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PEOPLE PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PROVISION OF HEALTH FACILITIES PRAGMATIC FACTS FROM SWATPAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).12      10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).12      Published : Sep 2020

People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan

Abstract

    This study entitled the people perception towards the role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the provision of health facilities in district Swat, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan" was conducted with objectives to measure the attitude of the target population about the NGOs intervention in the study area through pre and post-relationship on health facilities". A sample size of 230 out of 450 populations was selected through a simple random sampling procedure. The study concluded that the number of disabled centers increased, hygiene kits and sanitation kits were distributed, medical teams/doctors and medicines were provided by NGOs, mosquito nets distributed, the establishment of BHUs, mobile hospitals, and free medical camps were increased post-NGOs intervention as a significant change with the level of satisfaction of the locals. Based on the findings of the study, extend projects to other far plunged and neglected areas while incorporating all felt needs of the locals.

    Health Facilities, People, Perception, Medical Camps, BHUs, Medicine, Mosquito Net, NGOs, Medical Team, Swat & Pakistan

    (1) Shakeel Ahmad
    Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Sociology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Jan Alam
    Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Sociology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahid Rehman
    PhD, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ahmad, S., Alam, J., & Rehman, S. (2020). People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, V(III), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).12

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Shakeel, Jan Alam, and Shahid Rehman. 2020. "People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V (III): 107-116 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).12

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    HARVARD : AHMAD, S., ALAM, J. & REHMAN, S. 2020. People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, V, 107-116.

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    MHRA : Ahmad, Shakeel, Jan Alam, and Shahid Rehman. 2020. "People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V: 107-116

MLA

    MLA : Ahmad, Shakeel, Jan Alam, and Shahid Rehman. "People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, V.III (2020): 107-116 Print.

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    OXFORD : Ahmad, Shakeel, Alam, Jan, and Rehman, Shahid (2020), "People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, V (III), 107-116

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ahmad, Shakeel, Jan Alam, and Shahid Rehman. "People Perception Towards the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Provision of Health Facilities: Pragmatic Facts from Swat-Pakistan." Global Sociological Review V, no. III (2020): 107-116. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).12