Health Problems of Women in Rural Areas

Abstract

70 percent of the population of our country lives in rural areas. rural women are the backbone of the rural community. They play an important role in all activities such as agriculture, agricultural labor, farm-related work, housework, childcare, family management, and care of members. Even after doing such important work, they have to face many problems. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), rural women are likely to face health problems. In which maternal mortality, malnutrition, and reproductive health problems are in large numbers. Only if the health of women remains intact, she can take good care of her children and family. If women get proper nutrition from childhood, their physical and mental growth can be good, which can also lead to healthy and strong offspring. There is no doubt that the mother is the center of the house, her health needs to be intact, but even today it seems that even housewives and employed mothers are indifferent to their own health.  She does not even realize when important matters such as one or two childbirths, abortions, menstruation, etc. become her problems. In rural areas, medicines are not taken during pregnancy, so anemia, decreased immune system, diseases caused by lack of various nutrients, as well as various types of cancer are also increasing at a large scale. That is why it is necessary to pay special attention to women's health. Objectives To know the health problems of rural women To suggest measures related to the health of rural women The World Health Organization has defined health as not only the absence of disease but also the physical, mental and social well-being of a person. From this it is clear that health is not only the absence of disease, but also the physical and mental ability of a person to fulfill his social role in an orderly manner. Health Such health is very rare among women in rural areas, that is, various health problems are found in rural women.