Monitoring psychomotor development in a resource-limited setting: An evaluation of the Kilifi Developmental Inventory

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-226

  Abubakar, Amina ^a,b,c   Holding, P ^a,c,d   van Baar, A ^c   Newton, C R J C ^a,e,f   van de Vijver, F J R ^c,g  

^a Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast)   (Netherlands)

^b African Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KENYA; KILIFI DEVELOPMENTAL INVENTORY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

AGING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 54349116755     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X335679     Document Type: Article

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