Using the HOME inventory with infants in Costa Rica.
Int J Behav Dev
; 18(2): 277-95, 1995 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-12290749
PIP: It has been established through several decades of research that children's home environments significantly influence their development. Many researchers have also been interested in expanding research beyond indirect measures of the home environment, such as socioeconomic status, to help understand the nature of specific environmental mechanisms which influence early behavior and cognitive development. The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory was developed to meet these needs. Specifically, HOME measures the quality of stimulation in a child's early family environment. Almost all studies of the approach's reliability and validity have been conducted with US samples. HOME is, however, being used in other countries. The authors report their findings from a study of whether the psychometric properties of HOME based upon US samples parallel those found in Costa Rica, and whether HOME discriminates between Costa Rican environments with different associations to child health and development. Focus centers upon the infant/toddler version of the HOME Inventory. HOME data for 183 healthy Costa Rican infants were compared to the original HOME standardization sample from Little Rock, Arkansas. The study found the HOME Inventory to be helpful in identifying children at risk for delayed development in this Latin American sample. Lower HOME scores related to a shorter duration of breastfeeding and differentiated children with iron deficiency anemia in infancy, a condition associated with long-lasting developmental disadvantage.^ieng
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Biology; Central America; Child Development; Costa Rica; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Research; Infant; Latin America; Measurement; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Research Report; United States; Youth
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Projetos de Pesquisa
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Família
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Desenvolvimento Infantil
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Características da Família
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Lactente
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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America do norte
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Costa rica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Behav Dev
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido