Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

K. L. Narayana ¹, L. Giridhar ², K. Harika ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Anthropology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, IN
2 Department of Anthropology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, IN
3 Department of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, IN

Abstract

This paper examines the patterns of antenatal health care utilization among the Savara Tribe Women of Andhra Pradesh. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitude and accessibility related to the utilization of antenatal care (ANC) service among Savara tribe women in the Srikakulam district, Data for this cross-sectional study were using a multi-stage random sampling strategy from 6 selected mandals in Srikakulam district. A total of 600 married women of reproductive age who had at least one child and had delivered the last child within two years from the date of data collection were interviewed using structured questionnaires. To get the antenatal check-ups, majority of the women were attended by traditional healers at their homes. During the antenatal care, the pregnant women were tested for body weight, blood pressure, hemoglobin, abdominal check-ups, haemogram and HIV/AIDS, but nearly 10.0% of Savara women have not received any one of these services. Almost all the pregnant tribal women have received 2 TT injections. Due to various reasons majority of the women are not consuming the IFA tablets, it needs more awareness about the importance of consumption of IFA tablets and the health workers and other family members should monitor the intake of IFA tablet by the pregnant women.

Keywords

Women Health, Biological Anthropology.

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S. Praveen ¹, K. Harika ², K. Appanna Babu ³

Affiliations
1 Asst. Professor, School of LAW, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam-530045, IN
2 Asst. Professor, Department of Economics, Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram-533296, IN
3 Guest Faculty in Economics, Department of Engineering Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – 530003, IN

Abstract

Issues relating to linkages of social sector with economic growth have been in much attention by researchers in recent times. Sustained and equitable economic growth is a major objective of government expenditure policy and as such, it is obligatory of any government to improve the quality of life of people which is mainly carried out by incurring public expenditure in areas such as health, education, and other social services.The term social sector is often used to refer to Education, Health and Nutrition sectors.In theory there appears to be a positive relationship between social sector expenditure and economic growth, which the paper aims to examine using empirical data. The present research paper evaluates the effectiveness of social sector expenditure policy’ from an economic development perspective by undertaking a regression analysis of Economic Development (GDP) as dependent variable and social sector expenditure components are independent variables. The time period consider for this study is span of 15 years from 2001-02 to 2015-16 and the secondary data obtained from RBI database. From the results, it can be found that public expenditure on Education, Sports, Art and Culture; Medical and Public Health; Water Supply and Sanitation; Housing; Urban Development; Nutrition and Rural Development is found a positive impact on economic development while public expenditure on Social Security and Family Welfare is observed negative impact on economic growth during the study period.

Keywords

Economic Growth, Social Sector and OLS Regression.

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