Social determinants of prescribed and non-prescribed medicine use
Background ::: The aim of the present study was to describe the use of prescribed and non prescribed medicines in a non-institutionalised population older than 15 years of an urban area during the year 2000, in terms of age and gender, social class, employment status and type of Primary Health Care.
In this article an attempt is made to review the population policies and related family planning strategies in [India] as they have evolved during the past three decades with a view to identify control management interventions that would contribute to more effective implementation of the population programmes. Towards this purpose case studies of three states Goa Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu which are considered to be more successful states are also presented and discussed. Factors affecting program outcome are socioeconomic level political support of the small family norm and efficiency of governmental health and family welfare programs. (EXCERPT)