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

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Say to (, 'Walk like me.' Walk along a straight line, with one foo (ca_gm_q21)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Say to ([child_name], “Walk like me.” Walk along a straight line, with one foot exactly in front of the other, touching the heel to toe with each step. Keep the arms out to the sides, not resting on the hips. Practice with ([child_name] and provide all the necessary support. Encourage ([child_name] to do it alone. Stop the task if ([child_name] loses balance or is unable to keep feet moving off the line after 3 trials.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child does not attempt to walk heel to toe	215	84.6%
1	1. The child attempts to walk heel to toe but is not able to take at least one s	34	13.4%
2	2. The child walks heel to toe with support/for less than length of mat	3	1.2%
3	3. The child walks heel to toe without support/for length of mat	2	0.8%

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.

Walks along line, heel to toe

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Whether the child is able to walk along line, heel to toe as demostrated to by an assessor

Universe

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