Seguin Form Board as an intelligence tool for young children in an Indian urban slum

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Objective: The present study evaluates the concurrent and predictive validity of the Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT) as an intelligence tool for children in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods: In a cohort of normal children, followed up in South India, two cross-sectional analyses were done at 3 and 7 years of age on 95 children. The SFBT and Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) were done at 3 years of age and Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC) and the VSMS were done at 7 years of age, and the results were compared for concurrent and predictive validity for the SFBT.

Results: Intelligence quotient and social quotient had positive correlations at 3 years of age, indicating fair concurrent validity. The SFBT done at around 3 years of age had good positive correlation with MISIC at 7 years of age, indicating good predictive validity.

Conclusion: This study shows the utility of the SFBT as a community-based intelligence tool with acceptable concurrent and predictive validity.

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Infant morbidity in an Indian slum birth cohort.

S. Jaffar, G Kang, Donald W. Brown … (2008)

To establish incidence rates, clinic referrals, hospitalisations, mortality rates and baseline determinants of morbidity among infants in an Indian slum. A community-based birth cohort with twice-weekly surveillance. Vellore, South India. 452 newborns recruited over 18 months, followed through infancy. Incidence rates of gastrointestinal illness, respiratory illness, undifferentiated fever, other infections and non-infectious morbidity; rates of community-based diagnoses, clinic visits and hospitalisation; and rate ratios of baseline factors for morbidity. Infants experienced 12 episodes (95% confidence interval (CI) 11 to 13) of illness, spending about one fifth of their infancy with an illness. Respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms were most common with incidence rates (95% CI) of 7.4 (6.9 to 7.9) and 3.6 (3.3 to 3.9) episodes per child-year. Factors independently associated with a higher incidence of respiratory and gastrointestinal illness were age (3-5 months), male sex, cold/wet season and household involved in beedi work. The rate (95% CI) of hospitalisation, mainly for respiratory and gastrointestinal illness, was 0.28 (0.22 to 0.35) per child-year. The morbidity burden due to respiratory and gastrointestinal illness is high in a South Indian urban slum, with children ill for approximately one fifth of infancy, mainly with respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. The risk factors identified were younger age, male sex, cold/wet season and household involvement in beedi work.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): FMCH

Title: Family Medicine and Community Health

Abbreviated Title: FMCH

Publisher: Compuscript (Ireland )

ISSN (Electronic): 2009-8774

ISSN (Print): 2305-6983

Publication date (Print): December 2017

Publication date (Electronic): December 2017

Volume: 5

Issue: 4

Pages: 275-281

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[1] ¹Developmental Paediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

[2] ²Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

[3] ³Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

[4] ^aUniversity of California, Irvine, CA, USA

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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Dr. Beena Koshy, Professor and Head, Developmental Paediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, India; Tel.: +91-416-2283265; Fax: +91-416-2232103; E-mail: beenakurien@ 123456cmcvellore.ac.in

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Publisher ID: FMCH.2017.0118

DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2017.0118

SO-VID: 0ea7bed5-30c4-45bb-84af-d25bc271010e

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Seguin Form Board as an intelligence tool for young children in an Indian urban slum

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Lost in translation: methodological considerations in cross-cultural research.

Child development assessment tools in low-income and middle-income countries: how can we use them more appropriately?

Infant morbidity in an Indian slum birth cohort.

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