?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Status+of+Growth+Monitoring+in+Anganwadi+Centres+of+a+Primary+Health+Centre%2C+Thirubhuvanai%2C+Puducherry&rft.creator=Gurukartick%2C+J&rft.creator=Ghorpade%2C+AG&rft.creator=Thamizharasi%2C+A&rft.creator=Dongre%2C+AR&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Purpose%3A+To+assess+the+status+of+growth+monitoring+activities+and+difficulties+faced+by+anganwadi+workers+(AWWs)+at+the+anganwadi+centres+(AWCs).+Methodology%3A+A+survey+was+conducted+among+AWWs+under+a+rural+Primary+Health+Centre.+Structured+observations+on+weight+measurement+were+made+using+a+check+list.+Secondary+data+on+record+keeping+and+maintenance+was+collected.+Findings%3A+Study+participants+(n%3D20)+had+a+24+(%C2%B1+10.25)+years+of+experience+in+Integrated+Child+Development+Services+and+underwent+training+once+in+two+years.+For+advising+mothers+of+malnourished+children%2C+deworming+and+immunization+was+not+mentioned+by+majority+AWWs.+In+AWCs%2C+children+less+than+6+month+were+weighed+on+bathroom+scale+and+not+by+Salter%E2%80%99s+scale.+Unclothing+the+child+before+weighing+was+practiced+by+only+10%25+AWWs.+Nonfunctional+weighing+machine+was+the+major+problem+reported+by+AWWs.+Conclusion%3A+There+were+gaps+in+the+growth+monitoring+activities+in+AWCs+of+a+PHC%2C+Thirubhuvanai+which+needs+to+be+tackled.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9150%2F1%2F2013-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gurukartick%2C+J+and+Ghorpade%2C+AG+and+Thamizharasi%2C+A+and+Dongre%2C+AR++(2013)+Status+of+Growth+Monitoring+in+Anganwadi+Centres+of+a+Primary+Health+Centre%2C+Thirubhuvanai%2C+Puducherry.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9150%2F