Women, Health and Public Services in India: Why Are States Different?

ISBN-13: 9780367177157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 244 str.

Dipa Sinha

Opis

This volume provides a detailed analysis of health outcomes in India especially its effects on women, through a comparative study of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The book provides insights into how multiple factors affecting human development, especially the health aspect, play out differently in different socio-cultural and economic contexts.

Spis treści

Acknowledgement List of Tables List of Figures  1. North-South Contrast in Human Development 2. Not Just Economic Conditions  3. Women‘s Status is Key  4. Public Provisioning Matters 5. Putting the Puzzle Together  6. The Contrasting Cases of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh  7. Unpacking Women‘s Status in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh  8. Delivering Public Services Effectively  9. Public Action for Public Services  10. Summing Up and Way Forward  Appendix A. Appendix B.  Bibliography. 

O autorze

Dipa Sinha is Assistant Professor (Economics) at Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India. She studied at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. She is involved with issues related to public health, nutrition and right to food as a researcher and activist. She has worked in Andhra Pradesh on a project mobilising communities for better maternal and child health and nutrition, supported by a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation (administered by Population Council). She was later affiliated with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court (on the Right to Food) and has been part of a number of research and implementation projects with the Centre for Equity Studies (CES) and Public Health Resource Network (PHRN), New Delhi, India.