Helen McConachie, Sharmin Huq, Shirin Z. Munir, Shameem Ferdous et al.
Objective To compare the efficacy of an outreach program for young children with cerebral palsy with center-based and "minimal intervention" control groups. Design Randomized controlled trial conducted in a group of 85 children between the ages of 1.5 and 5 years. Urban children were allocated to a ...
Helen McConachie, S Huq, Samia Munir, Kamrunnahar et al.
Given the numbers of disabled children in Bangladesh and the lack of trained professionals, innovative forms of service delivery are required. The Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation has developed an outreach parent training service based at two centres, one urban and one rural. Mothers are shown how ...
Naila Zaman Khan, Humaira Muslima, Asma Begum Shilpi, Dilara Begum et al.
OBJECTIVE: Validate a tool to determine neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) in >2- to 5-year-old children in a country with limited child development expertise. METHODS: Rapid Neurodevelopmental Assessment (RNDA) is a tool designed to detect functional status and NDIs across multiple neurodevelopm...
Naila Zaman Khan, Asma Begum Shilpi, Razia Sultana, Shaoli Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: The 2017 political violence against the Rohingya people in the state of Rakhine resulted in a large influx of displaced populations into Bangladesh. Given harsh conditions and experiences in Myanmar, and the harrowing journey to the border, raised levels of child neurodevelopmental disor...
Naila Zaman Khan, Shameem Ferdous, Shirin Z. Munir, Sharmin Huq et al.
Bangladesh has a high child mortality rate. However, little is known about the outcome for young children who have cerebral palsy (CP). Ninety-two children with CP with a mean age of 3 years 3 months at entry into the study were followed for up to 3 years as part of an intervention study. Eight chil...
Naila Zaman Khan, S Ferdous, R. Islam, Asma Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of child behaviour problems reported by parents in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: A total of 4,003 children aged 2-9 years were identified during a population-based survey of 2,231 households. A predetermined sample of 499 was selected, of which health professional...
Naila Zaman Khan, Humaira Muslima, Asma Begum Shilpi, Dilara Begum et al.
BACKGROUND: Home-based screening to identify young children at risk for neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) is needed to guide the targeting of child neurodevelopmental intervention services in Bangladesh. This study aimed to validate such a tool for children under age 2 years. METHODS: A Developm...
Shirin Z. Munir, Sultana S. Zaman, Helen McConachie
The paper describes the stages in development of an assessment of the adaptive behaviour skills of children in Bangladesh. Item selection and reduction are described, based on an ecological analysis of behaviours expected of children aged between two and nine years of age, living in both urban and r...
Naila Zaman Khan, Humaira Muslima, Shams El Arifeen, Helen McConachie et al.
Objective To validate a rapid neurodevelopmental assessment tool for use by child care professionals to determine neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) in children ages 5-9 years (61-108 months) in Bangladesh. Study design In a convenience sample of community children (n = 18), interrater reliabilit...
Humaira Muslima, Naila Zaman Khan, Asma Begum Shilpi, Dilara Begum et al.
OBJECTIVE: To validate a Rapid Neurodevelopmental Assessment (RNDA) tool for use by child health professionals to determine neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs) in young adolescents aged 10-16 years in Bangladesh. STUDY DESIGN: In a convenience sample of community children (n = 47), inter-rater rel...
Naila Zaman Khan, Helen McConachie
Helen McConachie, Alison Salt
SIR–We were pleased to read the review by Scherzer et al.1 and the accompanying commentary by Newton.2 The paper advocates ‘The incorporation of early evaluation and intervention programs into routine pediatric care …’ in order to improve the life chances of children with developmental delays and di...