Awareness and opinion of health professionals about various aspects of the implementation of HDSS

Abstract

Introduction: The lack of appropriate health information obstructs population health assessments, as well as the development and evaluation of healthcare interventions. Surveillance is sometimes used interchangeably with epidemiology in its broadest definition, which is understandable. Surveillance, on the other hand, maybe considered to have evolved into a separate discipline from epidemiology. Objective: To study the Awareness and opinion of health professionals about various aspects of the implementation of HDSS in the defined rural community of district Jammu. Result: The present study was carried out in the Miran Sahib Zone of RS Pura Block, out of which six villages were selected randomly. The study surveyed 20 health professionals' over 3.56 km2 area of rural field practice area out of which 12 HPs had experienced less than 10 years while others had more than 10 years’ experience. The majority of health professionals were aware of various population enumeration methods while a small proportion of health professionals' about 25% considers the data generated by such systems to be useful for policy planning and prioritizing health services in a particular area.