Abstract

A developmental delay refers to a child who has not gained the developmental skills expected of him or her, compared to others of the same age. Delays may occur in the areas of motor function, speech and language, cognitive, play, and social skills. Methodology: A Cross-sectional Community based study was conducted on delay in developmental milestones among children’s of 0-3 years residing in Goner(Rural) and Pratapnagar(Urban), Jaipur during august 2018-july 2019 using thirty cluster sampling technique and sample size is calculated using the prevalence in NFHS-4 which was around 300 for each group(Rural & Urban). Result: In present study total number of children examined were 301 in rural area of Jaipur, out of which 152 (50.49%) were males and 149 (49.50%) were females and children examined were 300 in urban area of Jaipur, out of which 146 (48.66%) were males and 154 (51.33%) were females. In present study it was found that 4.31% of rural children show delayed milestones as compared to 3% or urban slum, but 1.5% showed global developmental delay in rural as compared to urban where 4.4% children showed global developmental delay. Conclusion: Although the value of this delay was low, awareness campaigns should be implemented to promote timely identification of children with development delays.

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