Continuous Social Assessment Study in Villupuram, Salem, Madurai, Thanjavur and Thirunelveli Districts of Tamil Nadu

Agency : Department of Women and Child Development, Tamil Nadu

The Department of Women and Child Development proposed a social assessment study to make the ICDS programme more community friendly by incorporating the perceptions, needs and expectations of the poor and disadvantaged community and also to include providers' perception on some of the barriers hindering the behavioural change operating at the family and community level.

The overall objective of the study was to assess the perception of the community and providers with respect to ICDS activities. The study also focussed on the role of enabling environment and convergence of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) with other sectors. The specific objectives were:

  • To assess community perception regarding ICDS project activities
  • To monitor growth of all children (0-36 and 37-60 months), adolescent girls, antenatal mothers and pre-school activities at AWCs
  • To arrange emergency transport to antenatal mothers and role of anganwadi workers (AWWs) in educating the community about the consequences of childhood marriage and female infanticide, using contraception for a minimum period of 3 years and keeping the household surroundings in a hygienic manner
  • To initiate involvement of the community in planning and monitoring ICDS services, i.e. going beyond the role of passive beneficiaries
  • To understand the perspective of providers (AWWs and helpers) in terms of ICDS activities
  • To instigate availability, quality and maintenance of infrastructure and regularity of supply, especially of supplementary nutrition, medicine kit and play kit
  • To set off community level involvement in planning and monitoring, i.e. the extent to which community acts as an 'active partner'
  • To study the role of AWWs in identifying, improving and addressing the resistance for desired family based practices and also in investigating the infant and maternal deaths occurred in the village
  • To study partnership between the community, service providers of the government and NGOs, and convergence and networking of services, and make suggestions for enhancing the same


Academic Programs

About Us

Resources

Quick Links

IIHMR University

1, Prabhu Dayal Marg,Near Sanganer Airport, Jaipur - 302029

Phone: 91-141-3924700, 2791431-32

E-mail: iihmr@iihmr.edu.in

Privacy Policy Site Map
Last Updated on: 18-11-2024

©IIHMR -All Rights reserved Designed and developed by Sterco Digitex

Query Form

x
x
x