Skip to main content

Table 5 Untied fund expenditure by VHSNCs that reported expenditure in the past 12 months

From: Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India

 

Odisha

Jharkhand

P*

% of VHSNCs spending funds N=88

Average amount spent (INR) median (Interquartile range)

% of VHSNCs spending funds N=37

Average amount spent (INR) median (Interquartile range)

Healtha

99

1000 (500)

73

500 (1319)

.000

Nutritionb

25

0 (25)

3

0 (0)

.009

Sanitationc

93

1000 (200)

89

2350 (3000)

.053

Public Worksd

5.6

0 (0)

22

0 (0)

.003

Literacye

0

0 (0)

11

0 (0)

--

Otherf

96.6

2600 (1587)

100

5000 (4500)

.000

  1. * P value for the difference in mean amount spent in INR, obtained through the Mann–Whitney U test
  2. Some examples of activities included under the above categories:
  3. aHealth: Assistance to pregnant mothers for institutional delivery, insecticide spray, organizing health camps and other events for awareness generation
  4. bNutrition: Referring malnourished children to hospital
  5. c Sanitation: Bleaching and paving of wells and tube wells, cleaning village roads and drains
  6. dPublic Works: Any construction for public infrastructure/civic services, augmenting drinking water supply
  7. eLiteracy: Assistance to local schools
  8. fOthers: Meeting expenses, durable and non-durable items for the committee itself, room for committee meetings, display boards, wall painting etc