Reproductive morbidity and treatment seeking behaviour of women in rural India

Pages: 415-418
Lalita K. Gautam and Alok Kumar (Department of Sociology, CCS University Campus Meerut, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh)

Reproductive morbidity is one of the major heath issues having impact upon the quality of women. It has been noted that there is lots of ignorance and misconception about it especially among rural women. This study aimed to review the earlier studies and draw conclusion from their results to know the present conditions of women reproductive morbidity, especially along the psychological and social dimensions by utilizing the social science methodology of secondary data analysis. The idea of utilizing the insights and experience of earlier medical sociology’s study the evaluation of reproductive morbidities and treatment seeking conduct of rural women in India is indeed appealing as medical sociology is almost new in India.. It appears to be fruitful idea to investigate the manner in which rural women seek treatment for reproductive morbidity