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Exploring the road to public healthcare accessibility: a qualitative study to understand healthcare utilization among hard-to-reach groups in Kerala, India.
Int J Equity Health
August 2024
The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India.
Background: Kerala, a southern state in India, is known to be atypical due to its high literacy rate and advanced social development indicators. Facing competition from a dominant private healthcare system, recent government health system reforms have focused on providing free, high-quality universal healthcare in the public sector. We carried out an analysis to ascertain the initial impacts of these measures among 'hard to reach groups' as part of a larger health policy and systems research study, with a focus on public sector health service utilisation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSupport groups and meetings are self-help gatherings that provide a unique sense of community, unconditional acceptance, and information on cancer and its treatment. This cross-sectional study examined 12 outpatient meetings within the Kerala model of palliative care, a community-based service provided to patients irrespective of disease, stage, or prognosis starting from the time of diagnosis. The study focused on the pivotal role of community nurses in facilitating these meetings, with participants including cancer patients and survivors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF'We did not want to marry then, but': understanding early marriage among Muslims in the context of the 'Kerala model' of development.
Cult Health Sex
December 2024
Department of English, TKM College of Arts and Science, Kollam, Kerala, India.
Kerala, the Indian state with the highest reported level of social development, faces a challenge with persistent early marriage, particularly among Muslims in Malappuram. This study explores the sociocultural factors influencing this situation, in which child marriage rates among Muslims are significantly higher than those of Hindus and Christians. Employing a qualitative research strategy within a specific Malappuram , a Muslim-majority village cluster encompassing three villages, we identify a multifaceted interplay of micro and macro forces perpetuating early marriage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffective crisis communication is critical for successful crisis management. The current study is an attempt to unravel the public communication efforts of the Kerala government in its successful Covid-19 crisis management efforts during the first wave of the pandemic. The findings of the study indicate that the government has successfully used pre-crisis communication to inoculate the stakeholders, 'steal thunder', and bolster their crisis management capabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIs the Kerala Model of Community-Based Palliative Care Operations Sustainable? Evidence from the Field.
Indian J Palliat Care
February 2021
Department of Social Work, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background: The palliative care operation in Kerala, unlike other parts of India, is widespread. Kerala's community-based approach to palliative care is often recognized in the current literature as a sustainable model. However, the sustainability of palliative care operations is not empirically studied, and the domains of sustainability are not clearly explained in the current literature.
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