Assessment of Knowledge of ASHAs as DOTS provider in rural area Maharashtra
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: One of the key components of the mission is creating a band of female health volunteers, appropriately named “Accredited Social Health Activist” (ASHA) in each village within the identified States. These village level community health workers would act as a ‘bridge’ or an interface between the rural people and health service outlets and would play a central role, in achieving national health and population policy goals. Aims and objectives: Assess the knowledge of ASHAs about RNTCP and DOTS. Materials and method: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in the department of preventive and social medicine of a medical college. ASHAs were selected from the total 10 functioning blocks from the district. From each block one PHC was randomly selected. The day of monthly meeting was selected for data collection. Information regarding basic demographic data including age, educational qualification and length of service were enrolled in the proforma. Information regarding the knowledge of RNTCP and DOTS was also inquired. Total 311 ASHAs from ten PHCs were included in the study. Permission from proper authority was obtained before starting the study. Results: Majority of the ASHA’s were in the age group of 26 to 36 years. Majority of the ASHAs were educated upto 12th standard. 45.98% ASHAs were having length of service between 3 to 4 years. 36.66% ASHAs scored between 25 to 50% marks whereas 35.05% scored between 50 to 75%. Better performance was given by younger ASHA but the difference observed was not statistically significant. It was seen that as the level of educational qualification was increasing the knowledge of ASHA regarding the RNTCP was increasing. As the length of service was increasing the knowledge of ASHAs regarding RNTCP was increasing with the statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The ASHAs were having average knowledge about RNTCP and DOTS with mean score of 49.14% ± 22.27%. Thus there is need of regular training to enhance the knowledge of ASHAs regarding RNTCP and DOTS so that they can serve better.
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Sonia Ashtekar, Jitendra Surwade, Satish Haridas
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