The ICDS program was initiated for the welfare of children and development of human resources.The beneficiaries of the program are up to 6 years, adolescent girls [11- 18years], pregnant women, nursing mother and women of 15-45 years. Aim: 1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding services rendered under ICDS among Anganwadi workers in primary health center. 2. To find out the association between level of knowledge regarding services rendered under ICDS and selected socio-demographic variables. Material and method: Study conducted by using the descriptive research design, the samples was selected by using non probability Convenience sampling technique. The collected data was organized, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics based on the objectives of the study. Results: The study results Shows that with regard to level of knowledge regarding services rendered under ICDS among Anganwadi workers (2) 6.66% members are having good knowledge, (17) 56.66% members are having adequate knowledge and (11) 36.66% members are having poor knowledge. Conclusion:The study was concluded that, most of the anganwadi workers had adequate knowledge about ICDS services, as a community health nurse need to improve and update information
about ICDS services among anganwadi workers.
Key words: knowledge, ICDS, Anganwadi wokers.
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