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

Say to (, 'Letâ€™s play with blocks.' Place a wooden block on the gr (ca_fm_q33)

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], “Let’s play with blocks.” Place a wooden block on the ground or mat. Say to ([child_name], “Pick this block.” Observe how ([child_name] picks up the block. To score at the highest level, radial grasp means that the thumb is held against the cube in opposition to the other fingers.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child is not able to pick up objects on his/her own. Someone must place t	2	0.8%
1	1. The child is able to pick up the block in any way (uses two hands or holds th	3	1.2%
2	2. The child uses any type of grasp and picks the block with one hand	31	12.2%
3	3. The child picks the block with a mature (radial) grasp using one hand	218	85.8%

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

B. FINE MOTOR
At the beginning of this section, say to ([child_name], “We will now play some games which show how you use your hands and fingers.”
Picks up object
Materials: One wooden block

Question post text

N/A

Interviewer instructions

N/A

Description

Text

Whether the child is able to pick an object on the ground

Universe

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