Open AccessStroke in India: Bio-socioeconomic determinants
Author(s) -
Sweta Singla,
Rajiv Singla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of social health and diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-0664
pISSN - 2321-0656
DOI - 10.4103/2321-0656.187993
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , socioeconomic status , medicine , disease , health care , intensive care medicine , developing country , gerontology , environmental health , economic growth , pathology , population , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics
Worldwide, stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality. Further, it leads to significant morbidity in the form of residual deficits and disability-adjusted life years. India with its culturally diverse environment and economically developing status presents unique challenges in providing stroke care. Various myths, misconceptions, poor knowledge about stroke, and poor availability of health resources afflict the nation and present barriers in stroke management. A multipronged approach to bring various disciplines together with the help of newer technologies such as smartphones and its applications need to be evolved to fight this catastrophic disease.