International Journal of Public Health and Safety

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Kattankulathur, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Publications

• Research   
  Access and Utilization of Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) Services: Identifying Solutions to Barriers through Positive Deviance Model
  Author(s): Gullaiah Gari Suresh Reddy*, Mohammad Jawed Quereishi and Rajan R Patil
  
  Due to pregnancy related complications 67000 women die every year in India. Approximately 13 lakhs infants die within one year of birth, in these 9 lakhs die within 4 weeks of born i.e., 2/3rd of the infant deaths, 75% die within first week (most of them are in first two days). To reduce these death rates government of India introduced a program called Janani Shishu Shuraksha Karyakram (JSSK). The main aim of this program to provide, free transportation to pregnant women, infants, sick neonates to access to public health care centres. With the launch of JSSN institutional deliveries increased significantly, still 25% pregnant women hesitate to access these services. In this research article, implementation JSSK services in Chhattisgarh state have been studied. Only 40% of the people in Chhattisgarh are utilizing JSSK services, this is very least utilization as .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2736-6189.2021.6.221

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