Status of Health among Slum Dwelling Women of Baranagar Municipality, West Bengal, India

Abstract

The concepts of slums and its definition vary from country to country depending upon the socio-economic conditions of society. The slum dwelling women's are not economically and socially sound. The environmental conditions automatically effect on the health status of the slum dwellers. They are not able to consume calorie food. They do not get proper food four times. There are several matters like early age of marriage, early pregnancy, given birth to many children's, little gap between pregnancies etc. which affect their health.  On the basis of data collected from the selected slums of the Baranagar Municipality area, 38.70%women are mother of more than three children and 51.2% mother gave birth to their first child before 20 years of their age. They not to get proper pre natal and post natal care also. The place of delivery was very unhygienic. Education level is very poor and they have not any health awareness.