Child Care Services For Three To Six Years Old Children In Urban Anganwadi’s in Kozhikode Corporation in Kerala –An Evaluation Study
Journal Title: Stanley Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: ICDS is the largest national programme for the development of mothers and children in the world . The services are rendered through Anganwadi worker (AWW) at Anganwadi centre (AWC) . So an assessment study is carried out to study the shortcomings in implementation, improving the services and in decision making of the programme . Aims: To assess the services provided by the anganwadi centres to 3 to 6 year old children in Urban ICDS blocks in Kozhikode Corporation. Settings and Design: Cross sectional descriptive study carried out in 4 urban ICDS blocks in Kozhikode corporation from July 2012 to June 2013 . Methods and Material: Using Simple random sampling method 117 anganwadi centres were selected and data was collected using pretested semistructured questionnaire and by observation and interviewing AWW and AWH Statistical analysis used: Descriptive Statistics Results: 73(62.4%) of AWC’S provided average services to 3 to 6 year old children whereas only 26(22.2%) of centres provided good services. 18(15.4%) of AWC’s with poor performance needs to be targeted for improvement . . Conclusions: There is a need for effective coordination between the health functionaries and the anganwadi workers in immunisation, growth monitoring , health checkup and referral services, nutrition and health education .
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Sivakumar D, Thomas Bina, Deepika M, Asma Rahim
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