Health Care Practices of Urban Tribal Women of Arunachal Pradesh in India: A Case Study

Abstract

Medical needs of women are more important from the point of view of their position in society. Method adopted by women to satisfy these needs also depends on many structural, social and socio-psychologic factors. Influences of hereditary conditions, inherent biological traits, contributions of culture and the potential sentimental factors are contributors to these phenomena. Objective: The objective of the study is to examine the health care practices of urban tribal women in view of different socio-economic conditions at different age groups. Method and Materials: The survey was conducted among 100 tribal women through proportionate and stratified random sampling technique with the help of pre-designed and pre-structured questionnaire through direct interaction with the respondents. The respondents were divided into 1:1 ratio i.e., 50 respondents were from the age group of (20-50) years and another 50 from the age group of above 50 years. Graphical presentation and simple statistical techniques like percentages, standard deviation, co-efficient of variation, Yule Coefficient of Variation and regression analysis with requisite tests including Chi-square have been used to analyse the data. Result and Discussion: Men is more consciousness about their health with the increasing in age in comparison to women, that is why; the women suffer more  than  men and they fell ill more.  Conclusion: Women’s health and their active involvement in health care programmes are essential keys to the general health. In addition to their own special health problem, the major challenges they face during every day life, particularly during pregnancy and child-birth.