Pandey H
Trainers' Training Centre, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore, India.
J Trop Pediatr. 1991 Oct;37(5):235-9. doi: 10.1093/tropej/37.5.235.
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is India's most comprehensive programme to increase the survival rate and enhance the health, nutrition, and learning opportunities of pre-school children and their mothers through a package of services. The present study was carried out to measure the impact of the preschool education component of the ICDS on the cognitive development of children in the age group of 3-5 years. The study design used was case/control (ICDS attending children v. Non-ICDS). Results of the study revealed the ICDS Anganwadi attendance had positive influence on the cognitive development of children. The mean cognitive score of the attenders was 40.7 as against a mean score of 30.3 in the case of non-attenders.
综合儿童发展服务计划（ICDS）是印度最全面的项目，旨在通过一系列服务提高学前儿童及其母亲的存活率，增强他们的健康、营养状况以及学习机会。本研究旨在衡量ICDS中的学前教育部分对3至5岁儿童认知发展的影响。所采用的研究设计为病例/对照研究（参加ICDS的儿童与未参加ICDS的儿童）。研究结果显示，参加ICDS的安格瓦迪中心对儿童的认知发展有积极影响。参加者的平均认知得分为40.7，而未参加者的平均得分为30.3。
