Open AccessQualitative assessment of life skill development of adolescent girls through Kishori Panchayat: An adolescents for health action model in selected villages of rural Central India
Author(s) -
Ishita Guha,
Chetna Maliye,
Subodh S Gupta,
Garg Bs
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_74_19
Subject(s) - empowerment , life skills , institutionalisation , focus group , psychology , qualitative research , rural area , qualitative property , medicine , developmental psychology , medical education , sociology , psychiatry , political science , social science , anthropology , computer science , law , pathology , machine learning
The "Adolescents for Health Action model," Kishori Panchayat (KP) is an innovative approach for mobilizing and empowering adolescent girls by enhancing their life skills by participating in various community health activities, a platform for interaction with peer-groups, villagers, community leaders, and health-care providers.