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Item An Investigation Onfemale Community Healthvoluteers’(Fchvs’)Role and Impact in Healthsectorof The People in Southern Villages of Parbat District(Department of Zoology, 2010) Sharmabhusal, TeekaFemale Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs), through their voluntary serviceshaveserved as an important source of information for their communities, a link withgovernment health services and a source of direct services in a number of importantareas. FCHVs have contributed extensively to the health and well being of theircommunities, in particular to the women and children in rural areas of Nepal.The study was carried out in the southern VDCs of Parbat district during April 2009 toMarch 2010 with the general objective to explore the contribution of FCHVs for primaryhealth care and their understanding and roles for the prevention of infectious andcommunicable diseasesin thestudy area. A total of 63 FCHVs, some health officials and community members from sevenVDCs were taken as the respondents in the study. All of current FCHVs were literate,majority of themwerefrom privileged families (few Dalit FCHVs)andofreproductiveage(age between 21 and 45).FCHVshaveutilized theavailable health services and theadoption ofpreventive health practices among community members as voluntary healtheducators and promoters, community mobilizers, referral agents and community-basedservice providers in areas of health as perthe trainings received.Theyhave playedan important role in contributing to a variety of key public healthprograms, including family planning, maternal care, child health, vitamin Asupplementation/ de-worming and immunization; and infectious and communicablediseases at thecommunity level.About65% FCHVsof thestudy areareported that theyprovide information and education on the infectious diseases affecting their locality andrefer suspected infectious disease cases to health facilities for diagnosis.FCHVs are perceived as strong promoters of community health care services as well associal leaders of the community. The FCHV Program has undoubtedly contributedtowards women's empowerment. Being permanent residents, has been an addedadvantage to the community, especially in preventive health care services throughoutreach at the household and local group level.Item Knowledge, Attitude & Practice of Maternal and Child Health Service in Sardar Community in Kaptanganj Vdc, Sunsari District(Faculty of Education, 2011-08) Gupta, Amarendra KumarThis is a field based study which is conducted to find out the KAP of maternal and child health services in Sardar community in Kaptanganj VDC, Sunsari District. This study was mainly based on primary data and secondary data was also applied for study. Whole information was based upon the answer of respondent. The data was collected through structured interview schedule. Data were carefully checked and analyzed manually. Information was analyzed according to the stated objectives and the nature of obtained data. There were 65 respondents they were all married women of age group 15-45 years and at least one under five years child. It was found the literacy percent (over 5 years) of the house hold was 31.87% and illiteracy percent was 68.13% similarly among the respondents 16.92% was literate and 83.07% was illiterate. Thus the educational status of Sardar community was not good. Similarly 27.69% respondents have got their first delivery at the age of 15-18, which is also not good. For this time many high risk bring life threating her. 27.69% respondents had not taken additions foods in pregnancy period. 15.38% respondents have not knowledge about how many times should be checked up in pregnancy period. More that 23% respondents didn't immunize their children completely. The over all study showed the situation of KAP of maternal and child health services was not very good but not very bad. Only some effort can easily improve the trend. So, this community need the reproductive health education, formal and non- formal educationItem Maternal and Child Health Care Practices among Raute Community (A Case Study in Jogbudha and Sirsha VDCs of Dadeldhura District)(Department of Population Studies, 2007) Thapa, Kul BahadurThe study on"Maternal and Child Health Care Practices among Raute Community" is carried out based on primary data collected from the Jogbudha and Sirsha VDCs, Dadeldhura District. The main objective of the study is to assess maternal and child health care practices in Raute community. The specific objectives are to assess socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the Rautes, to examine the status of maternal and child health care practices among Rautes, and to examine the differential in maternal and child health care practices among background characteristics of the Rautes. According to the 10 th National Population Census 2001, the total population of Rautes are 658 (346malesand 312females) and they were found in 29 districts.In the study area, the total population is 378 of which192 are males and186 are females. The sex ratio is found to be 103.2.Among the 5 years and above household population 70.04 percent females are illiterate and66.09 percent male population are illiterate. More than 60 percent population (male and female) are engaged in daily wages work and only 17.5 percent male and female population are engaged in agriculture sector. Early age at marriage is most prevailing in the community. The result also indicates that the educational status of respondents is very low. Regarding health care, only 36.6 percent of the total respondents receivedantenatal services during pregnancy. Among those who had receivedantenatal services, the highest proportion women were served byVHW/MCHWs and the proportion of receiving antenatal care from trainedhealth personnel was very low. The coverage of TT injection was very poor in the community, since the coverage of full doses of TT injection was only23.9 percent. Most of thechildren were delivered at home,90.2 percent with assistanceof TBAs or familymembers/relatives. Only 9.8 percent of totaldelivery wasassisted by trained health personnel. While studying the post-natal care practices, the result was found mostsatisfactory than antenatal and delivery care practices. In this study, themajority of mothers made colostrums feeding for their births, that is 48.7percent. Duration of breastfeeding was found two years and satisfactory result was observed in supplementary food practices. In the reference of child immunization practice,around 40 percent and above children did not received any vaccines within the proper time and the prevalence of fever and diarrhoea were high for female children.General knowledge of oral rehydration salts (ORS) is wide spread among mothers(95.8 %). When asked about specific eating and drinking for sick children, the finding were less encouraging. The overall observation of the study revealed that the MCH care practice is inversely related with mother's age and parity, and positively associated with there spondent's education.Item Maternal and Child Health Care Practices in Tharu Community (A Study of Tharu Community in Chandranagar VDC, Sarlahi District)(Department of Population Studies, 2008) Chaudhary, Raj KumarThe study on "Maternal and Child Health Care Practices in TharuCommunity" is carried out based on primary data collected from theChandra Nagar VDC, Sarlahi district. The main objectives of the studyare to examine the knowledge and practices of maternal and child healthcare among the Tharu community, to examine the modern as well astraditional maternal and child health care practice among the Tharucommunity and to assess the socio-economic and demographiccharacteristics of the Thru community. The total population in this study is 713 of which 390 are males and 323are females. The sex ratio is found to be 120.7. Among 138 respondents,89.1 percent females are illiterate as against 79.7 percent among theirhusbands. The main occupation of husband and wife is agriculture.Almost all of their husbands are involved in agriculture. Age at marriageof respondents was early age which was most prevailing in thecommunity. In the case of maternal health care, the age group 20-24 years receivedantenatal services most during last pregnancy (31.2%). The coverage ofTT is 23.2 percent only. Most of the children are delivered at home(94.2%) with assistance of TBA which comprises 52.2 percent amongpersons assisted during delivery. Majority of respondents use usual food(99.3%). Most of the respondents breastfed for one to two years, that is67.4 percent. Most of the Tharu women (98.6%) used herbs to treat disease. Onion,garlic, ginger are very popularamong Tharu women. Child immunizationpractice is good but measles and polio are less common than BCG andDPT. Even though, most of the Tharu women used herbs to treatdiarrhoea, they used the Jeevan Jal also. The overall observation of thestudy revealed that the MCH care practice is related with mother's age,education and knowledge of use of medicine. In Tharu society, 64.5percent respondents used contraceptive methods. 5Item Maternal and Child Health in Mushahar Community in Triyuga Municipality-7,Motigada,Udayapur(Department of sociology, 2020) Shasankar, ChandaNot available