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Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) to act as the interface between the community and the public health system. ASHA will be the first person to call for any health-related demands of deprived sections of the population, especially women and children, who find it difficult to access health services.1Objectives: To assess the level of job satisfaction among ASHA workers and To determine the association between job satisfaction among ASHA workers with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods:It is aCommunity-based crosssectional study. All ASHA workers in the field practice areas of Shimoga Medical College were selected. Non – probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the ASHA workers.Results: Among 100 ASHA workers, the majority of the (62,62%) workers belonged to the age group of 20- 30yrs. Most of them (64%) had studied High school, the majority of them (37%) resided in Aynur, the majority of them (90%) belonged to the Hindu religion. Nearly 64% of the ASHAs were somewhat satisfied and satisfied with their working place condition. The majority of them (26%) were very dissatisfied with their salary, nearly 41% of the ASHA s were somewhat satisfied with the opportunities to use their abilities.With available information from our study, we strongly recommend fixing minimum wages, explicit job responsibilities with incentives, and fixed timings of work for ASHA workers, as the irregular and haphazard work timings are affecting their social and family life.

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