Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status

dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Maria
dc.contributor.authorCilliers, Marle
dc.contributor.authorMare, Celeste
dc.contributor.authorVan der Linde, Jeannie
dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Maria (Mia)
dc.contributor.emailjeannie.vanderlinde@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-30T10:11:00Z
dc.date.available2017-11-30T10:11:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-28
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : 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.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.phcfm.orgen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan 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.issn2071-2928 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2071-2936 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1365
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/63399
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPrimary health care (PHC)en_ZA
dc.subjectParents’ evaluation of developmental status (PEDS)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectZulu PEDSen_ZA
dc.titleEvaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Statusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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