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Objectives: The first objective of this study was to assess mother'
knowledge about child development and the second objective was to
identify their sources of knowledge.
Study Design: Cross sectional survey research design.
Place and duration of study: The study was conducted among the
urban community of Faisalabad and Jaranwala during the month of
January 2016.
Participants & Methods: A sample of 392 mothers was taken by
convenient sampling technique among the urban community of
Faisalabad and Jaranwala. The Caregiver Knowledge of Child
Development Inventory with the addition of five questions taken from
Developmental Milestones; Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North
America about child development was used to assess the mothers'
knowledge about child cognitive, sensory, motor and language
developmental milestones.
Results: It was observed that mothers have inadequate knowledge
about child development. It was observed that knowledge of majority
of the mothers is based on informal experiences only. Only 3.57%
mothers claimed that their source of knowledge about child
development was formal education/experiences and 9.44% mothers
told that their source of knowledge about child development was
television, radio, magazines and discussing with a pediatrician.
Conclusion: It was concluded that mothers' knowledge about sensory
and motor development was better than language and cognitive
development. Mothers need to be more knowledge about child
development. Knowledge of majority of the mothers is only based on
informal experiences.
Atiq Ur Rehman , Syeda Farhana Kazmi, Farrukh Munir. (2016) Mothers’ Knowledge about Child Development , Pakistan Pediatric Journal, Volume 40, Issue 3.
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