Wani Rabbanie T, Chowdri Iqra N, Nazir Umar, Haq Inaamul
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Nov;10(11):4137-4142. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_720_21. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
A multipurpose health worker (MPHW) is the pivotal functionary and the first point of contact in health care sector. This study explores the work-related activity of MPHWs in the different domains and also assesses their time utilization pattern.
A time and motion study was conducted among 12 multipurpose health care workers (MPHWs) from 10 different Subcenters of block Hazratbal. Participants self-reported their daily activities on a time measurement sheet for 6 days. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS v25.0. Calculations are based on a total of 544.5 person-hours of observation by ANMs.
Time utilization pattern revealed that ANMs spent one-fourth of their time on maintaining registers. Observations on self-reporting were comparable with that of observations made by external observers.
This study reflects the workload in different domains of MPHWs' activities and nature of their work, relevance of their job responsibilities in the context to Indian public health standards for their job.
多用途卫生工作者是卫生保健部门的关键工作人员和首要接触点。本研究探讨了多用途卫生工作者在不同领域的与工作相关的活动，并评估了他们的时间利用模式。
对来自哈兹拉特巴尔街区10个不同基层保健中心的12名多用途卫生保健工作者进行了工时与动作研究。参与者在时间测量表上自行报告他们6天的日常活动。数据录入Microsoft Excel并使用SPSS v25.0进行分析。计算基于助产士总共544.5人时的观察。
时间利用模式显示，助产士将四分之一的时间用于维护登记簿。自我报告的观察结果与外部观察者的观察结果相当。
本研究反映了多用途卫生工作者活动不同领域的工作量及其工作性质，以及他们的工作职责在印度公共卫生标准背景下的相关性。
