Association of Biosocial Profile and Work Performance of Accredited Social Health Activist in Jaipur District

Meena, Sachin Kumar; Rathore, Muhammad Ali; Singh, Alisha; Verma, Mukesh

doi:10.37821/ruhsjhs.4.1.2019.18-23

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“…In present study 47% of ASHA were less than 30 year, similar to Srivastava et al 5 study and Meena S et al 6 study. Majority of ASHA (67%) were in the age group of 25-35 age, that is in synch with Kumar S et al 7 study (84%) but unlike Jain N et al 8 study (40%).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…were married in present study, similar to Srivastava et al 5 Meena S et al 6 and Jain N et al 8 studies where more than 90% ASHAs were married. The present study revealed that issues related to supervision, job security, incentives, poor transport were major challenges in field; similar was reported by sharma et al 10 study and by various other studies.…”

Section: (23%) Almost All Ashassupporting

confidence: 89%

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Challenges Faced by ASHAs during their Field Works: A Cross Sectional Observational Study in Rural Area of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Meena¹,

Rathore²,

Kumawat³

et al. 2020

IJMEDPH

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Introduction: ASHA, the grass root level worker is a bridge between population and health system. Objectives: To determine the challenges and hurdles faced by ASHA during their field work in rural area of district Jaipur, Rajasthan. Methods and Materials: A field based descriptive, observational study was conducted among 135 ASHA's of ten PHC's of two blocks of Jaipur, Rajasthan from September 2018 to April 2019 by using a pretested, semi structured questionnaire for socioeconomic profile of ASHA and in-depth interview to find out challenges faced by ASHAs during their field work. Results: Majority of ASHA's (67%) were in the age group of 25-35 yrs, there were six (4%) young ASHAs who were 25 yrs of age. Majorities ASHA were studied up to secondary (32%) and higher secondary (28%), around 20% were only eighth passed (i.e. minimum education criteria) and (few) seven percentages were graduated. Majorities (84%) of ASHA were satisfied with their work but experience few challenges in field work however 15% ASHA are totally satisfied with their job and found none challenges in field work. Conclusion: Multiple inter related factors affects work performance of ASHAs in field. Financial incentives, self-identity and working for society were motivation for joining this profession. However, delayed and inadequate payment, overburden of work, poor transport and conflict between ICDS and Health staff were common challenges.

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Section: (23%) Almost All Ashassupporting

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Challenges Faced by ASHAs during their Field Works: A Cross Sectional Observational Study in Rural Area of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Meena¹,

Rathore²,

Kumawat³

et al. 2020

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“…7 On the other hand, a study revealed that 100% ASHAs were aware and performing birth and death registration. 3 In present study, all ASHAs had knowledge about new born care. Contrary to this a study from Karnataka reported only 38.8% had knowledge on neonatal care.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Similar findings were found in a study that 100% knew about the IFA tablets to be taken during pregnancy. 17 A study also found that majority (94.6%) of the ASHA workers were of the opinion that pregnant mothers should increase the food consumption and 90.9% were aware of the iron and calcium tablets to be consumed by the antenatal mothers. 18 A study in Delhi found awareness of their role in distribution and intake of tablet IFA was known to 85.5% of ASHAs.…”

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“…2 The generalize meaning of the word "ASHA" is; "accredited" means recognized by the community, "social" means she is from the same community, by the community and for the community, "health activist" means she has to spread awareness for health concerns and promotes change in health-related practices. 3 To be an ASHA there are certain criteria and requirement to be match with, such as resident of the village with the age group of 25 to 45 years-married/widow/divorcee. She must have effective communication skills and leadership quality.…”

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What they know about their work, barriers, and challenges faced by the community health workers while performing their multiple roles: mixed method study in India

Bist,

Patel,

Pradhan

et al. 2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Accredited social health activist (ASHA) forms the backbone of National Health Mission (NHM) as they are the important link between the community and the health system, her services become very crucial for the success of NHM. They are occupied by multiples roles, responsibilities and they are expected to perform at optimum level. Aim was to assess the knowledge and practice of ASHA workers regarding their work responsibilities and to explore the barriers and challenges faced by them while performing their multiple roles. Methods: An explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted among community health workers (ASHA) of having at least one years of experience at Uttarakhand, India with 150 ASHAs for quantitative and 14 for qualitative. Purposive sampling was employed for both the approaches. Results: Quantitative approach shown that almost 91% of ASHA are having the knowledge about the importance of colostrum milk followed by importance of Anganwadi center (83%), immunization (79%), general health (70%), and birth preparedness (69%). The core thematic areas in qualitative result represented as personal, psychological, economic, social and environmental factors. They showed a level of unhappiness and distress related to their work overload and incentives. Conclusions: In general, ASHAs are having adequate knowledge about their job responsibilities, there is more training needed about maintaining the records and documentation process. There is immediate need to overcome the barriers and challenges they are facing, which can hamper their performance level.

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Assessment of Home-Based Care for Young Child (HBYC) Program in Aspirational Districts of Madhya Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Das,

Singh,

Sakalle

et al. 2023

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

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Context: In 2018, Government of India initiated Home-Based Care for Young Child (HBYC) program having five quarterly structured home visits for children age 3 to 15 months to promote early childhood development. Assess knowledge and practices of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHAs), other health functionaries, and mothers related to HBYC. Cross-sectional evaluation design with ASHAs, AWWs, ANMs, ASHA, and mothers of 3 to 15 month’s children as participants. Material and Methods: Knowledge and practices of 801 ASHAs, 200 other health functionaries, and 787 mothers were assessed on exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, hand washing, iron folic acid (IFA) and oral rehydration solution (ORS) supplementation, danger referral signs in eight aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh. Results: 88% ASHAs had correct knowledge on ORS, 85% on complementary feeding, 85% on adequacy of IFA, and 47% on danger signs which required child referral. Similarly, 85% of mothers had knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding, 40% mothers knew about complementary feeding, and only 18% knew correct ORS preparation. Statistically significant association was observed between ASHAs home visits and availability of ORS with mothers and their knowledge on correct Initiation of IFA (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Findings of study confirmed majority of health functionaries were aware about roles, responsibilities, and key tasks under HBYC. However, there observed a gap in knowledge transfer by health functionaries and thus inadequate translation of knowledge into practices among mothers on HBYC. This necessitates the need of appropriate actions from health system strengthening to capacity building to accelerate uptake of HBYC program.

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Association of Biosocial Profile and Work Performance of Accredited Social Health Activist in Jaipur District

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Challenges Faced by ASHAs during their Field Works: A Cross Sectional Observational Study in Rural Area of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Challenges Faced by ASHAs during their Field Works: A Cross Sectional Observational Study in Rural Area of Jaipur, Rajasthan

What they know about their work, barriers, and challenges faced by the community health workers while performing their multiple roles: mixed method study in India

Assessment of Home-Based Care for Young Child (HBYC) Program in Aspirational Districts of Madhya Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

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