Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

Community Participation for Health Systems Strengthening: Implications for neo natal health care in Odisha

Susanta Kumar Nayak

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Community participation essentially useful in strengthening of Health Systems as executed actively under the rolling out of National Rural Health Mission and at present known as National Health Mission in India. The present study discusses responsive community participation in strengthening health systems while addressing most critical period of child health and development – neo natal health care. The neonatal period is the most vulnerable time for the growth of a child. After the institutional care at the facility level, the care at the community level holds the key to the survival, growth and development of the new born. So investment at involving the community for neo natal care owes at utmost significance. Realising the importance of the community participation and involvement in neo natal care, a number of interventions have been implemented under NHM, Odisha. The article discusses the relevance and implications of the community participation in health systems strengthening for neo natal health care. It also ascertains interventions at the community level like HBNC (home based neo natal care) through ASHA, which plays a significant role in improving the community level care for the new born. The article throws light on best practices and the areas of improvement in implementation of community level interventions in general and ASHA facilitated HBNC programme in particular for sustaining improvement of neo natal care.

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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEO NATAL HEALTH CARE IN ODISHA, Susanta Kumar Nayak INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-1 | January-2019

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