Chauhan, Harsh (2025) The Influence of Deprivation on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Rural Indians. Masters thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
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Abstract
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of premature death in India, in which rural population experiences more vulnerability due to socio-economic absence, limited health literacy and poor access to healthcare. Despite the national prevention programs, intervals in service distribution and structural inequalities continue to diagnose late diagnosis and poor management of CVD in rural adults aged 40 and above. Methods: A systematic literature review was performed after the Prisma guidelines to investigate the impact of CVD circulation, management and lack of prevention in rural India. Twenty peer reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025 were identified by database including PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Google Scholar. The articles were evaluated using the CASP checklist, and thematic analysis was applied to the conjuncts synthesized on socio-economic barriers, service gaps and intervention effectiveness. Findings/Results: Four main themes emerged: aging and low health literacy vulnerability; Socio-economic damage delay in diagnosis and obstruction of continuity of care; Infrastructure intervals, caste and gender inequalities restrict service access; And public health intervention makes less pillars and poorly monitored. Poverty, dangerous work, weak primary care, and cultural obstacles were constantly associated with late CVDs. Conclusion: CVD prevention in rural India requires equity-focused strategies, including improved health literacy, gender-sensitive outreach, better infrastructure, workforce strengthening, and rigorous monitoring of national programmes to reduce avoidable morbidity and mortality.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Rural India, Socio-economic Deprivation, Health Inequalities, Access to Healthcare, Health Literacy, Public Health Interventions, Policy Implications, Gender Disparities, Infrastructure Barriers, Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), Prevention and Management. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Theses and Dissertations > Masters Dissertations |
| Depositing User: | Victoria Hankinson |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2026 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2026 10:57 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/4144 |
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