To assess the knowledge regarding developmental delay among mothers of under five children.

Ms. Prerana Sakharwade; Ms.Sonali Kolhekar

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

To assess the knowledge regarding developmental delay among mothers of under five children.

Ms. Prerana Sakharwade, Ms. Sonali Kolhekar

Abstract :

Background: Child health and development form part of the core components of the millennium development goals set by the United Nations Member States to be achieved by the year 2015. However, this laudable goal can only be fully achieved with due consideration of health surveillance of pre-school age children. Developmental delay occurs when a child does not reach developmental milestones at the expected age1.Objective: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding developmental delay among mothers of under five children.2) To associate the knowledge regarding developmental delay among the mothers of under five children with their demographic variable.Methods: Present study is cross sectional research design conducted amongst 100mothers of under five children in selected area of Wardha district. Result: The result revealed that 05% of the mothers were having poor knowledge, 28% of them had average, 40% of them had good and only 27% of them had excellent level of knowledge score. The minimum score in was 4 and the maximum score was 19, the mean knowledge score was 12.33 � 3.822 with a mean percentage score of 2.46 � 0.764.Conclusion: The results showed that the knowledge regarding developmental delay among mothers of under five children was good. There was a significant association of knowledge score in relation to mother age and education status. There was no significant association of knowledge score in relation to resident, religion and monthly income.