A Study of awareness and utilization of urban ICDS services among mothers of children under 3 years of age in an urban slum in Mumbai

Dr. Agrawal Nisha; Dr. Acharya Shrikala; Agrawal Sanjay

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

A Study of awareness and utilization of urban ICDS services among mothers of children under 3 years of age in an urban slum in Mumbai

Dr. Agrawal Nisha, Dr. Acharya Shrikala, Agrawal Sanjay

Abstract :

Background: Malnutrition is widely prevalent in India. Anganwadis are established under the ICDS programme to take care of basic health & nutritional needs of children up to 6 years of age.

Objectives: To assess the awareness and utilization of urban ICDS services among children under 3 yrs of age in an urban slum in Mumbai.

Methods: A cross sectional observational study was conducted by interviewing Mothers of 470 children under 3 years of age selected by simple random sampling from the enrollment registers maintained in the anganwadis of an urban slum in Mumbai.

Results and Conclusion: 84.7% of Mothers had heard of anganwadis, 70.9% were aware of its location. 85.7% of the children had never visited anganwadis. 33% children in the study received immunization, 24.9% children were receiving food supplementation from anganwadis. Only 8.1% children had health check–ups.