 31
SP - 298
EP - 305
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
IS - 4
ER -