Developmental monitoring using caregiver reports in a resource-limited setting: The case of Kilifi, Kenya

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-297

  Abubakar, A ^a,b   Holding, P ^a,c   Van De Vijver, F ^d   Bomu, G ^a   Van Baar, A ^e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Caregiver reports; Children; Developmental monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KENYA; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MOTHER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74349115866     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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