?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Perceived+Responsibilities+of+Anganwadi+Workers+and+Malnutrition+in+Rural+Wardha&rft.creator=Dongre%2C+AR&rft.creator=Deshmukh%2C+PR&rft.creator=Garg%2C+BS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objectives%3A+To+find+out+the+nutritional+status+of+under-six+children+attending+ICDS+scheme+and+to+study+Anganwadi+workers%E2%80%99+(AWW)+perceived+work+load+and+operational+problems.+Material+and+Methods%3A+A+triangulated+research+design+of+quantitative+(survey)+and+qualitative+(Venn+diagram%2C+seasonal+calendar)+methods+was+used.+Nutritional+status+of+children+was+assessed+by+a+survey.+Participatory+methods+like+Venn+diagram+and+Seasonal+calendars+were+used+to+collect+qualitative+data+regarding+AWWs+perceived+work+load+and+food+security+with+malnourished+children.+Results%3A+Overall%2C+prevalence+of+underweight+and+severe+underweight+among+children+under-six+was+found+to+be+53%25+and+15%25+respectively+and+among+children+below+three+years+it+was+47%25+and+15%25+respectively.+Venn+diagram+showed+AWWs%E2%80%99+multiple+responsibilities.+In+seasonal+diagram+exercise%2C+the+mothers+of+severely+malnourished+children+showed+enough+food+availability+in+their+house+across+all+months+of+a+year.++Conclusion%3A+To+efficiently+tap+the+potential+of+AWWs+for+reducing+multidimensional+problem+of+malnutrition%2C+ICDS+needs+to+design+and+implement+flexible%2C+area-specific+and+focused+activities+for+AWW&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2008-04-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6083%2F1%2F2008-1-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dongre%2C+AR+and+Deshmukh%2C+PR+and+Garg%2C+BS++(2008)+Perceived+Responsibilities+of+Anganwadi+Workers+and+Malnutrition+in+Rural+Wardha.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6083%2F