early identification of children with developmental delay in villages through trained ASHAs and Anganwadi workers

Completed

• Conditions: Frontline Workers(Anganwadi workers ans ASHA)

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/11/016440
• Lead Sponsor: Dr G Susmita Dora

Brief Summary

**Developmental delay** is when a child does not achieve his/her developmental milestones at the expected time. **Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)** was launched in february 2013 for early detection and management of 4Ds i.e. Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies, Developmental Delays including Disabilities prevalent in children from 0 to 18 years of age.

**RBSK doctors** have huge work load and it is mandatory for them to visit each school atleast once in a year and AWCs atleast twice a year besides arranging for their follow up visits, various documentation and meetings etc. . It would be easier if certain children are already screened by FLWs between their visits that would allow quality time for high suspicion subjects. Since A**nganwadi Workers**are responsible for health status recording of children from 6 weeks to 6 years of age and helped by ASHAs in Village Health and Nutrition Day, these functionaries are ideally suited for screening of children with developmental delays.

In our study we would like to explore a strategy that would use these workers effectively in hope to detect children with Developmental Delays and make them available for advice of RBSK doctors.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 780

Inclusion Criteria

all children in the sector selected for intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of children detected with developmental delays by frontline workers	baseline and after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of children detected with developmental delay by the investigator	after intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Community Health Center,Tangi; 🇮🇳 Khordha, ORISSA, India

Community Health Center,Tangi

🇮🇳Khordha, ORISSA, India

Dr Susmita Dora

Principal investigator

8093456022

susmitadora90@gmail.com