Reducing infant and child mortality: assessing the social inclusiveness of child health care policies and programmes in three states of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even though the overall infant mortality rate and child mortality rate have considerably declined in India, the marginalised groups-Scheduled Caste, and Scheduled Tribe, continue to have higher mortality rates. This study looks at the changes in IMR and CMR amongst disadvantaged and advanced social groups at the national level and in three states of India.

Data and methods

Data from five rounds of National Family Health Survey spanning nearly three decades have been used to measure IMR and CMR according to the social groups for India and for selected states-Bihar, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu. The relative hazard curves were drawn to understand which social group's children face a higher risk of dying in the first year of birth and between first year and age four i

SUBMITTER: Bango M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature