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The study's goal was to investigate female patient satisfaction with socioeconomic variables in rural healthcare services. The methodology of the research was quantitative. The cross-sectional survey method was used to conduct the study. The population of the study was the beneficiaries of BHUs in Punjab. A representative sample size of 160 respondents was selected from 16 BHUs by using a convenient sampling technique from Punjab Province. The structured questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. According to the empirical findings from a socioeconomic standpoint, the majority of respondents with low levels of education and income attended BHUs regularly for treatment. The study concluded that BHU services were economically affordable for the majority of the rural population due to their free-of-cost services. On the whole primary healthcare services at the BHU level were satisfactory due to the availability of staff, affordability of services, and accessibility of Services for the community. There was an issue of nonavailability of doctors and checking of patients by medical technicians, dispenser, and LHV was not satisfactory. BHUs were lacking in medicines, People were not getting medicine from the BHU due to the non-availability of medicines. Limited numbers of medicines were available at BHU which was not sufficient for people. The situation of medical equipment was also not properly available at the BHUs. The study determined that vaccination was better due to one of the main health facilities at BHUs in Punjab. The study concluded that there is a need to improve the BHU services & facilities for more satisfaction in rural communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study's major purpose was to assess information-seeking behavior regarding the adoption of information technology to improve farming practices in Punjab: a case study of District Vehari. The study's objective was to explore the application of Information Technology to improve farming practices in Punjab. The study was limited to farmers in the Vehari District. The research was holistic in character and subjective in approach, with an interactive design. The methodology used in the study was qualitative in nature. The research was carried out using a case study as the research design. The population of the study was the farmers of district Vehari including 105 Union Councils. Data was collected qualitatively. After doing a literature study, semi structured interview was developed for the purpose of data collection. To select the sample, multi-stage sampling technique was used. There were selected 06 union councils from rural and urban locality conveniently. 18 farmers were interviewed .Thematic analysis technique was used to analyze the qualitative data. For each question, the exact words of the responses were written. The general themes that emerged from the responses of the respondents were formulated. Findings were made based on qualitative data analysis, and then conclusions were drawn. It was concluded that the farmers in Punjab were found to have a lack of financial resources, educational facilities, social issues, institutional issues, passive support by Agriculture Department, behavioral/psychological problems, a lack of Information agricultural technologies, and institutional set up as well as private sector servicesin the agriculture area. It wassuggested that the Government should provide sufficient funds to the farmers to use Information technology. Agricultural farmers should be required to get technical education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]