Validation of a culturally modified short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities in 6 to 8 year old Zimbabwean school children: A cross section study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kandawasvika, Gwendoline Q ^a   Mapingure, Paul M ^a   Nhembe, Margaret ^a   Mtereredzi, Richard ^b   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Ministry of Education and Culture   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCCARTHY SCALES OF CHILDREN'S ABILITIES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84870063972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-147     Document Type: Article

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