Effectiveness of Pharmacist Intervention (SAHELI) on Family Planning, Maternal Care and Child Care Among Rural Women
Background- Due to low literacy rates and poor economic status rural women are either completely or partially unaware about modern Family Planning techniques and proper scientific maternal care and child care. “SAHELI”- Scheme to Aware Help and Empower Ladies in India was introduced in this context. It offers rural women, a complete assistance in learning modern FP techniques and practicing proper reproductive or sexual health care. The scheme has got a great acceptance by the rural women and they showed great enthusiasm and interest in acquiring more knowledge. This can be attributed to the care of pharmacist/community services in India and the perceived role of a pharmacist in the health care set up.