Validation of the Dominican system for measuring early childhood development
Laura V. Sánchez-Vincitore,
María Angélica Alonso Pellerano,
María Elena Valdez
et al.
Abstract:Background The purpose of the study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Dominican System for Measuring Early Childhood Development (SIMEDID, for its Spanish acronym), to adjust the sequence of item presentation, and to provide age-standardized norms for each item, to enable policy and program managers to make decisions based on specific and structured data. Methods After approval from an ethics committee, a total of 948 children from 0 to 60 months participated in this study. Participants were … Show more
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