HEALTH STATUS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS WITH REFERENCE TO ARUPPUKOTTAI BLOCK OF VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT

Abstract

The progress of a nation depends on a large extent to the development of rural society. The development is consistent and effective only when there is a balanced growth regionally. In India still the development is lop-sided. In our country, there is mismatch between objectives and resources, which leads to both inadequacies and inequalities in rural development. To minimize this problem, the people in the rural areas particularly the weaker section to be properly identified and to assess how far the developments are addressed to their needs. Today, it is widely felt that development of social infrastructure is the pre-requisite for the overall development of any economy.Rural health is identified as a major indicator in the rural development. There is inequality in health status among different socio-economic groups defined in terms of income, education, land ownership and housing. Therefore research studies are needed not only to examine the nexus between health and development but also the question of differentials in health status and health care utilization across socio-economic groups in rural areas.In this view, the researcher is made an attempt to analyse health status, health care expenditure and choice of health care system in rural areas by taking a few villages in Aruppukottai block of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.