How multipurpose health workers spend time during work? results from a time-and-motion study from Puducherry

• Main Authors: Nirmala Saravanan Narayanasamy (Author), Subitha Lakshminarayanan (Author), S Ganesh Kumar (Author), Sitanshu Sekar Kar (Author), Kalaiselvi Selvaraj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A multipurpose health worker (MPHW) is the key functionary and the first contact person in a subcenter. This study explores the workload of MPHWs in the multifarious domains of their activities and also assesses their time utilization pattern. Methods: A time and motion study was conduct...