Risks associated with communication delays in infants from underserved South African communities

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Risks associated with communication delays in infants from underserved South African communities Risques associés à des retards de communication verbale chez les nourrissons des communautés sud-africaines non desservies
 
Creator van der Linde, Jeannie Swanepoel, De Wet Glascoe, Frances P. Louw, E.M. Hugo, Jannie F.M. Vinck, Bart
 
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Description Background: For optimal development young children need warm, responsive, enriched and communicative environments for learning social, language, and other skills. Infants and toddlers exposed to psychosocial risk lack enriched environments and may present with communication delays.Aim: To investigate the relationship between psychosocial risks and communication delays in infants from underserved communities in South Africa.Setting: Primary healthcare facilities in Tshwane district, South Africa.Methods: A parent interview and Rossetti Infant Toddler Language Scales were used to collect data from caregivers of 201 infants aged 6–12 months, selected through convenience sampling. Associations between communication delays and risks were determined (Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests). A log-linear model analysis was used to model the simultaneous effect of significant risks on the probability of having communication delays.Results: Communication delays were present in 13% of infants. Infants with two or more siblings, born from mothers aged 18–29 years who own their house, had a 39% chance of presenting with communication delays.Conclusion: Developmental screening and early intervention is important in primary healthcare contexts in South Africa, as a clear relationship has been established between three risk factors and communication delays in infants. Contexte: Pour s’épanouir complètement les jeunes enfants ont besoin d’un environnement chaud, réceptif, enrichi et communicatif pour apprendre le langage social et d’autres compétences. Les nourrissons et les tout-petits exposés à des risques psychosociaux souffrent d’un manque d’environnements enrichissants et pourraient souffrir de retards de communication verbale.Objectif: Pour étudier la relation entre les risques psychosociaux et les retards de communication verbale chez les nourrissons des communautés non desservies en Afrique du Sud.Lieu: Services de soins primaires dans le district de Tshwane, en Afrique du Sud.Méthodes: Une entrevue avec les parents et l’Echelle de Compétence linguistique pour les Nourrissons de Rossetti ont été utilisés pour rassembler les données de 201 nourrissons de 6 à 12 mois provenant de leurs gardiens, sélectionnés au moyen d’échantillonnages de proximité. On a remarqué un lien entre les retards et les risques de communication verbale (tests Chi carré et de Fisher). On a utilisé un modèle d’analyse log-linéaire pour modéliser l’effet simultané des risques importants sur la probabilité d’avoir des retards de communication verbale.Résultats: On a trouvé des retards de communication verbale chez 13% des nourrissons. Les nourrissons qui vivent avec deux frères ou soeurs ou plus, nés de mères âgées de 18 à 29 ansqui ont leur propre maison, avaient 39% plus de chance d’avoir des retards de communication verbale.
 
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Date 2015-09-08
 
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Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.841
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 7, No 1 (2015); 7 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Jeannie van der Linde, De Wet Swanepoel, Frances P. Glascoe, E.M. Louw, Jannie F.M. Hugo, Bart Vinck https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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