Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Abstract

The ICDS offer a powerful community based outreach system that functions as the convergent interface between disadvantaged communities and government programmes such as primary health care and education. ICDS is also the foundation of the of the national effort for universalization of primary education .It provides increased opportunities for promoting early development, associated with improved cognitive skills, enrolment and retention in the early primary stage. Social work is universal; the priorities of social work practice will vary from country to country and from time to time depending on cultural, historical, and socio-economic conditions. Social work addresses the barriers, inequities and injustices that exist in society. It responds to crises and emergencies as well as to everyday personal and social problems. Social work utilizes a variety of skills, techniques, and activities consistent with its holistic focus on persons and their environments. Social work interventions range from primarily person- focused psychosocial processes to involvement in social policy, planning and development. These include counseling, clinical social work, group work, social pedagogical work, and family treatment and therapy as well as efforts to help people obtain services and resources in the community. Interventions also include agency administration, community organization and engaging in social and political action to impact social policy and economic development .To achieve welfare of the people and better living condition of the community, the people should be involved in such type of activities which are designed to improve their conditions of the community when people participate in community development programmes collectively then they learn the importance of cooperation. Health atmosphere is created and better understanding is developed among them .Training of committees in specified training packages like community need assessment, identification of resources children/female rights, community mobilization/participation, self-help, role/responsibilities of committee members, safe environment, pollution its causes and remedies, reproductive health.

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