Open AccessAccess to health services among slum dwellers in an industrial township and surrounding rural areas: A rapid epidemiological assessment
Author(s) -
Amitav Banerjee,
JS Bhawalkar,
Sudhir Jadhav,
Hetal Rathod,
DT Khedkar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.94444
Subject(s) - slum , medicine , sanitation , environmental health , context (archaeology) , population , government (linguistics) , health care , rural area , focus group , socioeconomics , public health , economic growth , nursing , geography , business , linguistics , sociology , economics , archaeology , marketing , philosophy , pathology
The biggest challenge in implementing the primary health care principles is of equitable distribution of health care to all. The rural masses and urban slum dwellers are most vulnerable to lack of access to health care.