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Childhood Disability Screening Tools [PDF 350KB]
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survival of children in most Low and Middle income countries has improved,
and the focus is now shifting to optimizing the development of children.
There are an estimated 200 million children in the world who have a
disability, and the bulk of these children live in Low and Middle income
countries. Living in these countries places children at risk for disability
due to poverty related health factors, such as anemia and malnutrition. It
also leaves them with the additional burden of the stigma associated with
disability.
This review looks at studies that describe screening or
monitoring instruments for the identification of disability in children in
Low and Middle Income countries. The parameters used to analyze these studies
comprise of both - those that need to be applied to all screening tools, as
well as those which are especially relevant to Low and Middle income
countries, like those in the South East Asia
region.
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