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TL;DR
Two pilot studies in Brazil suggest COPCA's coaching techniques, including tele-coaching, are promising for promoting family empowerment and child development in these settings.
Frontiers in Pediatrics · 4 authors, 4 centres
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Two pilot studies in Brazil suggest COPCA's coaching techniques, including tele-coaching, are promising for promoting family empowerment and child development in these settings.
Two pilot studies in Brazil provided preliminary evidence that COPCA is feasible and acceptable in LMIC settings, including via tele-coaching delivery. The authors note that more than 90% of children with disabilities live in LMICs, where early intervention services are scarce. Key limitations include the preliminary nature of the Brazilian pilot data, the absence of large-scale effectiveness studies, and questions about cost-effectiveness and implementation barriers. The authors call for larger studies to confirm COPCA's effectiveness and to determine which components can be delivered by lay or paraprofessional community health workers.