Health status of women in slums: A comprehensive study in Raichur District Karnataka, India

Abstract

Health is the major aspect of all living organisms on this earth, good health gives a healthy life span to prolong in the present disturbed environment conditions. In the case, of women's health status in slums, from the Raichur district, the study focuses on all the age group persons from young to old age group. In the seven slum areas selected for the study, from each slum 490 respondents’ data were collected. The result was analyzed with the help of SPSS software and computational data from Excel. The study revealed the infectious and non-infectious diseases spread and severity, in this came to know that younger women are highly suffering from blood pressure issues which they almost neglect. Also, the highest degree of malaria disease was seen in the slum dwellers due to water logging in the areas, and the women are prone to joint pains which is one of the most vulnerable problems arising due to stressful physical work. However, fungal diseases are intense leading to hair loss in women and also occupational health problems making them sick due to overcoming the poverty level of the family. In conclusion, women’s health especially in slums has to be aware, and in medical camps, the disease severity may be treated also due to poor sanitation parasitic diseases are more prevalent in the slums which have to be prevented by taking appropriate measures.