?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Functioning+of+Primary+Health+Centers+in+the+Selected+Tribal+Districts+of+Karnataka-India%3A+Some+Preliminary+Observations&rft.creator=DC%2C+Nanjunda&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+study+was+intended+to+find+how+the+Primary+Health+Centers+in+the+Selected+Tribal+Districts+of+Karnataka-India+are+functioning+and+to+reveal+their+problems+and+prospects.+Cross-sectional%2C+Observational+study+was+done+in+a+total+of+35+PHCs%2C+randomly+selected+from+the+three+tribal+dominant+districts+of+Karnataka+(Mysore%2C+Chamaraja+Nagar+and+Kodagu).+A+total+of+35+medical+and+50+para-medical+staff+were+interviewed+with+pre+tested+questioners.+For+qualitative+data%2C+100+tribal+beneficiaries+were+selected+(50+men%2C+50women).+Data+was+collected+through+open-ended+questionnaires+using+interviews%2C+matrix+method+and+focus+groups+study+and+data+analyzed+using+SPSS+software.+The+study+found+that+non+availability+of+essential+fundamental+facility%2C+ill-mannered+behavior+of+the+staff%2C+and+absence+of+adequate+man+power%2C+were+some+of+the+major+reasons+why+tribals+have+negative+perceptions+about+the+PHCs.+Further%2C+this+study+has+shown+that+there+is+a+need+of+policy+change+regarding+working+style+of+PHCs.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7954%2F1%2F2011-2-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++DC%2C+Nanjunda++(2011)+Functioning+of+Primary+Health+Centers+in+the+Selected+Tribal+Districts+of+Karnataka-India%3A+Some+Preliminary+Observations.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7954%2F