Abstract

Referring malnourished children to hospital c Sanitation: Bleaching and paving of wells and tube wells, cleaning village roads and drains dPublic Works: Any construction for public infrastructure/civic services, augmenting drinking water supply eLiteracy: Participants highlighted several activities including counselling women to access antenatal care, advising pregnant women and mothers about diet and nutrition, discouraging alcohol consumption and counselling families on malaria prevention through the use of mosquito nets and keeping surroundings clean. Greater state support is also recommended for village health planning, community monitoring of community health services and local collective action for health promotion.

Details

Title
Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India
Author
Srivastava, Aradhana; Gope, Rajkumar; Nair, Nirmala; Rath, Shibanand; Rath, Suchitra; Sinha, Rajesh; Sahoo, Prabas; Biswal, Pavitra Mohan; Singh, Vijay; Nath, Vikash; Sachdev, HPS; Skordis-Worrall, Jolene; Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan; Costello, Anthony; Prost, Audrey; Bhattacharyya, Sanghita
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14712458
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1774001290
Copyright
Copyright BioMed Central 2016