An Assessment of Access to Health Services for Children and Intersectoral Coordination in National Rural Health Mission in Punjab
| Author | Ravneet Kaur,Lhoukhoka Sithlou,Navreet Kaur |
| Published date | 01 April 2016 |
| Date | 01 April 2016 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0019556120160206 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
AN
ASSESSMENT
OF
ACCESS TO HEALTH
SERVICES
FOR
CHILDREN AND INTERSECTORAL ·
COORDINATION IN NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH
MISSION IN PUNJAB
NAVREET KAUR, RAVNEET
KAUR
AND
LHOUKHOKA
SITHLOU
Children are most important asset
of
a nation which requires
attention and integrated approach through government with
enactment
of
various legislations, policies
and
programmes
for
their welfare. The government adopted synergistic approach
by relating health to determinants
of
good
health in National
Rural Health Mission (NRHM)(2005-l
2).
It seeks to provide
healthcare to rural population
and
strengthen village by
providing a female health plan
and
by preparing village health
plan, through local team. The mission
is
an articulation
of
the commitment
of
the government to raise
public
spending
from 0.9
per
cent
of
GDP to 2.3
per
cent
of
GDP.
An
attempt
is made
to
examine the synergistic approach
of
NRHM by
relating health
to
segments
of
nutrition, sanitation, hygiene
and safe drinking water
and
to
examine the infrastructure
availability
and
human resources
at
sub-centres
and
primary
health centres and
to
evaluate the role
of
accredited social
health activists.
INTRODUCTION
CHILDREN ARE most important asset
of
a nation. The growth
of
civilisation ultimately depends upon the human resource capability.
Children constitute the future human resource
of
a nation. Amartya Sen
writes, "Human capability expansion plays important role in bringing
about social change indeed, role
of
human beings even as instruments
of
change can go much beyond economic products
on
and include social and
political development".' The human capital has (i) the direct relevance to the
wellbeing and freedom
of
people; (ii) indirect role through influencing social
change; and (iii) indirect role through influencing economic production.2
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