Introduction The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) programme of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is considered as being vital to achieving the goal of increasing community participation with the health system, and is one of the key components of NRHM, India’s flagship programme in health launched in 2005. The problem of evaluating ASHA is compounded by multiple and contesting nar...

INTRODUCTION In India, with the introduction of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from 2005 to 2006, utilization of healthcare services at the peripheral level has improved. This study was conducted with the purpose of evaluating knowledge, attitudes and practices of ASHA workers in relation to child health. METHODS A cross-section...

UNLABELLED The treatment of cancer in children has several side effects, including ototoxicity. Inner ear structures may be affected and hearing loss may ensue. AIM To estimate the prevalence of hearing loss in patients with cancer using the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the Pediatric Oncology Group Toxicity (POGT), and the Bilateral Hearing Loss (PAB) criteria. STUDY...

asha, meaning order and honesty as apposed to anarchy and hypocrisy is the most significant principle of the anciant persian religion . there are some events and tales they are coloured by the asha principle . the manifestation of asha in such cases is the result of a certain religious experience known as the exegetic experience . the exegetic experience is in fact a religious interpretation an...

the theory of acquisition (kasb) was proposed by abu al-hasan al-ash'ari and was accepted by the majority of sunnis. in addition to the traditionary evidences, 'asha'ira scholars stated various rational evidences such as the impossibility of the combination between two causes for one effect, referring to the positivity of the attribute of omniscience and will and power, and the f...

Introduction Accredited social health activist (ASHA) is a key link to public health services in villages in India. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the proportion of women utilising services of the ASHA for pregnancyrelated conditions. We assessed the knowledge, attitude, practices, hindrances and motivation factors among ASHAs regarding pregnancy-related conditions. We also s...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS In the setting of a cluster randomized study to assess impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) program in the district of Faridabad in India, we randomly selected auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM), anganwadi workers (AWW) and accredited social health activists (ASHA) from intervention and control areas to collect cost data using an eco...