Describing normal development in an African setting: The utility of the Kilifi Developmental Inventory among young children at the Kenyan coast

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-10

  Kitsao Wekulo, Patricia ^a,b,c   Holding, Penny ^b,d   Abubakar, Amina ^e,f,g   Kvalsvig, Jane ^a   Taylor, H Gerry ^d   King, Christopher L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b International Centre for Behavioural Studies   (Kenya)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End points; Eye hand co ordination; Infancy; Kenya; Kilifi Developmental Inventory; Locomotor; Rural; Start points

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959453879     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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