Extending the developmental milestones checklist for use in a different context in Sub-Saharan Africa

Prado, Elizabeth L. and Abubakar, Amina A. and Abbeddou, Souheila and Jimenez, Elizabeth Y. and Somé, Jérôme W. and Ouédraogo, Jean-Bosco (2014) Extending the developmental milestones checklist for use in a different context in Sub-Saharan Africa. Acta Paediatrica, 103 (4). pp. 447-454. ISSN 0803-5253

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Abstract

AIM: Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate amount of global diseases related to neurodevelopmental delays in infancy, including malnutrition, malaria and HIV. Evaluating interventions to prevent such delays requires developmental assessment tools appropriate for Sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to develop and evaluate such a tool. METHODS: The Developmental Milestones Checklist (DMC) was developed in Kenya to provide motor, language and personal-social scores for children aged from 3 to 24 months. We developed an extended version (DMC-II) in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and then evaluated the reliability and sensitivity of the scores to age and nutritional and environmental measures. RESULTS: The internal, interinterviewer and test-retest reliability of the DMC-II scores were >0.7. In 214 children aged 11.6-25.4 months, each score correlated with age (rs > 0.7). In 1123 children aged 16.8-19.9 months, the scores were sensitive to stunting, wasting and underweight (effect sizes 0.31-0.87 SD). The scores also showed expected correlations with measures of play materials in the home and activities with caregivers (rs = 0.13-0.41). CONCLUSION: The DMC-II is easily used by trained fieldworkers with no previous experience in developmental assessment. It is a practical, reliable and sensitive tool for evaluating motor, language and personal-social development in different contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Acta Paediatrica
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? CHILD DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT INFANT DEVELOPMENT NEURODEVELOPMENT SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAPEDIATRICS, PERINATOLOGY, AND CHILD HEALTH ??
ID Code:
71899
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Deposited On:
28 Nov 2014 16:33
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Yes
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Published
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