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India : Assessing the Reach of Three SEWA Health Services among the Poor

dc.contributor.author Ranson, M. Kent
dc.contributor.author Joshi, Palak
dc.contributor.author Shah, Mittal
dc.contributor.author Shaikh, Yasmin
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-04T20:21:14Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-04T20:21:14Z
dc.date.issued 2004-10
dc.description.abstract This is a study of how well health and related services provided by a large, prominent Indian non-governmental organization have reached the very poor. The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is a trade union of informal women workers located in Gujerat State. The services are three primary components of SEWA's health program: its mobile reproductive health camps, tuberculosis detection and treatment program, and women's education program. The project's quantitative component compared the economic status of women attending each of the three services with that of the general population. Information about the economic status of approximately 1,500 women attending the services was collected through interviews at service provision sites. Information on the general population's economic situation came from pre-existing household data sets: a Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), and a survey by SEWA's insurance project. In urban areas, all three SEWA services were used predominantly by people from poorer households; about half the clients of each service belonged to the poorest third of the population. In rural areas, the economic status of those who used the two services offered (reproductive health and women's education) did not differ significantly from that of the general population. The project's qualitative component featured focus group discussions about the reasons why the services did or did not reach the poor groups for whom they were designed. In urban areas, the reasons identified for the services' attractiveness to the poor included proximity, delivery (in part) by the poor themselves, promotion efforts in poor communities, relatively low cost, and SEWA's favorable reputation. The barriers identified in rural areas were the timing of service, which coincided with working hours, and the services' perceived high cost. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5363632/india-assessing-reach-three-sewa-health-services-among-poor
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13745
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries HNP discussion paper;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject DISEASES
dc.subject DISTRICTS
dc.subject DOCTORS
dc.subject DWELLING
dc.subject ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EQUALITY
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FAMILY HEALTH
dc.subject FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject FAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subject FIRST AID
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SECTOR
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject HEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subject HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HOMES
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject HYGIENE
dc.subject IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject INPATIENT CARE
dc.subject MANAGERS
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MEDICINES
dc.subject MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject NGOS
dc.subject NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NURSES
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PATIENTS
dc.subject PHYSICIANS
dc.subject PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PROBABILITY
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject SLUMS
dc.subject TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN HEALTH
dc.subject VILLAGES
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.title India : Assessing the Reach of Three SEWA Health Services among the Poor en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Gender
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5363632/india-assessing-reach-three-sewa-health-services-among-poor
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000090341_20041118101429
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 5363632
okr.identifier.report 30475
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/11/18/000090341_20041118101429/Rendered/PDF/304750RPP4IndiaSEWA.pdf en
okr.region.administrative South Asia
okr.region.country India
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Health Systems Development and Reform
okr.topic Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topic Housing and Human Habitats
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Health
okr.unit Health, Nutrition, and Population
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