Operational research of workload using time and motion of health workers in Kerala

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dc.contributor.authorKannan, S
dc.contributor.authorSarma, PS
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-29T05:44:25Z
dc.date.available2013-07-29T05:44:25Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.description.abstractPublic health employs women workforce in larger numbers. The success of health depends on those workers. There is a different aspect of job allocation in delivering services. Studies show health workers specifically nurses are burdened with workload. The present paper is a study on time and motion of two activities health workers. Methodology: Time and motion of two of the daily activities of the public health nurses to understand the workload. Findings: The mean of the time spent on walking from the sub-centre to the field was about 13 minutes while, mean time spent on walking within a field area was about 4 minutes. The overall mean time spent on service delivery was little above 2 minutes. In case of immunization, the mean time spent on registration was less than a minute, while the time spent for immunization was about a minute. However, they had to wait for longer duration for the beneficiaries to arrive. Conclusion: For an efficient service delivery there should be a good connectivity for the nurses to reach the field in lesser duration. For better immunization services, the system needs to focus on health promotion to attract the beneficiaries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIEEE Conference Publications. doi: 10.1109/BMEI.2012.6513045. 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BMEI.2012.6513045
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/1872
dc.publisherIEEE Conference Publicationsen_US
dc.titleOperational research of workload using time and motion of health workers in Keralaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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