Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Integrated child development scheme (ICDS) aims at overall development of mother and child in community. The place for providing services is Anganwadi centers (AC) run by Anganwadi workers (AWW) works. She has to conduct various kinds of services like growth monitoring, immunization, supplementary nutrition, health education, non‐formal preschool education and referral services in community. So, she must have correct knowledge for providing services to beneficiaries. To assess the knowledge regarding services and to find out various problems faced by Anganwadi workers during delivering services to community. A cross‐sectional descriptive study was undertaken on 60 Anganwadi workers at Anganwadi centers coming under rural field practice area of department of Community medicine. All workers gave consent and completed their training was included under study. A pre designed, semi‐structured questionnaire was used for data collection regarding socio demographic profile, knowledge regarding services and problems encountered by workers. A cut off point of 80% was decided to assess their knowledge. Data was entered, compiled and analyzed with the help of SPSS 23.0. Chi square test was used to know the association between knowledge and socio demographic profile. Majority of workers (46.67%) belonged middle age group, 76.67% having secondary education and 41.67% with experience between 6‐10 years. Out of all, approximately 80% workers had good knowledge about services. No significant association was found with age, education and working experience of workers with their knowledge.
How to cite this article:
Garima Namdev, Arunesh Kumar and Sachin Gupta. Study of Profile, Knowledge and Problems of Anganwari Workers in Rural Area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.8.374.378
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.36478/makrjms.2024.8.374.378