Prevalence of Developmental Delay and Factors Affecting the Development Status among Under 5 Children in an Urban Slum of Agra City
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Development during the early childhood, especially from fetus to two-year-old, is crucial in determining the nutrition, health and productivity status in the whole life course. The study was conduct-ed to assess the developmental milestones’ achievement of the children under study and also to find the association any between nutritional status and developmen-tal achievement. Material & methods: A cross sec-tional community based study was conducted among under 5 years age children, in an urban slum of Agra. Nutritional status was assessed and classified as per WHO 2006 Growth Standards. Developmental Mile-stone Chart (DMC) was used to as-sess the childhood developmental status. Results: Overall 12.2 % of the chil-dren were found to be developmen-tally delayed. Prevalence of devel-opmental delay increased signifi-cantly from infancy (0-11 months) (5.7 %) to 12-23 months of age, peak-ing at 12-23 months age (20.3 %), thereafter showing a decreasing trend to 15.3 % as the age of the child increased to more than 2 years. There was a close positive link observed between the nutri-tional status of the children and their development status. Mothers' education and low birth weight of the child were found to be signifi-cant influences on children's devel-opment. Conclusion: Childhood nutrition has received due attention, but the overall development of the child needs more focus.
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Disha Agarwal, Shailendra Singh Chaudhary, Sandeep Sachdeva, Sunil Kumar Misra
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