Health needs assessment by Participatory Rural Appraisal technique
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: There are wide disparities in various health needs between urban and rural areas as suggested by large gaps in achievement of diverse health indices. Though different health indices are very useful to identify professionally defined needs but professionally defined needs may not comprise of Perceived needs, and it is always difficult to identify Perceived needs of community. Active community participation is very much essential in recognizing the Perceived needs. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) has been documented as a powerful means of not only involving community in identification and analysis of problems, but also in planning and implementation of programs. Materials and Methods: Three PRA methods like social map (with water & sanitation map), life-cycle frame work & village transect were applied. Data were analyzed manually. Results and Discussions: The primary perceived need found by Social Map is water supply. It was the sole responsibility of women to go & fetch water from water sources. This has direct bearing with the overall development and health of women. There is lack of availability of sanitary facility at most of the houses and lack of utilization of available community toilet. Village transect reveals use of age old cow dung as the principal fuel in their chulas and this may affect women’s health on long term. Opportunities for earning a livelihood include either fishing or working in a prawn farm. Health problems in women range from adolescent health problems to health problems of elderly women.
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Devang Jarivala, Chintan Gamit, Hitesh Shah, Vipul Chaudhary, Abhay Kavishvar
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