Measuring early childhood development in refugee children

Janet Sara Geddes

Measuring early childhood development in refugee children

Janet Sara Geddes

School of Population and Global Health

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Background: Children from refugee backgrounds are considered to be at risk of developmental disorders, due to a combination of biological, psychosocial and environmental factors. Objectives: To describe the developmental profile of a group of refugee children in a community setting using widely-used instruments, and compare formal developmental evaluation with developmental screening tools in this population. Methods: A total of 54 children (44% female), with a mean age of 31 months, were recruited from a paediatric refugee health clinic in Perth, Western Australia. Two developmental screening tests were administered, the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS). In addition, children were assessed with a developmental evaluation tool, the Griffiths Scales of Mental Development. Performance was compared across the three tests, and results compared for younger (

Original language	English
Qualification	Masters
Publication status	Unpublished - 2012

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