A Study to Assess the Utilization Regarding Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) among Women in Ernakulam District, Kerala

Assessment of Knowledge and Utilization of ICDS Services among Mothers of Under Six Children in Selected ICDS Centers, South 24 Parganas,West Bengal

“…The result of a cross-sectional study by Dandotiya D et al15 (2018) in urban Bhopal also matched partially this result, which concluded that 99.39% beneficiaries utilized the immunization services and 83.7% supplementary nutrition. Study findings are inconsistent with those of a descriptive cross-sectional study by Helena K et al16 (2014), which revealed utilization rate that 99.2% immunization services, 92% supplementary nutrition, 59.7% growth monitoring and 93.6% preschool education by anganwadi worker.Present study finds that there is a statistically significant positive correlation between knowledge and utilization of ICDS service [r=0.89, t=19.15 for df (98) at 0.05 level] which is consistent with the study conducted by Nath LR12 (2015) and Patel P et al13 (2019). Nath LR 12 in a community based cross-sectional study on 332 mothers having under five children, in Kerala in 2015, identified the rate of regular utilization of ICDS services 59%, showing significant association with utilization and awareness of ICDS services.…”

“…The current study also identifies that most of the mothers (82%) utilize immunization services, 76% supplementary nutrition, 76% growth monitoring, 57% health checkup, 42% non-formal preschool education and only 18% mothers utilize referral services. 13 , reported 79.7% respondents were aware about available services and among them 82.6% shown average utilization of services. It also showed statistically significant association with utilization and awareness of ICDS services.…”

“…Nirmal G et al 10 (2013) revealed that 60.5% of mothers had average knowledge, 25.5% of mothers had good knowledge and 14% had poor knowledge regarding ICDS services. Another descriptive study by Jawahar P et al 13 (2011) on 225 women in Udupi, Karnataka revealed that 49.3% mothers had average knowledge and 46.7% mothers had poor knowledge about ICDS services. Nath LR 14 (2015) showed that majority of mothers (61%) had average awareness, 34% mothers had good awareness and only 5% mothers had poor awareness regarding Anganwadi services.…”

Assessing universal maternal health service coverage and their determinants in India: A multicentric cross-sectional study

“…In our study, 87%–77% of women visited Anganwadi centers, which is higher than reported in other studies. [ 14 , 15 ] The difference in findings mounts to various factors, including the difference in the proportion of marginalized, economically weaker, or rural populations in the study sample size. However, a similar study with a big sample size and nearly 80% marginalized population reported utilization of Anganwadi services by 55% pregnant women only.…”