Cost and Utilisation of Hospital Based Delivery Care in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1441-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay K. Mohanty ◽  
Akanksha Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Delivery Care ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Eag States

Prevalence and risk factors of anaemia among men: A study based on Empowered Action Group states, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 026010602098234
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kumar ◽  
Himani Sharma ◽  
Kamalesh Kumar Patel
Keyword(s):  
Family Health ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Government ◽  
Eag States

Background: Despite various programmes initiated by the Government of India, the nutritional indicators are not encouraging, as several problems like undernutrition, malnutrition and anaemia – still persist in the country, especially in the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. Aim: Because of the dearth of studies regarding anaemia among men in India, the present study aimed to determine its prevalence in this population in the EAG states and to analyse its geographical and socio-demographic determinants. Methods: The study utilized nationally representative, cross-sectional survey data from round 4 of the National Family Health Survey conducted in 2015–16. Bivariate analysis along with binary logistic regression were performed to assess the predictors of anaemia among men in the EAG states. Results: Around a quarter of the men in the EAG states suffered from anaemia. A similar high-prevalence pattern was observed across the EAG states. Wherein, Bihar and Jharkhand had the highest prevalence of anaemia while Uttarakhand showed the lowest. Age, place of residence, marital status and caste were positively associated with the likelihood of anaemia among men in the EAG states. Conclusions: Focusing on the EAG states, this study considered the severity of anaemia as a public health problem among men. Strategies to reduce the burden of anaemia among this population are needed. The government should formulate programmes targeting anaemia specifically, and improving the nutritional status among men in general in the EAG states.

NEONATAL MORTALITY IN THE EMPOWERED ACTION GROUP STATES OF INDIA: TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
PERIANAYAGAM AROKIASAMY ◽  
ABHISHEK GAUTAM
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Eag States ◽  
The Impact

SummaryIn India, the eight socioeconomically backward states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, lag behind in the demographic transition and have the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Neonatal mortality constitutes about 60% of the total infant mortality in India and is highest in the EAG states. This study assesses the levels and trends in neonatal mortality in the EAG states and examines the impact of bio-demographic compared with health care determinants on neonatal mortality. Data from India’s Sample Registration System (SRS) and National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-2, 1998–99) are used. Cox proportional hazard models are applied to estimate adjusted neonatal mortality rates by health care, bio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants. Variations in neonatal mortality by these determinants suggest that universal coverage of all pregnant women with full antenatal care, providing assistance at delivery and postnatal care including emergency care are critical inputs for achieving a reduction in neonatal mortality. Health interventions are also required that focus on curtailing the high risk of neonatal deaths arising from the mothers’ younger age at childbirth, low birth weight of children and higher order births with short birth intervals.

Regional Patterns of Deprivation in India: An Assessment Based on Household Characteristics, Basic Amenities and Asset Possession

Social Change ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiul Ansary ◽  
Bhaswati Das
Keyword(s):  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Household Characteristics ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Eag States

India remains home to 300 million people who live in extreme poverty and face multiple deprivations. Their homes lack basic services ranging from water, sanitation, electricity, health to education (Millennium Development Report, 2014). By mining the data available in the latest 2011 Census, this article attempts to provide a scheme of regionalisation on the basis of multi-dimensional deprivation of households across districts through an assessment of household dwelling characteristics, available basic amenities and assets possession. The study reveals that districts in the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states perform the worst, while states located in the western and southern part of India and their districts are comparatively better off. The analysis concludes that households deprived of good housing conditions and basic amenities, facilities essential for healthy and productive manpower, tend to be asset poor.

scholarly journals Inequalities and policy gaps in maternal health among Empowered Action Group (EAG) States in India: Evidence from Demographic Health Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manzoor Ahmad Malik ◽  
Saddaf Naaz Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Action Group ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Eag States ◽  
Health Experts

AbstractHealth inequality in maternal health is one of the serious challenges currently faced by public health experts. Maternal mortality in Empowered Action Group (EAG) states is highest and so are the health inequalities prevalent. We have made a comprehensive attempt to understand maternal health inequality and the risk factors concerning the EAG states in India, using recent data of Demography Health Survey of India (2015-16). Bi-variate, multivariate logistic regression, and concentration indices were used. The study has measured the four outcome variables of maternal health namely antenatal care of at least 4 visits, institutional delivery, contraceptive use, and unmet need. The study revealed that better maternal health is heavily concentrated among the richer households, while the negative concentration index of unmet need clearly reflected the greater demand for higher unmet need among the poor households in the EAG states of India. Challenges of inequalities still persist at large in maternal health, but to achieve better health these inequalities must be reduced. Since inequality mainly affects the poor households due to a lower level of income. Therefore, specific measures must be taken from a demand-side perspective in order to enhance their income and reduce the disparities in the EAG states of India.

Intimate Partner Violence in India: Abuse in India’s Empowered Action Group States

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 972-986
Author(s):  
Kathryn Showalter ◽  
Cecilia Mengo ◽  
Mi Sun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Action Group ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eag States ◽  
Women In India

Married women in India experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at alarming rates. This study explores regional differences in Indian women’s physical IPV experiences by looking at the effect of living in eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. It is hypothesized that women in EAG states will be more likely to have experienced physical IPV than women living outside EAG states. A sample of 65,587 women was selected from the 2005-2006 India National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3). Counter to our hypothesis, logistic regression results show that living in an EAG state decreases likelihood of physical IPV in the past 12 months.

HEALTH INEQUALITIES AMONG URBAN CHILDREN IN INDIA: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EMPOWERED ACTION GROUP (EAG) AND SOUTH INDIAN STATES

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. AROKIASAMY ◽  
KSHIPRA JAIN ◽  
SRINIVAS GOLI ◽  
JALANDHAR PRADHAN
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Urban Child ◽  
Action Group ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Eag States

SummaryAs India rapidly urbanizes, within urban areas socioeconomic disparities are rising and health inequality among urban children is an emerging challenge. This paper assesses the relative contribution of socioeconomic factors to child health inequalities between the less developed Empowered Action Group (EAG) states and more developed South Indian states in urban India using data from the 2005–06 National Family Health Survey. Focusing on urban health from varying regional and developmental contexts, socioeconomic inequalities in child health are examined first using Concentration Indices (CIs) and then the contributions of socioeconomic factors to the CIs of health variables are derived. The results reveal, in order of importance, pronounced contributions of household economic status, parent's illiteracy and caste to urban child health inequalities in the South Indian states. In contrast, parent's illiteracy, poor economic status, being Muslim and child birth order 3 or more are major contributors to health inequalities among urban children in the EAG states. The results suggest the need to adopt different health policy interventions in accordance with the pattern of varying contributions of socioeconomic factors to child health inequalities between the more developed South Indian states and less developed EAG states.

scholarly journals Childhood undernutrition inequalities in empowered action group states of India: evidence from NFHS, 2006-2016

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 4817
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar ◽  
Bal Kishan Gulati ◽  
Jeetendra Kumar ◽  
Damodar Sahu ◽  
Rajaram Yadav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Childhood Undernutrition ◽  
Eag States

Background: Child undernutrition is a major public health problem in many low and middle income countries and malnutrition alone accounted for 45% (3 million deaths annually) deaths among under-five children. Malnutrition is the concealed cause of one out of every two such deaths. A study was undertaken to examine the trends, determinants and socioeconomic-related inequalities in childhood undernutrition in empowered action group (EAG) states, India. The secondary data of the two rounds of National Family Health Survey, NFHS-3 (2005-06) and NFHS-4 (2015-16) comprising of 16,802 and 128,400 children aged 0-59 months respectively was analysed.Methods: Non-linear Fairlie decomposition was used to identify and quantify the separate contribution of different socioeconomic characteristics in gap of childhood malnutrion between 2006 and 2016.Results: Results show that the prevalence of undernutrition has decreased in EAG states during the last one decade, but the prevalence of wasting is remained almost same as 10 years back. The decomposition analysis shows that maternal education, household wealth and place of residence were contributing to socioeconomic inequality in childhood undernutrition from 2006 to 2016.Conclusions: There is a need to adopt different strategies of health policy intervention. It is important to have policies towards improving female literacy in the EAG states because maternal education plays a vital role in child health and literacy rate is very low among women in EAG states. The existence of a functional health insurance system and increasing universal coverage are recommended to mitigate child undernutrition, so that the vulnerable and deprived populations who are not able to access health care facilities, can easily access health care services for early detection and treatment of undernutrition without any financial constraint.

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