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Module 7

ASHA Role, Records & Communication

Your duties, village meetings, registers, home visits and counselling

Lessons

badge1. Who is an ASHAA link between people and the health system · Your three roles · Your drug kitchevron_rightgroups2. VHSNC, VHSND and meetingsVillage Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committee · VHSND — village health day ·…chevron_rightmenu_book3. Records and incentivesYour registers · Correct records save lives · Incentiveschevron_rightcampaign4. Home visits and counsellingWhich homes first · Good counselling · Include the familychevron_right

Quiz

Try these questions. Tap "Show answer" to check.

1. What does ASHA stand for?
  1. Accredited Social Health Activist
  2. Assistant Sub-centre Health Aide
  3. Anganwadi School Health Assistant
  4. Area Service Health Agent
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Answer: Accredited Social Health Activist

ASHA = Accredited Social Health Activist.

2. Where is VHSND (Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day) usually held?
  1. At the district hospital
  2. At the Anganwadi centre
  3. In a private clinic
  4. In the school only
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Answer: At the Anganwadi centre

VHSND is held every month at the Anganwadi with the ANM and AWW.

3. Who is the member-secretary or convenor of the VHSNC?
  1. The doctor
  2. The ASHA
  3. The police
  4. The teacher
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Answer: The ASHA

The ASHA is the member-secretary or convenor of the VHSNC.

4. Which is the best way to check that a mother understood your advice?
  1. Ask 'Did you understand?'
  2. Ask her to repeat the message in her own words
  3. Give her a paper
  4. Say it again louder
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Answer: Ask her to repeat the message in her own words

Asking her to repeat it back (teach-back) shows what she really understood.

5. When should you write in your register?
  1. At the end of the year
  2. The same day as the visit
  3. Only before the meeting
  4. Only when asked
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Answer: The same day as the visit

Write the same day so the record is correct.

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infoFor training ASHA workers. Always follow your ANM, Medical Officer and the latest Government guidelines. In an emergency, call 108.