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Access and Utilisation of Health Care Services in Urban Low-income Settlements in Surat, India

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Not much work has been done on health care delivery system in urban India. This grim scenario of urban health exists despite the fact that urban poor enjoy physical proximity to private, charitable as well as public municipal health centres. To understand this paradox and further probe the health issues of the urban poor, a survey of 544 households living in 22 lowincome settlements was carried out in 2006. The survey was sponsored by the Self Employed Women’s’ Association (SEWA) as a baseline study to understand the health needs in these low-income settlements. This sample size was approximately 10 per cent of the total households and is comparable to other studies on urban health ( Sampling was done using systematic random sampling and every 10th household was selected from the completed household list. A structured pre-coded interview schedule was used for data collection process. Two Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) were also held with adolescent boys and girls to comprehend their health problems. The youngest married woman was chosen as a respondent from each household as there were questions on Reproductive and Child Health (RCH). [Working Paper No. 5].

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  • Akash Acharya, 2008. "Access and Utilisation of Health Care Services in Urban Low-income Settlements in Surat, India," Working Papers id:1417, eSocialSciences.
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    2. Asthana, Sheena, 1995. "Variations in poverty and health between slum settlements: Contradictory findings from Visakhapatnam, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 177-188, January.
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    1. Akash Acharya & Paul McNamee, 2009. "Can Public Private Partnership reduce Maternal Mortality? Assessing Efforts Made by the ‘Chiranjeevi’ Scheme in Gujarat," Working Papers id:2285, eSocialSciences.

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