Early Detection of Children With Developmental Disabilities in Assiut Governorate

Inclusion Criteria

• •The study was conducted in selected health units in Assiut, an Upper Egypt Governorate, in selected villages:
• •* far from the main government services,
• •* without access to public or subsidized transportation to and from the selected villages, and
• •* without the presence of any allied health professionals (physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists), who do not offer any of these medical services.
• •The selected nurses should be
• •employed by the village health department in the public sector,
• •locals of the village where the health unit is located,
• •and untrained in the early identification or examination of disabled children.