Subramanian, T and Charles, N and Balasubramanian, R and Sundaram, V and Ganapathy, S and Dharmaraj, D
(1996)
Role and acceptability of traditional birth attendants (DAIs) in a rural community in South India.
Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27 (3&4).
pp. 109-116.
ISSN 0301-1216
Abstract
Dais are the traditional birth attendants, conducting deliveries at home in the majority
of villages in India. A study was planned to find out the feasibility of utilising the services of
the dais in case-finding in Tuberculosis (TB) and for drug delivery to diagnosed patients. As a
preliminary step, a survey was done with a view to find out the role and acceptability of the
dais by the community in 5% of households in randomly selected 24 of the 48 villages in
Sriperumbudur taluk in Tamil Nadu, where a voluntary organisation. "PREPARE" was
delivering primary health care through dais. A total of 466 individuals, either the head of the
household or any other responsible person available, were interviewed to find out the role and
acceptability of the dais by the community. The salient findings of this study are that 83%
mentioned that the dais reside in their respective villages. hence the services of the dais
were available at ail times and 82 % had stated that the services were useful to them.
This background information is essential for health planners so that this task force
could be effectively utilised in health programmmes, in the rural areas in India.
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