An assessment of bicycle intervention to improve service delivery by accredited social health activists in selected blocks of West Champaran district of Bihar
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jyoti Sharma; Preeti Negandhi; Monika Chauhan; Ghanashyam Sethy; Siddharth Reddy; Sutapa B Neogi
- Source
- Indian Journal of Public Health, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 309-315 (2016)
- Subject
- Accredited Social Health Activist
incentive
link worker
mobility
service delivery
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0019-557X
Background: Several programmatic and logistic issues affect the overall performance of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). Bihar Government provided bicycles to ASHAs in West Champaran district for increasing coverage of services by improving their mobility. Objective: To assess the use of bicycles by ASHAs and it's effect on service delivery. It also captures the perspectives of ASHAs in terms of its utilization for performing tasks. Methods: A community-based quasi-experimental study was undertaken during March-May 2016. Proportion of newborn babies visited within 24 h of birth was the primary outcome. Data were collected from two intervention blocks (West Champaran district) and a control block from the neighboring East Champaran district. A total of 323 (177 from intervention blocks and 146 from control block) mothers having children