District Level Household Survey (DLHS) Round 4 in Punjab and Chandigarh

Agency : Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare,Government of India and International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai

Specific objectives of the Survey: To estimate or assess:

  • Antenatal care and immunization coverage.
  • Extent of safe delivery and coverage of JSY.
  • Contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning.
  • Awareness of RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS
  • Assessment of the quality of RCHservices
  • Contribution of public-private sectors toRCHservices
  • Availability of RCHservices nearest to the selected PSUs
  • To know the level of aneamia, blood sugar, BP and anthropometric parameters through the Clinical, Anthropometric and Bio- Chemical (CAB) test and measurements.
  • Availability of critical inputs in public health care establishments through facility survey

 

Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (IIHMR) was assigned to carry out the District Level Household Survey (DLHS) Round 4 in Punjab and Chandigarh by theMoHFWin which IIPS, Mumbaiwas the nodal agency. In addition, itwas the responsibility of IIHMR to carry out the survey for the government health facilities for the aforementioned states. The survey was conducted in all 21 districts (including Chandigarh). In all, 1300 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) and 1360 health facilities were covered in this survey. Overall, 35016 households were surveyed in which 32875 eligible women were interviewed. During the survey, the respondent’s weight, height, blood sugar, blood pressure and hemoglobin were also measured as health was an important component in DLHS-4. More than 1,47,000 blood samples were sent to PGI, Chandigarh (partner institute for Punjab and Chandigarh under DLHS-4) to test hemoglobin. The overall objective of the survey was to assess the performance with regard to the implementation of various programs underNRHMat the district level.


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