title: A Community-based Study on Growth and Development of Under-Five Children in an Urbanized Village of South Delhi.
abstract: Optimal development of children in their early months and years has a bearing on their achievement levels later in life.
  
  
  
  To assess the socio-emotional and cognitive development in children 0-5 years and to find out the proportion of children having developmental delay and its associated factors.
  
  
  
  A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in 520 children in Delhi. Development was assessed using the Indian Council for Medical Research Development Screening Test.
  
  
  
  In all, 10.6% of children <5 years old were found to be developmentally delayed. Maximum number of children (10.1%) were found to have a delay in the do main of 'hearing language, concept development'. Of all the factors, the strongest association was found with stunting, paternal education, alcohol abuse, attendance in anganwadi/playschool.
  
  
  
  The study concludes that developmental delay is present in a sizable proportion of children <5 years of age and may be a significant factor in the overall achievement of life's potential in them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi 110029, India deepti.dabar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dabar
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 110001, India.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 110001, India.
authors.forename: Seetharamaiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagesh
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Abha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangal
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: alcohol abuse; cognition; developmental delay disorders; developmental surveillance