CONTENTS foreword ix Preface xi List of Contributors xv Part-I Health Issues in India 1 Revolutions in the Health Sector - An 3 Endoscopic View M. Anb.ilagan& D. Paul raj ' 2 Healthcare and Social Reforms in India 13 M. Kolangiyappan 3 Inadequacy of Public Health Investment and 23 Accessibility of Health Gare in India N, Palaniraj 4 Trend in I lealth Status and Infrastructural 33 Support in India P. Chennakrishnan 5 Health Impact Assessment and Policy 43 Formulation: An Overview R. Kajavally & V.J.R. Emerlson Moses 6 Health Indicators - An Overview 49 T.N. Geetha 7 Economics of Rural Health Care in India 58 D. Vijayalakshmi 8 Rural Iloalth in India 73 C. Sivakkolundu vi HEALTH ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 9 Climate Change and Human Health 81 A.M. Ayyothi 10Vitamin 'A' Deficiency in india 89 R. Maya 11 Impact of TB on Indian Economy and 97 Government's Efforts to Control M. Padmavathy & A. Gunasekaran 12Medical Tourism: Opportunities and . .104 Challenges in India R. Divya & C Dhandapani 13Booming Medical Tourism in India 117 M. Leema Rose 14Consumer Awareness in Purchasing Drugs 125 J. Missiadoss & C- Dhandapani 15Health Insurance for the Urban Informal 134 Sector Workers A. Sangamifhra and N. Savitha 16A Review of Health Care and Insurance in India 146 5. Kanchi Devi Part-II Women and Child Health 17Women Health 155 K. Suseela 18Women Health Care System in India 161 K. Umamageshwari & N. Radhakrishnan 19Women's Health: Issues and interventions 173 A. Raj an Babu & C. Dhandapani 20Inter Connectivity between Women 180 Literacy and Health V.P. Jayalakshmi & V.S. Renukanthan 21Obstacles for Health-Related Millennium 187 Development Goals B. Revathy CONTENTS 22Women Health in India197 K. Srinivasan & C. Dhandapani 23Matemaf Anemia 207 J. Maheswari 24Health Problems of Beedi Workers 217 in India - A Study N-Radhakrishnan 25Tribal Health: Traditional Health Care 227 System in India S. Govindan & C. Dhandapani 26Traditional Health Care System in India 235 V. Preethi Nair 27Breast Cancer: A Women's Health Issue 244 M.G. Prasanna Vanitha 28Heath Status of Slum Women Dwellers 251 in Chennai City J. Hephzi 29Child Development and Nutrition in India Today260 K. Muneeswari 30Coastal Pollution and Child Health 266 in Northern Chennai S. Kareemulla Basha & M. Fakir Ismail 31Child Malnutrition in Rural India 276 P. Loganathan & A. Saklhivel Part - lit Health Care System in Tamil Nadu 32\\itritiomil Security and Mental Ability of 287 Children at Anganwadi Level in Tamil Nadu: A Pragmatic Approach V. Mohanasundaram 33Human Resource and Health Care System 296 in Tamil Nadu R. Kumar & E.B. Mary Raveena 34Health Services in Tamil Nadu 305 A. Arangasami 35Health Infrastructure in Tamil Nadu: A Study 314 M. Sivarajan 36Nature and Pattern of Healthcare Services 324 in Tamil Nadu N. Shanmugam 37Healthcare System and Life Expectancy: 336 A Study of Tamil Nadu A. Nandagopa) 38Occupational Health Hazards of Women 344 in Information Technology Professionals in Chennai K, Parimalam 39Cost of Illness-With Special Reference to 353 Chikungunya in Salem District D. Janagam, M. Jeyamani & CM. Mekala 40Managing Stress 361 S.M.Krishnan