title: A normative study of child development using a culture-appropriate test battery in rural Haryana, India.
abstract: A culture-appropriate and simple test battery consisting of 67 test items was developed and field tested in Haryana, India, in 1987-89. Trained field workers administered the tests to 3731 preschool children in 47 randomly selected villages of a district, irrespective of their physical/mental status. Centile age values were constructed for various developmental milestones included in the cultural-appropriate test battery. The locally relevant, simple, and low cost developmental tests and reference values will be used for early detection of developmental disabilities at primary care level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhasin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012016:Reference Values; D012424:Rural Population