title: 'Student Lady Health Visitors': their stress profile and willingness to practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lack of Reproductive health facilities including high maternal and neonatal mortality is a major problem of our region. Skilled healthcare providers like Lady Health Visitors can play a significant role in improving parameters of reproductive healthcare. The objectives of this study were to assess stress profiles in student lady health visitors and their willingness to practice in future.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional survey conducted at two public health schools in District Peshawar with student Lady Health Visitors as study participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Majority (64.4%) of respondents were satisfied with their choice of career, 78% thought they had adequate knowledge to practice independently, 47.7% thought that their life in this profession will be stressful. Most of them were facing financial difficulties during their course, 84.8% enjoyed support of their family in choice of career, 50-82% reported psychosomatic problems arising as result of stress in their lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the respondents were happy with their choice of profession and were willing to practice in future. High prevalence of stress in lives of respondents warrants counselling services by institutions.
authors.forename: Saad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ayub
authors.forename: Naseer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D010154:Pakistan; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult