Schiariti, VerónicaSimeonsson, Rune J.Hall, Karen2021-06-272021-06-2720212021Schiariti, V., Simeonsson, R. J., & Hall, K. (2021). Promoting Developmental Potential in Early Childhood: A Global Framework for Health and Education. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042007.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042007http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13076In the early years of life, children’s interactions with the physical and social environmentincluding families, schools and communities—play a defining role in developmental trajectories with long-term implications for their health, well-being and earning potential as they become adults. Importantly, failing to reach their developmental potential contributes to global cycles of poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. Guided by a rights-based approach, this narrative review synthesizes selected studies and global initiatives promoting early child development and proposes a universal intervention framework of child-environment interactions to optimize children’s developmental functioning and trajectories.enearly child developmentICFeducationhealthinequalityrightsfunctioningdisabilitypotentialinterventionArticleDivision of Medical SciencesSchool of Medical Sciences