Journal of Exclusion Studies
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Upgradation of Healthcare Services at Doorstep Due to ASHA's Presence

  • Author:
  • Tasdique Ahmad1,, Masoodul Hassan2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Aug 1, 2012
  • Page Number: 143 to 146

1Block Supervisor, S-CCSP-SS in Aligarh District Project, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, Uttar Pradesh, India

*E-mail: tasdique.ahmad@gmail.com

Abstract

This study focuses on healthcare services in rural areas in India, which is a first of its kind on healthcare programme that has been launched, such as the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in rural setting. Through these massive healthcare programmes, healthcare services are provided at doorstep through Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in rural areas. In this study, random sampling was used and the sample size was 60 ASHAs and 10 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs). This study tries to explore the benefits of ASHAs and ANMs.

Keywords

National Rural Health Mission, Accredited Social Health Activist, Mission programme