Developmental screening in South Africa: comparing the national developmental checklist to a standardized tool

Developmental screening in South Africa: comparing the national developmental checklist to a standardized tool.

BACKGROUND Worldwide, more than 200 million children in low- and middle-income countries have developmental delays and/or disabilities. In South Africa the only nationally implemented developmental 'screening' tool is integrated as part of 'The Road to Health Booklet (RTHB). METHOD The study employed a comparative cross-sectional within-subject design to evaluate the accuracy of the RTHB deve...

A Multimedia Child Developmental Screening Checklist: Design and Validation

BACKGROUND Identifying disability early in life confers long-term benefits for children. The Taipei City Child Development Screening tool, second version (Taipei II) provides checklists for 13 child age groups from 4 months to 6 years. However, the usability of a text-based screening tool largely depends on the literacy level and logical reasoning ability of the caregivers, as well as language ...

the effect of e-64 on the developmental competence of sheep cocs during in vitro maturation

in the present study, the effect of e-64 at different concentrations (0.5, 1, 5 and 10 µm) added to (1) the ivm medium on oocyte nuclear maturation and developmental competence of ovine oocytes, and (2) to the ivc medium on embryonic development of ovine embryos were investigated.

Comparing the Results of Developmental Screening of 4-60 Months Old Children in Tehran Using ASQ & PDQ

Objectives: This research was performed to compare the results of two parental-based developmental questionnaires. Methods: In this study the developmental status of 196, 4-60 months old children were screened using Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and prescreening developmental Questionnaire (PDQ) in 4 primary health care clinics in Tehran. Convenient sampling was used. Data was analyze...

Developmental Issues and Environmental Policy in South Africa