Caregivers' estimate of early childhood developmental status in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise developmental milestones among young children living in rural communities in Uganda.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site in rural eastern Uganda.

Participants

A total of 720 caregivers of children aged 3-4 years old from a health and demographic surveillance site in rural eastern Uganda were recruited into this study. Caregivers reported on their child's developmental skills and behaviours using the 10-item Early Childhood Development Index (ECDI) developed by UNICEF. Childhood development was characterised based on the ECDI's four domains: literacy-numeracy, learning/cognition, physical and socioemotional development. As an exploratory analysis, we implemented a hierarchical agg

SUBMITTER: Bonney E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220531 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature