Can Western developmental screening tools be modified for use in a rural Malawian setting?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Gladstone, Melissa J ^a,c   Lancaster, G A ^b   Jones, A P ^c   Maleta, K ^a   Mtitimila, E ^d,e   Ashorn, P ^d,e   Smyth, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 38049098094     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.095471     Document Type: Article

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