Ms Vukiwe Harawa
Malawi college of medicine, Malawi
Title: Implementation of a scalable tablet-based assessment tool to detect children at risk of developmental delay in Malawi
Biography
Biography: Ms Vukiwe Harawa
Abstract
A key obstacle in detecting mental health problems in young children in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) is the lack of scalable and standardized tools. Commonly used tools are proprietary, time-intensive, expensive, and require highly skilled professionals to administer. This ‘detection gap’ poses the biggest challenge to developing and implementing effective interventions in early childhood. In order to overcome this gap, we have developed a scalable mobile platform (known as Scalable Trans diagnostic Early Assessment of Mental health -STREAM- tool) to detect children at risk of developmental delays.
A key obstacle in detecting mental health problems in young children in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) is the lack of scalable and standardized tools. Commonly used tools are proprietary, time-intensive, expensive, and require highly skilled professionals to administer. This ‘detection gap’ poses the biggest challenge to developing and implementing effective interventions in early childhood. In order to overcome this gap, we have developed a scalable mobile platform (known as Scalable Trans diagnostic Early Assessment of Mental health -STREAM- tool) to detect children at risk of developmental delays.