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“We are everyone's ASHAs but who's there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India

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  • Shrivastava, Ritu
  • Sharma, Lochan
  • Jolly, Mehak
  • Ahuja, Romi
  • Sharma, Radhika
  • Naslund, John A.
  • Agrawal, Jyotsna
  • Shidhaye, Rahul
  • Mehrotra, Seema
  • Hollon, Steve D.
  • Patel, Vikram
  • Tugnawat, Deepak
  • Kumar, Ananth
  • Bhan, Anant
  • Bondre, Ameya P.

Abstract

More than a million female village-level lay providers called ‘Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs)’, who deliver primary care, face high levels of stress due to work demands and low compensation, within the context of poverty and gender inequality. Evidence on ASHAs has focused on workplace challenges from a system perspective, without sufficient probing into individual-level stress. This study aims to gain perspectives into the experiences of work stress, the related health symptoms, and the responses to stress among ASHAs in India.

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  • Shrivastava, Ritu & Sharma, Lochan & Jolly, Mehak & Ahuja, Romi & Sharma, Radhika & Naslund, John A. & Agrawal, Jyotsna & Shidhaye, Rahul & Mehrotra, Seema & Hollon, Steve D. & Patel, Vikram & Tugnawa, 2023. "“We are everyone's ASHAs but who's there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:336:y:2023:i:c:s0277953623005919
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116234
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