• Mrs.M.KAMU

Urban agglomeration and agrarian distress have accentuated the inward migration from various place of India and the habitants of indigenous people have also coupled the expansion of slums in Chennai. As it is the fourth highest metro contains significance portion of slums nearly 26 percent of the population of Chennai resides in slums. The slum dwelling naturally contains unhygienic sanitation and other facilities which prone to diseases. The intensity is more in maternal health care. The presents study tried to map out the role of public institutions to confront the reproductive health care of the slum dwellers in Chennai. The survey conducted from 450 samples resides in slums located across Chennai. The results indicated that public health care system, incentives and various welfare measures pertaining to reproductive health care positively enabled them to confront the challenges confined to maternal health care.

reproductive health care

"ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS TO CONFRONT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES OF SLUM DWELLERS IN CHENNAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.123-129, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907G61.pdf

"ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS TO CONFRONT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES OF SLUM DWELLERS IN CHENNAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp123-129, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907G61.pdf