Today our topic of discussion is Integrated Child Development Services.
Integrated Child Development Services
INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Introduction
- Integrated child development services (ICDS) was initiated by Government of India, in the Ministry of Social and Women’s Welfare in 1975 .
- The rural and urban project has a population of 100,000 and a tribal project about 35,000
- Anganwadi actively cooperating in implementing this scheme
- ICDS scheme, does not include school-going children
- Currently 5320 Child Development Schemes are running.
ICDS Package Services
Objectives
- To improve the physical, mental and social development of preschool children.
- To improve the capacity of mother to look after the health and nutritional status of their children.
- To reduce the maternal, the infant and the preschool child morbidity and mortality
Administrative Setup
- State level: ICDS under the charges of ICDS program officer, who reports to the director, women and child welfare.
- District level: District program officer under the district women and child welfare officer
- Rural block: Child development projects officer manager about 100 village with a population of 1 lakh
- Village level: Anganwadi worker and male helper manager 1000 population one
- Tribal areas: Anganwadi work manager every 100 population.
ICDS Function
- Supplementary nutrition: It is given to children below. 6 years and nursing and expected mother from low- income group. The aim to supplement nutritional intake by about 200 cal and 8-10 grams of protein for children between 1 year, about 300 cal and 15 grams of protein for children between 1-6 years about 500 cal and 25 grams of protein for pregnant women and nursing mothers
- Immunizations: The anganwadi worker with the health worker female serving her area to give immunizations, and is recorded on the immunization and the road to health cards
- Non-formal education: The children between 3 and 6 years are imparted pre-elementary education without formal hours of teaching. The teaching mixed up with play. The importance of non-formal education lies in the fact that it prepares the preschool children for schooling
- Treatment and referral: With the help of the village health guide the anganwadi worker gets the needy children treated for minor condition like diarrhea, fever and acute respiratory tract infections, etc.
- Growth monitoring: The anganwadi worker checks the weight of the preschoolers every month and records it in the road to health card.
Impact of ICDS Program
- Improvements in nutritional status of children.
- Improved immunization coverage Decrease in infant mortality rate
- Decrease in prevalence of malnutrition among preschool children.
- Improvement in school enrolment and reduction in school dropout rate
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