Assessment of services at Primary Health Centres of Northern Kashmir as per Indian Public Health Standards
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
Primary Health Centres (PHC) serves as a first port of call to a qualified doctor in the public health sector in rural areas providing a range of curative, promotive and preventive health care. The main is to assess the services at primary health centres as per IPHS. The method is a cross sectional study conducted in selected PHCs of 4 districts of Kashmir. Pretested and open ended questionnaire was used. In results 37%PHCS were located within 3kms from centre of village. Only 7 PHCs were providing 24*7 services.ANC services were provided at all PHCs where as MTP services were provided at only 3. In Conclusion services should be enhanced through good manpower & infrastructure. Keywords: Indian public health standards (IPHS), Primary health centre, services, Kashmir.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Rifat Jan, Dr. Gh. Hassan Khatana, Dr. S. M. Salim, Dr. Wajiha Jeelani
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