Whether it is health and nutrition or any other field, women are noticed to be the worst sufferers. This book analyses the health and nutritional status of women in special reference to India. The following chapters make core of the study-Women’s health and nutrition: An overview; Health and nutritional status and quality of life; Women’s health; Women’s health and role in population education; Women’s health and social structure; Women’s health in India; Women, education, health and development – Indian scenario; Women and health care; Women, family health and folk medicine; Health, family planning nutrition; Women health and family welfare; Health and family welfare programme; An overview; The mental health services and women; Factors contributing of low performance of health and family welfare programme; Cultural factors affecting family planning; Fertility and contraception in India; Female infanticide: An aberration against emancipation of women; Women and age at marriage in India; Women and their mortality in India; Breastfeeding: An overview; Promotion and protection of breastfeeding; Monitoring breastfeeding; Role of health workers and voluntary organizations; and a self-help experience in women’s reproductive health; etc.
