Quality health services and its access in a village: A case study

Abstract

Objective: The study analyzes the awareness of healthcare facilities among rural people. The already existing infrastructure and various provision mechanisms of healthcare facilities are adequate but still require massive programs to educate rural people. There is also a need to make the ruralites awareness on Government health schemes, usage of natural remedies, self-treatment.The analysis sample consists of 80 subjects, aged between Materials and Methods: 20 to 90 yrs and living in a rural community in Narsampet mandal of Warangal district, India. Attendees queried for the availability of health services, and recorded in proforma prepared.The results showed the awareness about Results: availability of the medical facilities provided by the Government. Majority in numbers are unaware about existing Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) or physicians availability in selected rural area. The association between laboratory facilities and PHC was evident from the studies.One notable relief observed among villagers that many Conclusion: are not preferring self-treatments for their ailments with modern medicines.

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of rural population towards COVID-19 appropriate behaviour in pandemic situation: a cross-sectional study in central India

“…Access to health services was mainly very limited, due to the logistics factors and in turn the proper knowledge. [16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The significantly positive result of the association between education level with COVID-19 knowledge score props up the postulation (Table 4). At the time of the pandemic, 91.1 % of the respondent held the belief that the pandemic can be controlled and 94.6% were confident about India winning the battle against SARS.…”