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INDIGOIdentification of Children with
Disabilities GloballyMRC Mental Health Network
Liverpool meeting18th – 20th April, 2018
Universityof Malawi
Collaborative networkTo establish a network of researchers who focus
on identifying and understanding neurodevelopmental disorders in a global context.
• Formation of a strong collaboration for future studies, ideas, programmes within this area of work
• To “develop research capacity by sharing expertise and good practice in conducting studies on children identified with neurodevelopmental disorders in varied contexts using mixed methods”.
Specific aims
• “Creation of a bank of items which are valid, feasible, reliable for identifying and predicting neurodevelopmental problems in the longer term”.
• Identification of existing cohort studies that capture child development.
• Writing a joint grant for next year.
Aims and objectives of MRC Collaborative grant
• “In order to conduct studies looking at the aetiology and epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders in children – we need tools that can feasibly screen and identify children early with these disorders”.
• “Seeks to address major challenge of identifying children with neurodevelopmental disorders in LMIC/global settings in first 3 years of life”.
• Overall aim: To generate the evidence for diagnostic utility of items for a screening tool for the early identification of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in LMIC/global settings.
Facilities
• Toilets
• Tea and coffee
• Lunch
• Dinner arrangements
• Taxis/Departure
• Accommodation
• Queries
Time line for workMar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Vignette 1Review of data sets tools -LMIC settings
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Organisation of Meeting 1
Meeting 1 Liverpool
Training trips for members ofteam
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Collection of new data
Analysis CHAIN data, otherdata sets
Vignette 3
Local stakeholder FGD
Analysis of qualitative data
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Meeting 2 Uganda
Dissemination of results
Proposal writing for largerstudy