Short development milestone risk assessment tool to identify Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

AIMS: An important goal of monitoring developmental milestones is the early identification of a wide range of disorders that affect child development. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is generally detected late and therefore treated late, but previous research showed that more DMD boys fail to attain certain milestones than the general...

Towards new reference for the Dutch development instrument

Aims The Dutch Development Instrument (DDI; in Dutch: Van Wiechenonderzoek) is used in the Dutch Youth Health Care (YHC) to monitor child development from birth to the age of 4 years. Reference values for the DDI, which indicate that approximately 90% of children achieve each milestone at the recommended age, were published in 1981. Aim of this...

Hernieuwde evaluatie van de referentiewaarden van het Van Wiechenonderzoek [Renewed evaluation of the reference values of the Dutch Development Instrument]

Introduction: In Dutch Youth Health Care (YHC), child development is investigated with the Dutch Development Instrument (DDI; in Dutch: Van Wiechenonderzoek). Reference values from the DDI only indicate that at least 90% of children achieve a milestone at the recommended age. The YHC-professional is not aware whether this percentage is 90% or,...

Aangepaste body mass index (BMI) afkappunten om ondergewicht, overgewicht en obesitas te bepalen bij Hindostaanse kinderen

In december vorig jaar rapporteerden we in dit bulletin over de hoge ondergewichtcijfers en de relatief lage overgewichtcijfers, die we hadden gevonden bij Hindostaanse kinderen in Den Haag. Een en ander berekend op basis van universele BMI normen (1,2). We concludeerden toen dat, omdat de lichaamssamenstelling bij deze groep anders is (3,4), de...

JGZ-richtlijn secundaire preventie kindermishandeling