Open AccessIs accredited social health activists' basic oral health knowledge appropriate in educating rural Indian population?
Author(s) -
Narayana Rao Vinnakota,
Suresh Sanikommu,
Zaheer Ahmed,
SK Kamal Sha,
Naveen Kumar Boppana,
Srinivas Pachava
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_692_16
Subject(s) - medicine , health education , social class , social determinants of health , family medicine , accreditation , oral health , public health , dentistry , nursing , medical education , political science , law
Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) are the grassroot level health activists in the community who are involved in health education and community mobilization toward utilizing the health services.