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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Offer ( two blocks, one after the other and say, 'Take these block (ca_fm_q34)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Offer ([child_name] two blocks, one after the other and say, “Take these blocks.” ([child_name] should hold the cubes in either hand, without holding them against his/her body for support.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child is not able to retain one cube	0	0%
1	1. The child attempts to retain one cube but it keeps falling	16	6.3%
2	2. The child retains the cube in either hand when given	18	7.1%
3	3. The child retains one cube when a second one is offered	220	86.6%

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

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.”
Retains one object
Materials: Two wooden blocks

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Whether the baby is able to hold two wooden blocks in either hands

Universe

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