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Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India
Community health workers (CHW) faced increased challenges in delivering maternal and child health services during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to routine services, they were also engaged in pandemic management. In view of a dearth of evidence, the current study explores the challenges...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010088 |
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author | Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Kanungo, Srikanta Patel, Kripalini Swain, Swagatika Dwivedy, Subhralaxmi Panda, Subhashree Karna, Sonam Bhuyan, Dinesh Som, Meena Merta, Brajesh Raj Bhattacharya, Debdutta Kshatri, Jaya Singh Palo, Subrata Kumar Pati, Sanghamitra |
author_facet | Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Kanungo, Srikanta Patel, Kripalini Swain, Swagatika Dwivedy, Subhralaxmi Panda, Subhashree Karna, Sonam Bhuyan, Dinesh Som, Meena Merta, Brajesh Raj Bhattacharya, Debdutta Kshatri, Jaya Singh Palo, Subrata Kumar Pati, Sanghamitra |
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description | Community health workers (CHW) faced increased challenges in delivering maternal and child health services during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to routine services, they were also engaged in pandemic management. In view of a dearth of evidence, the current study explores the challenges faced by CHWs while rendering maternal and child health services. A qualitative study through in-depth interviews (IDI) and focus group discussions (FGD) in six districts of Odisha was conducted from February to April 2021. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA software. Personal-level challenges, like lack of family support, stress, and fear of contracting COVID-19; facility-level challenges, like transportation problems and inadequate personal protective measures; and community-level challenges, like stigma, resistance, and lack of community support were major hindrances in provisioning routine MCH services. Prevailing myths and misconceptions concerning COVID-19 were factors behind stigma and resistance. Sharing experiences with family, practicing yoga and pranayam, engaging ambulance bikes, financial assistance to mothers, counseling people, and involving community leaders were some effective strategies to address these challenges. Development and implementation of appropriate strategy guidelines for addressing the challenges of frontline warriors will improve their work performance and achieve uninterrupted MCH services during pandemics or similar health emergencies. |
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spelling | pubmed-87759812022-01-21 Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Kanungo, Srikanta Patel, Kripalini Swain, Swagatika Dwivedy, Subhralaxmi Panda, Subhashree Karna, Sonam Bhuyan, Dinesh Som, Meena Merta, Brajesh Raj Bhattacharya, Debdutta Kshatri, Jaya Singh Palo, Subrata Kumar Pati, Sanghamitra Healthcare (Basel) Article Community health workers (CHW) faced increased challenges in delivering maternal and child health services during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to routine services, they were also engaged in pandemic management. In view of a dearth of evidence, the current study explores the challenges faced by CHWs while rendering maternal and child health services. A qualitative study through in-depth interviews (IDI) and focus group discussions (FGD) in six districts of Odisha was conducted from February to April 2021. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA software. Personal-level challenges, like lack of family support, stress, and fear of contracting COVID-19; facility-level challenges, like transportation problems and inadequate personal protective measures; and community-level challenges, like stigma, resistance, and lack of community support were major hindrances in provisioning routine MCH services. Prevailing myths and misconceptions concerning COVID-19 were factors behind stigma and resistance. Sharing experiences with family, practicing yoga and pranayam, engaging ambulance bikes, financial assistance to mothers, counseling people, and involving community leaders were some effective strategies to address these challenges. Development and implementation of appropriate strategy guidelines for addressing the challenges of frontline warriors will improve their work performance and achieve uninterrupted MCH services during pandemics or similar health emergencies. MDPI 2022-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8775981/ /pubmed/35052251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010088 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Kanungo, Srikanta Patel, Kripalini Swain, Swagatika Dwivedy, Subhralaxmi Panda, Subhashree Karna, Sonam Bhuyan, Dinesh Som, Meena Merta, Brajesh Raj Bhattacharya, Debdutta Kshatri, Jaya Singh Palo, Subrata Kumar Pati, Sanghamitra Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title | Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title_full | Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title_fullStr | Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title_short | Resolution of Resilience: Empirical Findings on the Challenges Faced and the Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Provide Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Odisha, India |
title_sort | resolution of resilience: empirical findings on the challenges faced and the mitigation strategies adopted by community health workers (chws) to provide maternal and child health (mch) services during the covid-19 pandemic in the context of odisha, india |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010088 |
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