LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Rural Health Planning in India

M. Marikkani, M.Sc., M.A.., M.Phil.
R. Murugesan., M.Sc., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
C. B. Muvendhan, M.B.A.

Abstract

Rural Health is an important commodity not only at the individual level but also in terms of the micro- and macroeconomic scale of a country. Improvement of health status is therefore on the political agenda of every government. Health planning in India is an integral part of national socio-economic planning. The guide-lines for national health planning were provided by a number of committees dating back to the Bhore committee in 1946. These committees were appointed by the Government in India from time to time to review the existing health situation and recommend measures for further action.

Establishing health care planning in India is a key to improving the health of the Indian Population. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been facilitating Health needs in India by establishing various schemes and organizations. The Government is conscious of the need for dynamic Indian health planning and management. All these programmes communities could only participate in the benefits but were not involved in the planning or implementation.

The outline of programmes was determined by the central policy makers. The influence of local government employees was limited. Their lack of training and, therefore, lack of knowledge regarding the basic principles of primary health care made it difficult to strengthen health prevention and promotion. The curative focus of care prevailed. The influence of stakeholders like local party members or other powerful people affected the location of health centres.

1. RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM RESEARCH AND GEOGRAPHY

Rural Health System Research in developing co untries focuses on quality outcomes of different health care interventions like decentralization and the Primary Health Care Approach. In Geography the research in health care has been reestablished in the 18th century (see Barrett 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002; Burnett 2004).

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M. Marikkani, M.Sc., M.A.., M.Phil.
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R. Murugesan., M.Sc., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
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C. B. Muvendhan, MBA

Centre for Rural Development
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar – 608 002
Tamilnadu, India
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