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Table 3 Village health services monitored by VHSNCs

From: Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India

Services monitored

Odisha

Jharkhand

P*

(N= 91)

(N=78)

Anganwadi Centre, n (%)

75 (82.4)

13 (16.7)

.000

Sub-Centre, n (%)

10 (11.0)

2 (2.6)

.061

Village Health and Nutrition Day, n (%)

81 (89.0)

22 (28.2)

.000

ASHA accompanying women for ID, n (%)

52 (57.1)

66 (84.6)

.000

Referral of SAM children by AWW, n (%)

58 (63.7)

29 (37.2)

.000

Presence of ANM at VHND, n (%)

62 (68.1)

43 (55.1)

.057

Presence of drugs with ASHA/ANM/AWW, n (%)

4 (4.4)

-

.000

Mid-day meals in school, n (%)

68 (74.7)

-

.000

Children reported by VHSNCs for treatment/rehabilitation, (n)

   

 1 child

11

4

 

 2–3 children

24

3

 

 More than 3 children

20

1

 

VHSNCs with hamlet-wise malnutrition records, n (%)

18 (20)

3 (4)

.001

VHSNCs with information on malnourished children, n (%)

55 (60)

8 (10)

.000

  1. *P value obtained through Chi-square test