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Universal Psychosocial Indicator for 5 year olds (UPSI-5) now ready
25-03-2011
The UPSI-5 was designed with a view to establishing an arguably much needed counterpart to the strictly physical indicator of the health of young boys and girls, the Under-Five Mortality Rate or, for their nutritional status, devices such as the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference tape.
The result of the research project has been the development of the UPSI-5 questionnaire, a score sheet with 30 statements relating to the psychosocial well-being of five-year-old boys and girls.
The UPSI-5 questionnaire is freely available. It is important to note however, that it was designed to be administered by professionals such as educators and/or social workers, and that the UPSI-5 is not an instrument to be used for individual diagnosis. It is first and foremost a global screening tool, and as such has real meaning when applied to large populations of children.
For more information about the study, please check the 'research projects' section on this website and/or contact Esther Miedema (esther@icdi.nl).
