| Title: |
Measuring child development at the 2–2½-year health and development review in England: a rapid scoping review of available tools |
| Authors: |
Lysons, Joanna; Mendez Pineda, Rocio; Alarcon, German; Aquino, Maria Raisa Jessica; Cann, Hannah; Stoianov, Diane; Fearon, Pasco; Kendall, Sally; Kirman, Jennifer; Gladstone, Melissa; Woodman, Jenny |
| Source: |
BMJ Open , 16 (2) , Article e102853. (2026) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMJ |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Description: |
Objective: All children in England should receive a health review at 2–2½ years, with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire third edition (ASQ-3) used to collect public health surveillance data on child development. However, practitioners also value tools that assess individual children’s development—consistent with ASQ-3’s original purpose. Concerns about licensing costs and barriers to digitalisation have prompted interest in alternative tools to the ASQ-3 in England. Design: To inform policy, we conducted a rapid scoping review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines to identify tools that can measure or assess early child development. Data sources: Searched PubMed, PsycINFO and Web of Science from January 2012 to November 2022, with targeted search update November 2024. Eligibility criteria: We included English-language studies published after January 2012 that described or evaluated tools in English which could measure or assess early child development in children |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10221036/1/Stoianov_e102853.full.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10221036/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10221036/1/Stoianov_e102853.full.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10221036/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1327D453 |
| Database: |
BASE |