A study to assess the Awareness about Health Programs and their Benefits in Terms of Knowledge among Rural Population of Bikaner
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science And Advanced Clinical Research (IJMACR) - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 6
Abstract
Background The most important aspect of the success of health programmes is the extent of availing of public health services by the people. Thereby, it would be necessary to ascertain the level of knowledge which help in better accessibility of public health care service by people especially at grass root level, so that health for all is achieved. As the government is trying to address health issues of rural and urban areas through separate programmes, there is need to examine whether there is any difference in the accessibility of PHC services in these areas. Government of Rajasthan have launched various schemes for development of women and their health and direction for progress and maintenance health. The separate department was established in Rajasthan is Women and Child Development Department, Rajasthan and there are some schemes that specially for mothers in age group of child bearing ie. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritava Abhiyan, Janani sishu suraksha karyakram, Mukyamantri Rajshree yojana and Bhamasha Swasthya Beema Yojna run by govt. of Rajasthan. The present study address the level of knowledge and utilization of various health services by population of selected area of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The statement of the present study is A study to Assess the Awareness About Health Programs and their Benefits in Terms of Knowledge Among Rural Population of Bikaner with objectives- (1) To assess the awareness of health programs and their benefits in terms of knowledge among rural population of Bikaner.(2) To find out association between the knowledge of rural population with selected demographical variable. Materials and Methods: The presented descriptive study was conducted at selected PHC and CHC of Bikaner to assess the awareness of health programmes and their benefits in term of knowledge among rural population of Bikaner. A structured questionnaire was designed to assess back ground variable and the knowledge regarding benefits of health program. Tool administered on 200 samples those selected randomly from accessible population. Validity and reliability of tool was assessed and data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Permission was obtained from concerned authority before actual collection of data. Results The results shows that 130 (65%) sample had poor knowledge, 50 (25%) sample had average knowledge and 20 (10%) samples had good knowledge about selected health programmes and their benefits. Also, there was a significant association between knowledge regarding health programmes and gender and educational level of samples. Conclusion- The study finding suggests that knowledge regarding health programme in terms of benefits among samples was poor and there is need to implement certain strategies which improves the knowledge and thereby utilization of services.
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Virendra Singh
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