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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)
Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341770
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Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
Levine, Ruth; Temin, Miriam - eSocialSciences - 2009
Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512473
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The Importance of Being Wanted
Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010
We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493864
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A Simple Model of the Financial Crisis of 2007-9 with Implications for the Design of a Stimulus Package
Basu, Kaushik - eSocialSciences - 2009
isolates two very different kinds of interventions needed to restore the economy back to health, arguing that government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976651
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Mexican Swine Flu—A New Threat to Humanity
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and the US. The present study shows that the outbreak has lot to do with industrial farm animal production, which is becoming popular in the West.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250498
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Physical Abuse and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: a Cohort Study
Jain, Dipty; DL, Jain; N, Ughade S; L, Sadowski - eSocialSciences - 2009
using modified Mc. Farlane Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS). [Presented at Global Forum for Health Research]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170130
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Addressing Inequity In Indian Healthcare System: A New Financing Strategy
Duggal, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2005
Countries that have universal or near universal access to healthcare have health financing mechanisms which are single …. It is this that contributes primarily to equity in healthcare in these countries. All OECD countries, excluding the USA … for India to move towards financing mechanisms that can create equity. It brings together data on India’s health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699231
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Tobacco Control in Schools in India (India Global Youth Tobacco Survey & Global School Personnel Survey, 2006)
SInha, Dhirendra Narain - eSocialSciences - 2008
Control Act, 2003 and relevant Articles in the World Health Organization, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC …). [Prepared on behalf of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341828
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Prevalence, Distribution, and Impact of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Population-Based Study
Sosa, Ana Luisa; Albanese, Emiliano - eSocialSciences - 2012
Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535382
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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008
Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487837