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Frontline health workers are the first and often the only access point to basic health care services in low-andmiddle income countries. However, the work and the issues frontline health workers face are often invisible to the healthcare system, with limited resources to assist them. This study explores the work practices, challenges and roles of frontline health workers in community health with particular focus on pregnancy care in South India. Drawing on the notion of maintenance and articulation work, we describe the maintenance work of frontline health workers maintaining, anticipating, reconciling, and supporting care infrastructures beyond data collection practices. Our findings highlight how socio-cultural practices, perceptions, status, and existing systems influence maintenance work practices. Based on our findings, we suggest moving beyond the focus on training and performance to design CSCW tools to support the maintenance work of frontline health workers as 'system-builders' to make healthcare infrastructures work in community health.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI.

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The present study designed to assess the need pattern, mental health and job satisfaction among male and female IT professionals. It also aimed to find out the relationship between need pattern, job satisfaction and mental health. The sample includes 60 subjects working in different IT companies like WIPRO, HCL, IBM, etc. and were divided equally on the basis of their genders i.e. male (N=30) and female (N=30). Need Pattern Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale and Mental Health Inventory were used to collect data. Obtained scores were analysed with the help of t-test and correlation coefficient. Findings of the study demonstrated a significant difference between male and female IT professionals only on the aggression and power dimensions of need patterns and total scores. Regarding job satisfaction both the group differed only on economy statement dimension. As far as mental health is concerned they showed significant difference on all dimension except perception of reality and integrating personality. No significant relationship observed between mental health and job satisfaction and need pattern irrespective of their gender.