Access to Health Care and Health Care Seeking Behavior among the Urban Poor in Rajasthan

Agency : HUP Project, IIHMR, Jaipur

Population projections suggest that slum growth in future is expected to surpass the capacities of civic authorities to respond to the health and infrastructure needs of this population group. Managing urban health, thus, assumes critical importance in the overall objective to achieve better health outcomes in the country. There was an apparent/urgent need to understand the health care needs of the urban poor. IIHMR, Jaipur is a part of Health of the Urban Poor (HUP) project consortium. The purpose of the project is to improve the delivery of a comprehensive package of maternal and child health and nutrition interventions, including the promotion of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services in urban communities. Under this project, a small study was commissioned to examine the health care needs and health care seeking behaviour of the urban poor in Jaipur city, Rajasthan. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the health needs and health seeking behaviour of the slum residents and identify the barriers to access to health care services.


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