Secrecy, Natural Learning, and Gendering in Reproductive Health: Indian Context​

Abstract

Reproductive Health remains an unmet need for millions of populations in India. Knowledge, attitude, and practice on reproductive health are hugely interconnected to the social fabrics of Indian society. And most of the Social factors are not favouring a better reproductive health care behaviour among the general public. This paper conceptualizes three social factors that have a strong negative impact on reaching out to reproductive health service in India, i.e., Secret Subject, Natural Learning, and Gendering. These social factors play a crucial negative role in three levels, Individual, Community and the Public Health Care Delivery of reproductive health. In this scenario, this paper poses a top to bottom approach model in addition to the existing bottom to top approach model to resolve these issues to an extent.