The creation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children aged 0-3 years: combining subject matter expert judgements with big data.
Gareth P J McCrayDana McCoyPatricia KarigerMagdalena JanusMaureen M BlackSusan M ChangFahmida TofailIris EekhoutMarcus WaldmanStef van BuurenRasheda KhanamSunil SazawalAmbreen NizarYvonne SchönbeckArsène ZongoAlexandra BrentaniYunting ZhangTarun DuaVanessa CavalleraAbbie RaikesAnn M WeberKieran BromleyAbdullah BaquiArunangshu DuttaMuhammad Imran NisarSymone B DetmarRomuald AnagoPacifico MercadanteFan JiangRaghbir KaurKatelyn HepworthMarta Rubio-CodinaSamuel N KembouSalahuddin AhmedGill A LancasterMelissa J GladstonePublished in: BMJ global health (2023)
State-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative procedures were used to select of theoretically relevant and globally feasible items representing child development for children aged 0-3 years. GSED-SF and GSED-LF will be piloted and validated in children across diverse cultural, demographic, social and language contexts for global use.