D'Aprano, Anita

Silburn, Sven

Johnston, Vanessa

Robinson, Gary

Oberklaid, Frank

Squires, Jane

2016-04-01

A key challenge to providing quality developmental care in remote Aboriginal primary health care (PHC) centers has been the absence of culturally appropriate developmental screening instruments. This study focused on the cross-cultural adaptation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires, 3rd edition (ASQ-3), with careful attention to language and culture. We aimed to adapt the ASQ-3 for use with remote dwelling Australian Aboriginal children, and to investigate the cultural appropriateness and feasibility of the adapted ASQ-3 for use in this context. We undertook a qualitative study in two remote Australian Aboriginal communities, using a six-step collaborative adaptation process. Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) were trained to use the adapted ASQ-3, and follow-up interviews examined participants' views of the cultural acceptability and usefulness of the adapted instrument. The adapted ASQ-3 was found to have high face validity and to be culturally acceptable and relevant to parents, AHWs, and early childhood development experts.

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia anita.daprano@unimelb.edu.au..

Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia..

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA..

Qual Health Res . 2016 Apr;26(5):613-25. doi: 10.1177/1049732314562891. Epub 2014 Dec 8.

1049-7323

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25488936/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5530

Aboriginal people, Australia

children, growth and development

community and public health

disability, developmental

health care screening

instrument development

Australia

Child, Preschool

Community Health Workers

Female

Humans

Infant

Mass Screening

Parents

Power (Psychology)

Qualitative Research

Reproducibility of Results

Rural Population

Surveys and Questionnaires

Child Development

Cultural Competency

Health Services, Indigenous

Oceanic Ancestry Group

Adaptation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire for Remote Aboriginal Australia.

Journal Article

Publication