Open AccessImpact of Indian public health standards for rural health care facilities on national programme for control of deafness in India: The results of a cohort study
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Davey,
Chaitanya Maheshwari,
Santosh Kumar Raghav,
Navpreet Singh,
Khursheed Muzammil,
Prakhar Pandey
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_115_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , environmental health , public health , cohort study , health care , gerontology , economic growth , nursing , pathology , economics
In National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD), the management of ear diseases of rural India is now guided by Revised Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) for Rural Health Facilities for providing quality ear care. However, despite the IPHS existence, coverage and quality ear care is questionable. Moreover, this issue has not yet been studied till now in the Indian context. The objective of the study was to assess the role of Private Medical College Training Center (Rural Health Training Centre [RHTC]) in augmenting quality of ear care services in NPPCD at district level by adopting IPHS Standards.