Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status | |
| Creator | van der Merwe, Maria Cilliers, Marlé Maré, Celesté van der Linde, Jeannie le Roux, Mia | |
| Description | Background: One of the greatest challenges in early communication intervention in South Africa is developing and implementing successful identification strategies in primary health care (PHC). A shortage of trained PHC personnel is one of the barriers to providing adequate health services in South Africa. This dearth of services creates the need to substitute clinician-administered developmental screening tools with parent-administered tools.Aim: To determine the accuracy of the Zulu Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) in comparison with the outcome of the English PEDS.Setting: The data were collected in a clinical, non-contrived environment at Stanza Bopape Community Health Clinic in Mamelodi, City of Tshwane.Methods: The PEDS is a standardised, parent-completed questionnaire regarding the child’s general development. The English PEDS was translated into Zulu by a Zulu linguist. There were 99 potential participants in the study of whom 83 met the necessary prerequisites.Results: Of the participants whose home language is Zulu, 54% preferred the PEDS in English over the PEDS in Zulu. This indicates a skewed preference towards English, with only slight associations between language preference and age, education and home language.Conclusion: The Zulu PEDS displayed high positive and negative correspondences, representative of an accurate translation of the English PEDS. It is recommended that this study should be repeated in a community where the majority are Zulu home language speakers. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-06-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1365 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 9, No 1 (2017); 6 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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