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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"culturally appropriate assessment"”.
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Conceptualisation and Culturally Appropriate Assessment of Executive Function in Children in Ghana and Nigeria
Background: Assessment for executive function (EF) is an integral part of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). However, presently there are no known culturally appropriate tools for assessing EF in Ghana and Nigeria. This study aimed to explore the local conceptualization of EF and …
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Personality traits of alcohol and other drug users in Cape Town, South Africa
… provides evidence against it being adopted as a culturally appropriate assessment tool in a diverse South African population.
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Developing an assessment protocol to detect cognitive impairment and dementia in Cree Aboriginal seniors and to investigate cultural differences in cognitive aging
… urged researchers to address neuropsychological assessment issues among culturally and linguistically diverse individuals for whom current assessment measures are not typically appropriate. This dissertation examined cultural considerations in clinical neuropsychological practice with …
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A preliminary study of a correlation between scores on a 6-item cognitive impairment test and a modified Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale obtained from older women in Khayelitsha
The absence of culturally appropriate assessment tools for the measurement of cognition and activities of daily living in an older black African population living in South Africa was the reason for embarking on the study. The purpose of the study was to develop culturally appropriate screening …
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Construct validity of the panga munthu test: a cross-sectional study of early childhood years in Zambia(4-6 years).
The assessment of Preschool age children (age 4-6) on their intellectual and cognitive potentials at school and community levels are discussed in this report in the light of other related empirical studies carried out between 1974 and 2009 on the Panga Munthu test (PMT). The PMT was earlier …
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Ngā whakawhitinga: standing at the crossroads : Māori ways of understanding extra-ordinary experiences and schizophrenia.
… findings, recommendations for the development of culturally appropriate assessment and treatment processes are presented. Over the last couple of centuries a single paradigm, the medical model, has come to dominate the explanation and treatment of illness in Western society. Via legal and …