Baseline Survey ' Anchal Se Angan Tak Project

Agency : UNICEF, Rajasthan.

The Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan, with technical and financial help of UNICEF, had initiated 'Anchal se Angan Tak' Project in seven districts of Rajasthan. The project aimed to increase the survival of children by preventing low birth weight and better caring of pregnant women and newly born children using the life-cycle approach to promote physical and psychological growth through better monitoring, care and stimulation, and to ensure proper development of the child through nutritional, health, psycho- social care, early child learning and participation.

  • To provide baseline indicators for the effective implementation of 'Anchal Se Angan Tak' Project, the Institute was assigned the responsibility to conduct a baseline survey in the project districts of Rajasthan. The main objectives of the survey were -
  • To assess the status of early childhood care (psycho-social care, physical growth, nutrition and health care) of children below 3 years of age
  • To assess the nutritional status and knowledge of reproductive health issues of adolescent girls
  • To assess the knowledge and utilisation of antenatal services by pregnant women
  • To assess the knowledge and behaviour of lactating mothers regarding breast-feeding practices
  • To assess fathers' involvement in child care
  • To assess the infrastructure facilities and knowledge, attitudes and skills of Aanganwari workers to provide early childhood care
  • In the baseline survey, information on the achievement of development milestones by children up to three years of age and their psychosocial development was also collected. The survey, revealed a low level of knowledge regarding early childcare among women and adolescents and a low nutritional status of children.

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