Changing roles of frontline workers (FLWs) at health and wellness centres of south-west Bihar
A qualitative study
Keywords:
ayushman bharat programmes, frontline workers, health wellness centre, COVID-19, GPHCFsAbstract
Background: Ayushman Bharat Program was announced by Government of India in February 2018 with a vision, which is supposed to deliver comprehensive primary health care services to the entire population. Objectives: To obtain views of FLWs about their changing role at health & wellness centre and the challenges being faced by them in service delivery. Methods: A qualitative study done in 10 Health and wellness centres selected nearby Narayan Medical College & Hospital of Rohtas District of Bihar. The frontline workers posted in the selected HWCs were the study participants. Total duration of the study was 10 months. IDI of FLWs were done and the analysis of the verbatims was done using ATLAS-Ti (Free trial version) software. Results: After analysis of the verbatims two broad themes were made and there were several domains & codes under which the result was stated. It was observed that the frontline workers posted at the selected health & wellness centres were aware of the expanded range of services like yoga, school health, geriatric & palliative care being provided but they were also facing some challenges like manpower, equipment, working hour in service delivery.
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