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Women's Health in India: Issues and Concerns
Author
Dr Rajesh Chandra Paliwal
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789388536509
  • year : 2020
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
Women’s Health in India (Issues and Concern) is a modest attempt to present synthesized form of the studies on Uttarakhand women. Include articles and research papers which all are revealed Uttarakhand and as well as National Level. The book provides useful and interesting papers/articles on various important issues pertaining to Uttarakhand which will be very useful for the students, research scholars and the learned community interested in knowing the women’s health in India. The Government of Uttarakhand is committed to improve the health status and quality of life of its people, by focusing on health issues with the objective of reducing disease burden, creating an enabling environment, influencing direct and indirect health determinants such as nutrition, water, sanitation and other factors like education and employment in the state. The Government intends to reach the replacement level of fertility, population stability with due attention to disadvantaged sections, inaccessible and remote areas. Women in India face heavy gender biases and are subsequently more likely to experience disadvantages in their lives, especially when it comes to healthcare. Malnutrition, lack of basic sanitization and treatment for diseases all contribute to the dearth of healthcare resources available to women in India. Here are the important women’s health issues that need to be addressed. In this book the very first article “Health and Nutritional status of Women Residing in Slum Areas of Deoria” Town (Uttar Pradesh) Pradeep Yadav describes the various aspects of health nutritional status of slum area women. The author has dealt with these aspects in very informative way and tried to present a concise and compact description of the women health. Mrs. Ratnesh Singh and Dr. D.P.Yadav paper Women’s health in India issues and concerns (With Special reference to Uttarakhand) suggest to betterment of women health. Dr. Alka Suri and Kamini Singh paper is based on Deteriorat