Exploring the use of mobile phone technology for optimizing, tracking and responding to children's developmental progress in Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya, Saving Brains

KENYA, 2019
Human Development (HD)

Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo

CSV JSON

For children who are not able to sit, place ( on his/her stomach o (ca_gm_q2)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For children who are not able to sit, place ([child_name] on his/her stomach on a flat surface saying, “Let’s lie down like this.” Shake a rattle in front of ([child_name] to encourage him/her to lift the front part of the body. Observe and score appropriately.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child is not able to lift his/her upper body	1	0.4%
1	1. The child only lifts his/her upper body briefly	0	0%
2	2. The child attempts to push up his/her chest while lying on his/her stomach	0	0%
3	3. The child pushes up with his/her arms and holds his/her chest off the ground	253	99.6%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

Introduce this section to [child_name] by saying:
We will have some activities and games which show how you use various parts of your body.

UPPER BODY CONTROL

Lifts upper body
Instruction: This item should not be administered to a child who is able to walk on his/her own.

Question post text

N/A

Interviewer instructions

N/A

Description

Text

Whether the child is able to lift the front part of the body

Universe

Children (of young mothers or adolescents) under the age of three years or young mothers including adolescents