Compliance of Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics with National and International Standards: Quantitative findings from the i-Saathiya study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Indian adolescents experience several health challenges requiring acceptable, equitable, appropriate and effective healthcare services. Our objective was to assess the compliance of Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs) in two of India's largest states, using both national benchmarks (under Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram-RKSK) and global standards (by WHO).

Design

Cross-sectional study comprising structured observations and interactions (November 2021 to June 2022).

Setting

Fourteen AFHCs across all levels of health system were included from two districts of Maharashtra (n=8) and Madhya Pradesh (n=6). These AFHCs were observed using checklist, and few items of checklist were verified by interactions with AFHC's health workers (medical officers/auxi

SUBMITTER: Bahl D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868312 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature