International Journal of Research in IT and Management
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 9

A Study of Women Empowerment & Community Participation in Health Insurance Awareness in India

  • Author:
  • S T Krishnekumaar1,2, K S Meenakshisundaram3
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 15 to 28

1Deputy Vice President, IndusInd Bank Ltd.

2PhD Research Scholar, Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Viswa Maha Vidyalaya University, Enathur

3Professor& Director, Lakes Institute of Management, Manamai, Chennai

Online published on 21 May, 2016.

Abstract

Women are the backbone of the family as a Home maker as well as an employee workforce. Since they are often busily engaged taking care of home and their work places, most of them ignore their routine Health Checkup unless otherwise it is warranted. The present paper will discuss and try to high light women towards health insurance and in particular their Awareness, Attitude & Adoption of the Health Insurance by Women. Further the Study will be focusing on the implications of the Women due to underinsurance & noninsurance. There has been Community participation in the reach of Health Insurance Inolvement of Communities in various aspects of health system when Sydney Kark introduced concept of Community Oriented Primary Care based on experience in South Africa. Similarly in Large experiments of provision for health care were conducted in locations like Jamkhed and Mandwa in India. The effectiveness of structured teaching programme on perception care was also formed a part of the study in Erode in Tamilnadu and Bangalore in Karnataka in India. This study will be with the conclusion suggesting the avenues of overcoming the burden.

Keywords

NGO's-Non-Governmental Organisations, CBO's-Commnity Based Organisations, CHW-Community Health Workers, CHI-Community Health Insurance, CMHR-Community Monitoring Health Rights