Assessment of Knowledge & contributing factors of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers regarding antenatal care in Bhojipura Block, District Bareilly
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: The Government of India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on 12th April 2005, to provide accessible, accountable, affordable, effective and reliable primary health care, especially to the poor and vulnerable sections of the population. One of the main tenets of the mission is to identify one ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) per 1000 population in the rural areas with the purpose of supporting the community to access public health services. Objectives: Assessment of the knowledge of ASHA workers regarding Ante Natal Care (ANC) and to study the factors contributing the working of ASHA for Antenatal services. Method: The present cross sectional study was carried out in the rural field practice area of the department of Community Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura (District Bareilly) during the period from May 2014 to September 2014. Total of 48 villages were included in the study. Total 64 ASHA were interviewed. Results: Out of 64 ASHA, 30 (46.9%) ASHA knew that 23 days training provided after selection. All 64 (100%) ASHA knew that two doses of Tetanus Toxoid (TT) immunization were given to pregnant women. 54 (84.4%) ASHA knew the correct doses of giving TT immunization to pregnant women. Conclusion: According to the study findings, the knowledge level of ASHA regarding Antenatal care is satisfactory but time to time monitoring and appraisal is needed to enhance the quality of services provided by ASHA to pregnant mother.
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Sumit Saxena, Anurag Srivastava, Sonam Maheshwari, Anju Saxena
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