Provision of Health in Rural Areas of Pakistan Through Community Health Centers

DOI

10.2991/aer.k.201124.067How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Community health centers, health services, rural development, HDF

Abstract

The role of Community Health centers apart from the traditional hospital setting is meant to provide and promote the health care needs of the community. Community health centers are nonprofit organizations providing a wide range of health services in the local community to people of all ages and sex including medication, preventive health services, awareness seminars and camps and educating people about their health. This study was conducted through quantitative research method to include the maximum number of opinions from the rural communities the data collected through purposive random sampling techniques and the survey conducted through semi-structure questionnaire and notes. The number of respondents in the study was 398. The study concluded that participants got medications, health related facilities, awareness about health through different camps organized, preventive measures through Health Sessions organized by Community Development Nonprofit Organizations.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Saud
AU  - Marwa Aymen
AU  - Shah Faisal
AU  - Meliana Handayani
AU  - Muhammad Anns
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/24
TI  - Provision of Health in Rural Areas of Pakistan Through Community Health Centers
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Science and Engineering (IJCSE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 370
EP  - 374
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.201124.067
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.201124.067
ID  - Saud2020
ER  -