THE ROLE OF ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST(ASHA)IN PROVIDING AWARENESS OF HEALTH PROGRAMS IN VILLAGES OF KARNATAKA STATE

PRABHURAJ. D, SHEKSHAVALI.T, I.J.KUPPAST,

Introduction:
About ASHA: One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist. ASHA or Accredited Social Health Activist. ASHA will provide information to the community on determinants of health such as nutrition, basic sanitation & hygienic practices, healthy living and working conditions, information on existing health services and the need for timely utilization of health & family welfare services.

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All the ASHA workers were shown keen interest in counseling patients and people regarding sanitization and information on existing health services and the need for timely utilization of health and family welfare services.

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Conclusion:
Study showed that the population from rural areas of shimoga district in Karnataka state. The backward village people have moderate level of awareness about importance of community health and the utilization of government health scheme programs. And there is necessary to give scope to ASHA workers service effectively to educate the community about this important health problem. The fact sheet prepared in this study can be used as a potential counseling tool for public awareness.

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Aim and Objective:

The present study was carried out to know the the role of ASHA providing awareness of health programs in villages of shimoga district in Karnataka state. The importance of safe delivery, breast-feeding and complementary feeding, immunization, contraception and prevention of common infections including reproductive Tract Infection/Sexually Transmitted Infections (RTIs/STDs) and care of the young child and hygiene should be maintained in the villages to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

This Result shows increasing the infant mortality rate. So for that overcome this problem government has started SNEHA CLINICS for caring of female adolescent health. They give proper sanitization knowledge after monthly menstrual cycle. Also awareness of safe delivery helps to upgrade the health Acknowledgement: status of new born babies. This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; We are thank full to the principal , national included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, college of pharmacy, shimoga. Board of directors, male and female. This rate is often used as an national education society shiomoga for their support indicator of the level of health in a country. carry out this study
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Methodology:
The survey was carried out in population from rural areas of shimoga district in Karnataka state.. A questionnaire was prepared & personally asked to the ASHA workers of the village and village population. The results have been analyzed using suitable statistical technique. A total 100 people of each village and 20 ASHA workers different areas of shimoga region in Karnataka state were interviewed with questionnaire.

Bibliography:
Main article: National Rural Health Mission of India. Electronic media T.V. RADIO. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Result and Discussion:

Survey revealed that 50% of the people did not know about the government has made number of schemes for protection community health.

Corresponding Author: Prabhuraj Deshmukh Email Id :

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