Abstract:
Background: Studies On Magnitude Of Developmental Delay And Associated Factors Had Been Inconclusive And Few Studies Had Shown The Magnitude Of Developmental Delay And, Examined The Influence Of Undernutrition. However, There Were Paucity Of Evidence On The Influence Of, Women Empowerement, Maternal Post-Partum Depression, Care Givers Responsive Care And Stimulation; And Perinatal Factors.
Method: Community Based Cross Sectional Study Design Was Employed And Multistage Systematic Random Sampling Was Used To Select 519 Primary Care Givers And Child Pairs In Saden Sodo District, Central Ethiopia. Apretested Tool And Validated Anthropometric Measurements Were Used And Anthropometric Indices Were Calculated In Anthros Soft Ware. Epi-Data (Version 4.6.0.6) And SPSS Version 25 Were Used For Data Entry And Analysis. The Data Were Summarized In Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, Table And Charts. The Variable Were Checked For Multi-Colinearity, And Logistic Regression Were Applied To Determine The Association Between Variables. Crude And Adjusted Odds Ratios With 95% Confidence Interval And P-Value Were Reported.
Result: Among 519 Study Participants Enrolled, 512 (98.7%) Of Responded To The Survey. Overall, 43.6% Of Surveyed Children Aged 6-59months, Had Demonstrated High Risk Developmental Delay. Low Responsive Stimulus (AOR=3.35, CI; 1.32-8.49), Partner Not Engaging On Stimulation Activities (AOR=3.46, CI; 1.34-8.96), Lack Of Learning Opportunity (AOR=6.08, CI; 2.29-16.11), Maternal Post Partum Depression (AOR=5.52, CI; 2.37-12.85), Low Socio Economy (AOR=4.10, CI; 1.10-15.92) And Women Emporement (AOR=7.17, CI; 2.89-17.81) Status, Parity (AOR=4.81, CI;1.91-12.14); And Stunting (AOR=3.38, CI; 1.54-7.41) Were Found To Increase Significantly, The Likelyhood Of Experiencing Delay Development Among ChilThis Study Finding Indicated That The Prevalence Of Developmental Delay Was High In The Study Area. Much More Attention Should Be Granted For Promotion Child Development
