Volume 6 | Issue - 16
Volume 6 | Issue - 16
Volume 6 | Issue - 16
Volume 6 | Issue - 16
Volume 6 | Issue - 16
Background/Introduction: Frontline health workers are at the front of health service delivery, especially in rural and difficult-to-reach settings. multipurpose health workers (MPHW) and female health workers (FHW) are the grassroots-level workers in a sub-center. With every new program, there is a need for collecting additional data from the sub-centre area leading to an increase in the workload of these functionaries. This study observes the work-related activity of MPHWs and FHWs in the different domains and also assesses their time utilization pattern. Objectives: To assess the time utilization pattern among front-line health workers multipurpose health workers (MPHW) and female health workers (FHW) Material/methods: A cross-sectional observational study using a time‑and‑motion study design was conducted at all the sub-centers of Valsad taluka. All the Multipurpose health workers (MPHW) and female health workers (FHW) of selected sub-centers included in the study those who are fulfill the inclusion criteria and are willing to give consent. Result: A total of all 13 PHCs and their subcenters which are functional from 1 year at least of Valsad taluka were included in this study. Time utilization pattern revealed that Female health workers spent the maximum of their time on maintaining registers followed by Antenatal Care services, followed by vaccination of children, followed by ABHA, and PMJAY card generation which is online data entry, multipurpose health workers utilized a maximum of their time in nvbdcp field survey and field activity, followed by online reporting of data to higher center, followed by Antenatal Care services. Conclusion: This study represents the workload in different areas of front-line health workers (MPHW & FHW) activities and the various nature of their work, in the significance of their roles and responsibilities in the view of Indian public health standards, The policymakers should frame strategies that would decrease the redundancy of data entries on paper and then online.