Effect of Climate Change on Pregnant Women in Sundarban Region of West Bengal
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Climate has direct effects on the health of diverse populations across the globe. Pregnant women, the developing fetus, and young children were consideredmost vulnerable members of our species and are already marginalized in many countries. A cross sectional descriptive and community based research was done in Sundarban to fine out the effect of climate change on Pregnant Women. A total of 74 respondents were selected randomly. Appropriate statistical method was used to draw the conclusion. The study referred that the majority (77.02%) respondents belong to low socioeconomic status. It was reported by the respondents that climate change increases the risk of infant and maternal mortality (72.97%) on infectious diseases (45.94%) environmental problems (72.97%) and maternal health (47.29%) and risk for mother and children. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between socioeconomic status and perception of the respondents towards climate change. Therefore it is concluded that climate change are adversely affect on pregnant women. Health intervention should be done properly to reduce the negative health impacts caused by climate changes and proper training, Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities should be done to improve the perception level and to reduce the negative health consequences.
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Riya Mandal, Dipak Kumar Bose
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- DOI 10.24247/ijeefusapr201912
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