About the eHCI
Learn more about the Early Human Capability Index.
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Learn more about the Early Human Capability Index.
The Early Human Capability Index is a holistic measure intended to capture early child development across diverse cultures and contexts.
The eHCi has been developed with a view to capture the key aspects of child development in 3-5 year olds that predict future capabilities.
The eHCi is an easy-to-use survey tool that can be completed by parents/caregivers, child care workers, teachers, allied health and other health or early childhood practitioners. It is not a developmental milestone test, but is a measure of where a child can be placed on a developmental spectrum.
As such the eHCi can determine if a child is thriving or doing poorly on different aspects of development, and can detect developmental change over time.
The eHCi covers the following aspects of child development including:
Developed by Dr Sally Brinkman and Dr Angela Kinnell, the eHCI has uses in the disciplines of epidemiology, population health, economics, early education and global health and development.
The eHCI satisfies the need for the following attributes in an instrument;
The eHCi can be specifically used for: population monitoring and surveillance; impact evaluations of interventions aimed at improving child health, early education and development; and for longitudinal cohort studies looking to predict the future capabilities and capacities of children.
Dr Sally Brinkman BA, MPH, PhD |
Dr Angela Kinnell BA, Bpsych(Hons), PhD |