Title:
Role of Household Factors in Determining the Potential of the National Health Policy - II Initiatives to Influence Individual Health in India: A Retrospective Study
Authors:
Panicker, Deepti, Dr.
Year:
2013
PAGE:
vii, 56
Language:
En
Keywords:
Health care quality, Health Policy, Household factors, conceptual framework, Healthcare in India, Deming’s Points.
Abstract:
Problem Statement: India is a rapidly evolving economy faced with various transitions in health and demography. Despite an economic boom and growth in various sectors, the Indian health scene is riddled with health inequalities and inequities. Very few Indian States are likely to succeed meeting the health-related Millennium Development Goals before 2016. Despite wide socioeconomic and sociocultural disparities the Indian household and several common factors therein closely influence individual health and well-being. For National health policy initiatives to influence individual health and well-being, it is essential to determine how the policy considers and influences these common household factors. Objectives were: to describe the NHP-II prescriptions that can potentially impact household factors in India, to highlight inter-relatedness of common household-factors, their influence on individual health and well-being and the importance of considering them in policy prescriptions, to analyze possible implications of policy prescriptions for these household factors and to develop recommendations for future policy makers. A conceptual framework that combines both: quality in healthcare and the Lalonde Health Fields was designed to achieve the objectives. Findings suggest that although indirectly, National health policy initiatives can potentially influence individual health provided properly implemented. Also that considering the role of household-factors provides added insight to the healthcare quality in India. Conclusions: Considering household factors provide a solution for approaching context-specificity issues in India. A framework considering common, household factors can help policy planners incorporate their contributory aspects to health and well-being when approaching regulatory, inter-sectoral and health intervention issues affecting the Indian healthcare system. Considering household factors also highlights the undefined approaches adapted by the National Health Policy when addressing healthcare quality. It further provides insight by raising questions for further studies. This paper attempts to help National Policy makers to assess the potential impact of their decisions on individual health.
Training:
Master of Public Health
Category:
research
Right:
© 2013 Panicker
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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