A study on utilization of ICDS Scheme among children bellow 6 years age, in an Urban Area of Agartala, Tripura

Rituparna Das; Partha Bhattacharjee

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

A study on utilization of ICDS Scheme among children bellow 6 years age, in an Urban Area of Agartala, Tripura

Rituparna Das, Partha Bhattacharjee

Abstract :

 The community based cross–sectional study was conducted to assess the utilization of ICDS scheme among children under six years and to study the factors determining the utilization of the ICDS centersby them.The study revealed that 77.40% of the children were utilizing any of the services provided under the scheme;whereas 67.50% children were taking supplementary nutrition and28.10% children were taking non formal preschool education. Regarding the reason for non–utilization 53.84% of the non–utilizers cited that they send their children to private nursery school whereas 42.30% parents had no knowledge regarding the services for children bellow 3 years. Age of the children and occupation of the father were found to be significant determinants of utilization of ICDS scheme. Thus the present study revealed that the coverage performance of ICDS centersin child health services still needs improvement in the study area