Table 5.

Comparison of time spent by ANMs in the study with suggested time in guidelines

Core categories of work	Time observed, hours/week	Time suggested, hours/week*
a) Outpatient services at the sub-centre	2	30
b) Services delivered in the outreach mode: immunisation/nutrition and health day/school health/camps, etc	10
c) Services delivered during home visits and visits to the community	4
d) In-patient midwifery services of the sub-centre	0
e) Maintaining records and reports, planning her work, building her capacity, meetings, inter-habitation movement	22	10 to 14
f) Referral of high-risk pregnancies, sick neonates and other emergencies	0
Others (no such category suggested by the government)	7	–

*Guidelines for ANM work under NHM [13]