Selecting measures for the neurodevelopmental assessment of children in low- and middle-income countries

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 761-802

  Semrud Clikeman, Margaret ^a   Romero, Regilda Anne A ^b   Prado, Elizabeth L ^c   Shapiro, Elsa G ^a   Bangirana, Paul ^d   John, Chandy C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Keystone Behavioral Pediatrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LMIC; Neurodevelopmental testing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; LANGUAGE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEMORY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; VALIDITY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84986213018     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2016.1216536     Document Type: Review

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