Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

Adolescence in girls is a crucial transition phase during which they experience biological and psychological changes along with changes in social outlook. This phase provides an opportunity to lay the foundation for their future health. But, in rural areas, adolescent girls are often deprived of be...

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Autores principales:	Mousumi Dholey, Sumana Sarkar
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Publicado:	ACCB Publishing 2021
Materias:	Adolescent Girls Health Care Services Social Barrier Social Stigma Malnutrition West Bengal Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9cc1ceef4f9e43dbb1198a3f9f2e15312021-12-01T04:45:12ZBarriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal10.20896/saci.v9i3.11812052-8396https://doaj.org/article/9cc1ceef4f9e43dbb1198a3f9f2e15312021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/1181https://doaj.org/toc/2052-8396 Adolescence in girls is a crucial transition phase during which they experience biological and psychological changes along with changes in social outlook. This phase provides an opportunity to lay the foundation for their future health. But, in rural areas, adolescent girls are often deprived of better nutrition and proper health care guide, resulting in serious health issues like malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and anaemia. Moreover, their access to health care services is subjected to various constraints as infrastructural and societal barriers such as regressive norms, social stigma, gendered family structure, etc. Thus, the present study attempts to explore the perceived barriers that prevent rural adolescent girls from accessing health care services at the micro-level. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out after randomly selecting 120 adolescent girls in the age cohort of 10-19 years in the Raina-I block of Purba Bardhaman district. The results suggested that societal barriers have a significant influence over health-related decision-making. Besides, lack of quality health care services and economic burden are some of the other significant obstacles observed here. Mousumi DholeySumana SarkarACCB PublishingarticleAdolescent GirlsHealth Care ServicesSocial BarrierSocial StigmaMalnutritionWest BengalEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENSpace and Culture, India, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2021)
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topic	Adolescent Girls Health Care Services Social Barrier Social Stigma Malnutrition West Bengal Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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description	Adolescence in girls is a crucial transition phase during which they experience biological and psychological changes along with changes in social outlook. This phase provides an opportunity to lay the foundation for their future health. But, in rural areas, adolescent girls are often deprived of better nutrition and proper health care guide, resulting in serious health issues like malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and anaemia. Moreover, their access to health care services is subjected to various constraints as infrastructural and societal barriers such as regressive norms, social stigma, gendered family structure, etc. Thus, the present study attempts to explore the perceived barriers that prevent rural adolescent girls from accessing health care services at the micro-level. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out after randomly selecting 120 adolescent girls in the age cohort of 10-19 years in the Raina-I block of Purba Bardhaman district. The results suggested that societal barriers have a significant influence over health-related decision-making. Besides, lack of quality health care services and economic burden are some of the other significant obstacles observed here.
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title	Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
title_short	Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
title_full	Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
title_fullStr	Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
title_full_unstemmed	Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
title_sort	barriers to access health care services among rural adolescent girls in raina i block, purba bardhaman, west bengal
publisher	ACCB Publishing
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Barriers to Access Health Care Services among Rural Adolescent Girls in Raina I Block, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal

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