Health inequalities are major global public health problem and varies within and between countries. LMICs particularly India, are undergoing a phase of rapid economic development leading to an increase in informal settlements or urban slums. These settlements exhibits extreme poverty and suffers from adverse health outcomes. The worst affected are the adolescents because it is a crucial and most vulnerable age when health behaviours and lifestyle choices are established which affects their current and future health. The current health system in many of the developing countries are outdated and have either rudimentary health statistics or none. There is lack of standardized and reliable questionnaires to capture various behavioural aspects of subjective health of the population in India. Thus, we aim to identify various measures of determinants of social inequalities relevant to the Indian adolescent population context.
Objective
To identify and validate methods and scales measuring determinants of social inequalities in health in context to Indian adolescents.