Early Childhood Development

In order to support efforts for the prevention and management of developmental disorders in children with stunting, eputi Bidang Kebijakan Riset dan Inovasi Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (DKRI-BRIN) and the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, collaborated to conduct a survey on the Early Detection of Developmental Disorders in Stunted Toddlers using the Bayley-4 and WPPSI-IV assessment tools.

The aim of this survey is to conduct criterion validity testing of the Stimulation, Early Detection, and Early Intervention for Child Development (SDIDTK) assessment tool developed by the Ministry of Health — which is integrated with the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook — and the Child Development Card (KKA) developed by the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), using Bayley-4 and WPPSI-IV as the gold standard instruments.

This survey was conducted in Depok City and Pandeglang Regency, involving 812 toddlers aged 0 to 59 months as participants.