Social
Assessment Study for Karnataka Health Systems Development
Project
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Plan Approach
The plan covers the Poor, Scheduled Caste and Tribal population
in plain areas, and Women, Adolescents and Tribal groups
inhabiting notified tribal areas. Since the social assessment
study has not covered the Elderly and Physically challenged
population, the plan does not include this population. A
detailed VCHP plan has been developed and depicted in a
matrix. The VCHP Matrix consists of the issues to be addressed,
strategies to be adopted, departments/ persons responsible
for implementation, implementation details and indicator
to assess the output. Keeping in view the overall objectives
of VCHP i.e., to enhance the levels of health status of
the vulnerable communities, considering all the developmental
activities presented earlier, these have been grouped and
the time schedule for key activities has been represented
in a tabular form (Please refer the table). The identified
strategies are ennumerated below:
Strategies
for Poor, SC and ST Population
¢ Mobile Medical Services
¢ Developing Tribal ANMs
¢ Village Health Volunteers
¢ Capacity building of Health Staff on Health Management
and Quality assurance
¢ Streamlining the supply of drugs
¢ Organizing round the clock services
¢ Strengthening Referral systems
¢ Controlling Malaria - Outsourcing Spray Operations
¢ Controlling Malaria - Utilising the Health Volunteers
as Depot holders
¢ Providing ASV and ARV services through Identified Institutions
and Involvement traditional Healers
Strategies
for women group
¢ Training of health professional on syndromic approach
¢ RCH camp approach
¢ Involvement of Self Help Groups (SHGs)
¢ Part time services of Anganwadi Workers
¢ Sensitisation of Women Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs)
members
Strategies
for adolescents
¢ Initiating adolescent health programs
¢ Disbursement of IFA tablets to adolescents
¢ Special adolescent clinics at identified institutions
supported by counseling facilities
