An Assessment of Asha Workers Knowledge, Skills and Practices to Improving the Life of Urban Poor Population of the Lucknow District

Abstract

This paper aims to examine how ASHA workers improve the life of urban poor of Lucknow District through their knowledge, skills and practices. This study is confined to the role of ASHA workers for enhancing life indices in three blocks: BakshikaTalab, Kakori and Sarojini Nagar. The findings of this study will help to develop a policy framework for the ASHA community health model. Using significance testing between dependent and independent variables, several factors that impact and enhance the performance of ASHA personnel will be investigated and quantified. Results of the study is shows that the ASHA's work provides valuable contribution in generating awareness in the community towards health, hygiene, improves coverage of communities towards health services. Evidences have suggested that ASHAs can conduct tasks to improve life in the community, with focus on people health. ASHAs are trained to perform activities to implement health programmes at the community, however still do not provide services which have most significant health impact.