Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status
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Van der Merwe, Maria
Cilliers, Marle
Mare, Celeste
Van der Linde, Jeannie
Le Roux, Maria (Mia)
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
BACKGROUND : One of the greatest challenges in early communication intervention in
South Africa is developing and implementing successful identification strategies in primary
health care (PHC). A shortage of trained PHC personnel is one of the barriers to providing
adequate health services in South Africa. This dearth of services creates the need to substitute
clinician-administered developmental screening tools with parent-administered tools.
AIM : To determine the accuracy of the Zulu Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status
(PEDS) in comparison with the outcome of the English PEDS.
SETTING : The data were collected in a clinical, non-contrived environment at Stanza Bopape
Community Health Clinic in Mamelodi, City of Tshwane.
Methods: The PEDS is a standardised, parent-completed questionnaire regarding the child’s
general development. The English PEDS was translated into Zulu by a Zulu linguist. There
were 99 potential participants in the study of whom 83 met the necessary prerequisites.
RESULTS : Of the participants whose home language is Zulu, 54% preferred the PEDS in English
over the PEDS in Zulu. This indicates a skewed preference towards English, with only slight
associations between language preference and age, education and home language.
CONCLUSION : The Zulu PEDS displayed high positive and negative correspondences,
representative of an accurate translation of the English PEDS. It is recommended that this
study should be repeated in a community where the majority are Zulu home language
speakers.
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Primary health care (PHC), Parents’ evaluation of developmental status (PEDS), South Africa (SA), Zulu PEDS
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Van der Merwe M, Cilliers M,
Maré C, Van der Linde, J, Le
Roux M. Evaluation of a Zulu
translation of the parents’
evaluation of developmental
status. Afr J Prm Health Care
Fam Med. 2017;9(1), a1365.
https://DOI.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1365.