LITERATURE REVIEW INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Risk factors for child growth and development and health problems should be used to detect health problems early so that prevention or treatment efforts to prevent child growth and development problems can be carried out early. Researchers conducted a literature review on how to develop instruments and risk assessments for the early detection of child growth and development. This study was written using the narrative literature review method. The unit of analysis of this study is the development of instruments and risk assessments for the early detection of child growth and development problems published in international journals in English.  Researchers conducted a data-based search from Pubmed, Science Direct published from 2013-2023, with keywords using English, namely development, risk assessment, test instruments, early detection, growth and developmental problems, children, from 1,545 articles identified and from 1,496 articles excluded based on titles and abstracts and 35 articles did not meet the inclusion criteria so that 14 articles were reviewed. 20 child growth and development detection instruments both developed through the process of preparing early detection instruments, as well as assessing or testing early detection/screening instruments, each instrument has shown its usefulness in detecting child growth and development problems and optimizing child growth and development outcomes. Early detection instruments for child growth and development can optimize child growth and development outcomes, more effort is needed to implement early detection programs for optimal outcomes in the future and implementation needs to be more pursued in children with risk groups.