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Maleka, Boledi Karabo
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Van der Linde, Jeannie
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Glascoe, Frances Page
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Swanepoel, De Wet
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-06-05T06:50:53Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-12 |
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dc.description.abstract |
BACKGROUND : Developmental delays are more prevalent in low-income countries and access to developmental screening is severely limited. INTRODUCTION : This study evaluated an m-Health version of a standard developmental screening tool, Parents Evaluation Developmental Status (PEDS) and PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM) for use by community health workers (CHWs) in terms of (1) correspondence with conventional paper-based testing by a speech language pathologist (SLP) and (2) inter-rater reliability compared to an SLP. METHOD : CHWs were trained in a primary healthcare (PHC) setting to administer the newly developed smartphone application version of the PEDS tools. One SLP and two CHWs recruited 207 caregivers who were attending a baby wellness clinic. Caregivers were tested by one CHW using the smartphone application of the PEDS tools; a qualified SLP simultaneously recorded and scored the PEDS tools on the same participants. RESULTS : High positive (100%) and negative correspondence (96%) was found between the paper-based PEDS tools and the smartphone application PEDS tools and between the SLP and CHW. Almost perfect (Cohen’s Kappa) inter-rater agreement between conditions was demonstrated (j = 0.873 to j = 0.961). CONCLUSION : Outcomes of the smartphone application, operated by a CHW, corresponded closely to the gold standard PEDS tools operated by a health professional. Trained CHWs can conduct accurate developmental screening using the smartphone version of the PEDS tools. |
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dc.description.department |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
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dc.description.embargo |
2017-12-30 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://online.liebertpub.com/TMJ |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Maleka, B.K., Van der Linde, J., Glascoe, F.P. & Swanepoel, D. 2016, 'Developmental screening-evaluation of an m-Health version of the parents evaluation developmental status tools', Telemedicine and e-Health, vol. 22, no. 12. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1556-3669 (online) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1530-5627 (print) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1089/tmj.2016.0007 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60794 |
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dc.language.iso |
English |
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dc.publisher |
Mary Ann Liebert |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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dc.subject |
E-health |
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dc.subject |
M-health |
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dc.subject |
Pediatrics |
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dc.subject |
Technology |
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dc.subject |
Parents evaluation developmental status (PEDS) |
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dc.subject |
Community health worker (CHW) |
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dc.title |
Developmental screening-evaluation of an m-Health version of the parents evaluation developmental status tools |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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