Janani Surakhya Scheme&Recently Delivered Womeninuttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

The current article of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is about the ASHAs who are  the  daughters-in-law  of  a  family  that  resides  in  the  same community that they serve as the grassroots health worker since 2005  when  the  NRHM  was  introduced  in  the  Empowered  Action Group (EAG) states. UP is one such Empowered Action Group (EAG) state.  The  current  study  explores  the  actual  activities  done  by Recently Delivered Women (RDW) through their responses on two activities related to Janani Surakhya Yojana (JSY) scheme which is linkedto safe delivery practices. These are availing & not availing the  benefits  of  JSY  scheme.  From  the  catchment  area  of  each ASHA, two RDWs were selected who had a child in the age group of  3  to  6  months  during  the  survey.  The  action  profiles  of  the RDWs on these aspects of JSY scheme are reflected upon to give a picture that represents the entire state of UP.The relevance of the study assumes significance as detailed data on the modalities of actual actions done by the RDWs separately for  availing  &  not  availing  the  benefits  of  JSY  in  their  recent delivery to make the delivery safe are not available even in large scale surveys like National Family Health Survey 4 done in 2015-16. The current study gives an insight in to these dual activities separately. The current study is basically regarding the summary of  two  actions  on  JSY  scheme  that  is  related  to  safe  delivery practices done & replied by RDWs during their ante and post-natal stage.