Status and impact of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram in Lodha Block, Aligarh, U.P. - A field survey
Sameer Ahmad Kazi1, B K
Padhi2, Md Tanwir Alam3*, Afeefa Kazmi3
1.Medical Officer, Aligarh, U.P.,
India,
2. PhD, HoD, Garhwal University,
Uttrakhand,
3.Assistant
Professor, D/O Preventive and Social Medicine, Govt. Tibbi College &
Hospital, Patna, PG Scholar, D/O Medicine, GTCH, Patna
ABSTRACT
To assess the status and impact of services being
provided under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) programme specifically
Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services under NHM, the rural
community of the Lodha Block, Aligarh, were surveyed. To make awareness among
community peoples of rural areas in Lodha block of district Aligarh (U.P) about
the RBSK programme of NHM this study was conducted.
878 care givers and 170 community members of the 8 villages of the mentioned
block of the Aligarh districts has been interviewed and data recorded. Duration
of the study was 21st Sep 2022 to 10th Oct 2022. Of all the care givers interviewed, nearly 60%
of the caregivers had a child with 4Ds, 33% of them had children identified
with developmental delays, and 22% of them had children with birth defects.
Congenital Heart Disease (CHDs) was the most common birth defect (25%), and
language delay was the most common developmental delay (27%).
Keywords:
RBSK; NHM; NRHM; Unani Medicine; Child Health; MPH.