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Health and Well-Being in India

By Vani Kant Borooah

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2018
ISBN
978-3-319-78327-7, 978-3-319-78328-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4196005 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XIX, 272\282
Time added
2018-08-15 07:07:45
Economics; Health Economics; Econometrics; Asian E

Description

The theme of this book is health outcomes in India, in particular to outcomes relating to its caste and religious groups and, within these groups, to their women and children. The book’s tenor is analytical and based upon a rigorous examination of recent data from both government and non-government sources. The major areas covered are sanitation, use by mothers of the government’s child development services, child malnutrition, deaths in families, gender discrimination, and the measurement of welfare. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Health Outcomes and Policy in India (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 1-28 Sanitation and Hygiene (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 29-65 India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Programme (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 67-103 Child Malnutrition (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 105-141 The Health of Elderly Persons (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 143-181 Deaths in the Family (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 183-222 Inequality and Well-Being (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 223-259 Summary and Conclusions (Vani Kant Borooah)....Pages 261-266 Back Matter ....Pages 267-272

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