WORK PLACE STRESS AMONG THE LADY HEALTH WORKERS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FROM PAKISTAN

Abstract

Workplace stress increases the incident rate of mental disorders. In coming next 20 years, depression will be the on the second top most disorder throughout the globe. Workplace stress affects the productivity of the work too. It is rising day by day due to various factors like, environmental, biological changes, living style etc. Depression weakens the immune which can affect the normal physiology of the human. Lady health workers or Community health workers are the backbone for the health of the community throughout globe. Very few governments have taken steps to prevent them from work stress. Stress caused by the stressors; which can be internal or external. In communities, a lady is appointed to work for the health promotion with different nomenclature of the post i.e. Lady Health worker, Community Health Worker, Lady Health Visitor, Community Health Visitor, Public Health Nurse etc