The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): the creation, validation, and reliability of a tool to assess child development in rural African settings.

<h4>Background</h4>Although 80% of children with disabilities live in developing countries, there are few culturally appropriate developmental assessment tools available for these settings. Often tools from the West provide misleading findings in different cultural settings, where some i...

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Main Authors: Melissa Gladstone, Gillian A Lancaster, Eric Umar, Maggie Nyirenda, Edith Kayira, Nynke R van den Broek, Rosalind L Smyth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20520849/pdf/?tool=EBI