“…Even they do not know that the “NDDs” may result from “social deprivation,” “genetic disorder,” “immune dysfunction,” “childhood infectious diseases,” “inadequate/abnormal nutrition,” “trauma,” and “metabolic disorder.” Similar findings were reported by other researchers in different studies. 5 8 13 Based on the study subjects’ knowledge score, we understood that mothers of children younger than 5 years are having lesser knowledge toward CNDD. While we did item analysis we found, most of the study subjects had given wrong answers about CNDD, it shows that they are having inadequate knowledge in this arena.…”