Assessment of Services at Primary Health Center of Jaipur District as Per Indian Public Health Standards

Abstract

Background:. These standards are to underpin the delivery of quality services which are fair and responsive to client’s needs, which should be provided equitably and which deliver improvements in the health and well-being of the population. Aim and Objectives: to identify the existing gap with respect to Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) for availability of infrastructure, human resources, investigative services and emergency services at 24 × 7 primary health centers (PHCs) of Jaipur district of Rajasthan state. Methods: It is a cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted from March 2018 – March 2019 in Jaipur district of Rajasthan state. Jaipur is divided into 7 blocks,73 PHC and 18 CHC. Out of these 7 blocks 3blocks were selected by simple random sampling. From these 3 blocks 3 PHC from each block was selected by simple random sampling. 3 sub center from each PHC was selected by simple random sampling and then 30 households were selected from each Sub-centre by systematic random sampling. Results: In terms of staff availability found critical status, Essential services were adequate, but not at all PHCs, Infrastructure and facilities was satisfactory. Conclusion: Even after more than a decade of Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) in place for the Public Health Facilities this study reveals a huge gap in the availability of the manpower (Medical, Para medical and support manpower), Services, Drugs, equipment, infrastructure and Quality control measure