How Empowered are the Hands that Rock the cradle ? Examining the level of awareness of ICDS among Rural Women

  • Unique Paper ID: 145064
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 753-758
  • Abstract:
  • ICDS programme is one of the flagship programmes of Government of India and represents one of the world largest and unique programme for early childhood care and development. It is the foremost symbol of the country’s commitment to its children and nursing mothers as a response to the challenge of providing Preschool Nonformal education one hand and breaking the vicious cycle of malnutrition morbidity, reduced learning capacity and mortality on the other. The present study tried to assess the level of knowledge among the rural women in terms of services related to children, women, adolescents and old age. The convenient sampling method has adopted for the study and the sample size is 80. The results of the study significantly explain about the interventions from the governments and local systems to increase accessibility to these health resources.

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