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PROSPECT OF MODERN HEALTH FACILITIES AMONG IRULA TRIBE OF TAMIL NADU

    1 Author(s):  DR. M. THAMILARASAN

Vol -  8, Issue- 9 ,         Page(s) : 244 - 256  (2017 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST

Abstract

Universal modern health care system in modern era has moved the society to the extent that health care is a basic necessity for strengthening our collective sense of relational identity as social being.The benefit of this universal modern health care system hasbegan toachieve in developed or developing nation andparticularly in primitive tribal community, societies or underdeveloped countries, the advantage/benefit of this modern health care seem slow in progress but irrevocable in nature. Irula tribe of Tamil Nadu is one among the primitive schedule tribe in India (fastest economy developing country). Many studies reviled that theusages of traditional medicine among Irulas is still high, moreover modern health care system began to operate in various Taluk and town making rapid advancement. Here the paper focuses on the significant of modern health care service among Irulas women, the prospect and achievement of modern health care service (Clinic, NGOs and hospital) on child and women of Irulas. Thus from the empirical studies and analysis the researcher ascertain these objectives. Researcher used observation, schedule questionnaire and interview schedule technique for collecting data and SPSS vr24was used for data analysis.Multi-stage purposive simple random technique was used for selecting respondent and 233 respondents were selected for the studies. The studies found a very positive result that 97.0% of women used government hospital for delivery, where 92.7% of delivery was conducted by doctors and 95.3% child were vaccinated. Knowing the fact that modern health care is progressing, the government should continue to uplift the Primitive helpless communities through effective public distribution of medicine and easy accessibility on health care services which is the basic needs.

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