Title: Assessment of Services at Primary Health Centers in a District of Kashmir Valley
Authors: Sheema Samreen, Muzamil Hassan, Ghulam Hassan, S.M. Salim Khan
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i1.164
Abstract
The importance of Primary Health Care was internationally known after Alma Ata Conference in 1978.Primary health care in India is delivered by Sub center and Primary Health Center. Primary Health Center is the first contact with a health care professional of a community. National Rural Health Mission laid standards known as Indian Public Health Standards. This study was done in order to assess the quality of services and to identify any gaps in the health care delivery by Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in the district Shopian. This was a cross-sectional study done in 50% of the Primary Health Centers of the district and information regarding the availability of services at Primary Health Center’s was obtained using a pre-structured, pre-tested checklist which was prepared from Indian Public Health Standards. It was found that OPD services were provided by all but none of the Primary Health Centers provided emergency 24*7 services.50% of the Primary Health Centers only had laboratory services for routine complete blood group and urine and none had facilities for microscopy, X-ray, USG or ECG. Although all Primary Health Centers provided ANC, family planning services but none had facilities for intranatal and newborn care. The services at Primary Health Centers are not up to mark there is deficiencies in the basic services. Indian Public Health Standards should be taken seriously and evaluation should be done as per these standards at regular intervals so that we can improve the service delivery at Primary Health Center.
Keywords: IPHS, Kashmir, Services, PHC.
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