Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

A STUDY ON AWARENESS AND PRACTICES OF ASHA WORKERS IN RURAL AREAS OF ALIGARH

Uzma Eram, Salman Shah, Tamanna Z

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 INTRODUCTION?e Government of India launched the National Rural Health Mission on 12th April 2005,to provide primary health care to poor and vulnerable sections of the population.ASHA is Accredited Social Health Activist in each village,who acts as a idge between the rural people and health services outlet.ASHA also provides a minimum of curative care package and makes timely referrals.?e aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practices of ASHA workers in rural areas of Aligarh.MATERIAL AND METHODSA descriptive cross–sectional study was carried out in rural areas of Aligarh.?e six registered villages of Rural Health Training Centre,Department of Community Medicine,J.N.Medical College,A.M.U.,Aligarh,were choosen.Also the nonregistered villages were also taken ,such that we took a total of 50 ASHAs for the study. ?e study period was of 4 months;January –April,2015.Data was collected using a pretested semi–structured questionnaire prepared in English and translated in local Hindi language.Informed consent was taken from the study subjects.?e data was analysed by using SPSS software..ResultsAlmost all of them were aware of anaemia, excessive vomiting, weak/no movement of fetus, swelling of feet and excessive bleeding as complications of pregnancy or delivery.98% of them knew about loss of fetal movements as an indication of referral of pregnant mothers,92% knew about labour pains starting before 8 months,90% knew about convulsions,88% knew about vaginal bleeding as indication. Almost every ASHA had awareness about her responsibility.e.g.immunization,attending deliveries,family planning,to provide antenatal care,education on exclusive east feeding.86% were aware about basic curative services,72% about reproductive and sexual health problem,74% about registration of births and deaths and 40% about basic sanitation and hygiene. Major motivating factor for ASHAs were either to earn money(92%) or hope to get governmentjob(88%).ConclusionASHAs play very important role in providing primary health care but still they need to put into practice their knowledge about services.But many ASHAs are not aware about their role in assisting ANM in village health planning,creating awareness on basic sanitation and personal hygiene.

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Uzma eram, Salman shah, Tamanna z, A STUDY ON AWARENESS AND PRACTICES OF ASHA WORKERS IN RURAL AREAS OF ALIGARH, International Journal of Scientific Research, Volume : 5 | Issue : 12 |December 2016

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