Mother Andchild Health-Care Programme in Kadambattur Block of Tiruvallur District

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper was to examine the mother-child healthcare programme in the study area. The researcher aimed to find thesocio-economicconditionsofmaternalmotherandchildhealthcare, andtheutilization ofhealthcareprogrammes in thestudy area and also to find thehealth expenditureof the sample respondents and suggest-measuretoimprovetheefficiencyoftheprogrammeandhealthconditionsofmother-childin the studyarea. For that the researcher has computed the following hypothesis, there is significant association between the annual household income and mother and child health expenditure of the sample respondents, and there is significant association between the annual household expenditure and non-medical expenditure of the sample respondents. The researcher conducting a pilot study in Kadabature Block of Tiruvallur District, and theresearcher hasselected140samples from theselected two villages, each village carries

70 respondents.The researchercollectedtheprimary data byusinginterviewschedule. The researcher revealed that the computed Chi-square estimation of 16.163 is significant at 10 per cent level and along these lines the null hypothesis is rejected. The positive sign for liner-by-liner affiliation additionally infers that as the mother and child health expenditure, the acquiring limit of the respondents likewise increases. Also, the computed Chi-square estimation of 29.548 is significant at 5 per cent level and along these lines the null hypothesis is rejected. The positive sign for liner-by-liner affiliation additionally infers that as the non-medical expenditure, the acquiring limit of the respondents likewise increases. Hence, the researcher suggest and concluding that onecansay thatitisnow urgentthatthe nationadditionallytogenerate somecomprehensive legislative measuresinorder toimprovewomen's healthstatus.