Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status
dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Cilliers, Marle | |
dc.contributor.author | Mare, Celeste | |
dc.contributor.author | Van der Linde, Jeannie | |
dc.contributor.author | Le Roux, Maria (Mia) | |
dc.contributor.email | jeannie.vanderlinde@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-30T10:11:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-30T10:11:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06-28 | |
dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.phcfm.org | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.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. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-2928 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-2936 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1365 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63399 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Primary health care (PHC) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Parents’ evaluation of developmental status (PEDS) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Zulu PEDS | en_ZA |
dc.title | Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |