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

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dc.contributor.authorRanson, M. Kent
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Palak
dc.contributor.authorShah, Mittal
dc.contributor.authorShaikh, Yasmin
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-04T20:21:14Z
dc.date.available2013-06-04T20:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2004-10
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5363632/india-assessing-reach-three-sewa-health-services-among-poor
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/13745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13745
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHNP discussion paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectDOCTORS
dc.subjectDWELLING
dc.subjectECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subjectFIRST AID
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SECTOR
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHOMES
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATION
dc.subjectINPATIENT CARE
dc.subjectMANAGERS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPHYSICIANS
dc.subjectPRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSLUMS
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN HEALTH
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleIndia : Assessing the Reach of Three SEWA Health Services among the Pooren
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:49:14.831645Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5363632/india-assessing-reach-three-sewa-health-services-among-poor
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid384841468041131784
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000090341_20041118101429
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5363632
okr.identifier.report30475
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/11/18/000090341_20041118101429/Rendered/PDF/304750RPP4IndiaSEWA.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicHealth Systems Development and Reform
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.unitHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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