Perspectives of normal child development in rural Malawi - a qualitative analysis to create a more culturally appropriate developmental assessment tool

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Gladstone, Melissa ^a   Lancaster, G ^c   Umar, E ^a   Nyirenda, M ^a   Kayira, E ^b   van den Broek, N ^d   Smyth, R L ^e  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Child development; Focus groups; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77953266667     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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