Health information seeking behaviour of rural women in Perambalur District of Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

This paper aims to provide some findings of health information behavior of rural women in Perambalur District. The study revealed the health status, Health awareness, and Health Satisfaction and Health Information Seeking behavior of rural women in Perambalur Distirct. In this study, survey method has been used. Health Information Status questionnaire has been developed to assess the Health Information Status among Rural women from Perambalur District has been considered as a population of the study. The strata random sampling technique is used for this research study. This technique will be very useful in the case of a large population. In the present project, 498 rural women from 121 village panchayat comprise of four panchayat unions have been taken. Rural women in Perambalur district are having poor health information seeking behaviour in sanitation facilities and having less knowledge in understanding of health schemes and usage of health schemes. Most of the rural women in Perambalur District having fatal death, Gastrointestinal, lung diseases, and Urinary Tract Infections as in their family medical history. The rest of them are having other than these diseases. It could be inferred that they are not having much awareness about these diseases.