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Adolescence is a time of rapid physiological and psychological change of intensive readjustment to the family, school, work and social life and of preparation for adult roles. The term "adolescence" literally means "to emerge", "to mature" or "achieve identity". It is a significant phase of transition from childhood to adulthood, which is marked by physical changes accompanied by psychological changes. This is the time to make adolescents aware of and informed about various facets of life in order to promote a healthy way of living. Awareness of health, nutrition, lifestyle related behavior and adolescent reproductive & sexual health (ARSH) needs to be positioned in this phase of life in order to improve the health of adolescent girls and facilitate an easier transition to womanhood. During this period, nutritional problems originating earlier in life as well as those occurring during the period itself can be addressed. Going beyond this, AGs need to be viewed not just in terms of their needs but even as individuals who would become productive members of society in future. Recognizing the unmet needs of adolescent girls, Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls -Sabla has been launched as a comprehensive intervention for adolescent girls in the age-group of 11-18 years, with a focus on out of school girls. The objectives of the scheme are Nutrition Provision, Iron Folic Acid (IFA) Supplementation, Health check-up and Referral Services, Nutrition and Health Education, Guidance on Family Welfare, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH), Child Care Practices and Home Management, Life Skills Education and Accessing Public Services, Vocational Training (16-18 yrs). The present investigation was under taken to know the Constraints of "SABLA" scheme as faced by beneficiaries and get a clear picture of SABLA in Bikaner district so that the proper feedback could be given to the concerned personnel, institutions and agencies to make it more effective and beneficial. This study was conducted in six villages of Bikaner district of Rajasthan. Total sample size comprised of 120 registered girls in Sabla Scheme by using proportionate random sampling. Interview method was used for data collection. The results indicated that majority of beneficiaries belonged to upper age group (15-18 years), from nuclear family (80.83%), with monthly income of Rs. 6001 to 8000, belonged to general caste (35.83%), farming as family occupation, primary passed with medium level of mass media exposure, having land above 2.1-5 hectare. Majority of these beneficiaries had high level of urban contact, with medium level of extension contact and they had not participated in any training programme related to these activities earlier. Non availability of variety in the supplementary nutrition, Long gap of 3 months of health check-ups, Duration of vocational training is short, Lack of practical oriented knowledge on various aspects of nutrition and health and Lack of need based vocational trainings were the major constraints of SABLA...

The present study was conducted in Bikaner district. There are six panchayat samitis out of which Bikaner Panchayat Samiti was selected. Out of thirty one Gram Panchayat in Bikaner Panchayat Samiti four Gram Panchayat were selected namely Kilchoo Deodan, Ridmalsarpurohitan, Palana and Nalbari. One village from each selected Gram Panchayat was selected on the basis of random sampling technique. Thus, four villages were selected for the present investigation (Surdhanachauhanan, Raisar, Palana, Nalbari). A sample of one twenty rural women in the age group 15-45 years (30 rural women from each village). Interview Schedule was developed to collect the data regarding health and nutrition knowledge of rural women. The major findings of the present study revealed that in general information majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group, educated upto primary, belonged to 4001-6000/- monthly income group, nuclear family system, other backward caste, involved in agriculture occupation, had above 2.1-5 hectare of land holding, no membership of social organization, no participated in training programme and medium level of mass media contact, urban contact and extension contact. The overall knowledge of the rural women was medium. Out of eight aspects of health and nutrition the knowledge about the aspect of ‘Basics of foods and nutrition’ and ‘Environmental hygiene’ were ranked first with overall mean per cent score. On the basis of these findings it could be concluded that health and nutrition knowledge of rural women was medium.

The present study was conducted in six panchayat samities out of which Bikaner panchayat samiti was selected. Out of thirty one Gram panchayat in Bikaner panchayat samiti four Gram panchayat were selected one village was selected on the basis of random sampling technique. Findings revealed that the result of training needs of rural women regarding health and nutrition practices showed that “Nutrition for children 0 to 6 years”, ‘Nutritional Recipes’, ‘Balanced diet’, Family planning’, ‘Care of pregnant and lactating mother’, ‘Child care’ were perceived by the rural women as the most important training areas for improved nutritional and health status whereas, ‘Low cost recipes’, and ‘Function of food’, ‘Environmental sanitation’, were perceived as the somewhat important training area by the rural women.The variables namely “family income, education, mass media contact, extension contact were positively and significantly correlated with training needs of the rural women about health and nutritional practices at 1 per cent level of probability. Whereas, age, training participation had negative significant relationship with training needs of the rural women about health and nutritional practices.