The study of the performance of educational duties of village health workers in the villages of the suburbs of Hamadan city (2016)
The study of the performance of educational duties of village health workers in the villages of the suburbs of Hamadan city (2016)

Summary/Abstract: This survey is a descriptive cross-sectional study in rural areas of Hamadan which was conducted in 1999 with the aim of evaluating the performance of village health workers’ educational duties in the field of health services provided through health care homes. In this study, the effect of educational programs provided by village health workers on the rural population was measured by measuring the villagers' knowledge using a questionnaire. The results show that 85.7% of the studied population has a good knowledge of the educational programs provided by village health workers. The results also show that village health workers have been successful in providing training programs, especially in the field of vaccination, child nutrition, providing care for pregnant mothers, dangerous pregnancies, spacing pregnancy, breastfeeding, healthy water supply and oral fluid therapy for children with diarrhea, and the rural population was not aware of their role in participating in health activities.

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