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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
India Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2006 and Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2006 were undertaken region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341828
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Who Goes? Failures of Marital Provisioning and Women's Agency among Less Skilled Emigrant Women Workers from Kerala
Kodoth, Praveena - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper draws upon a selection of narratives from interviews with over 150 less skilled emigrant and returnee women workers from Trivandrum district to argue that the conditions that structure international migration from Kerala marginalises women, narrowing the material base from which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945515
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Gender, Subjectivity and Sexual Identity : How young people with Disabilities Conceptualise the Body, Sex and Marriage in Urban India
Addlakha, Renu - eSocialSciences - 2009
Using qualitative data, this paper discusses notions of sexual identity among urban Indian youth through case studies … of college students in Delhi. Gender emerges as a key analytical category in perceptions of sexuality among young men and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995385
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Radio drug advertisement situation and regulation in Thailand
Tangcharoensathien, Viroj; Kittisopee, Tanattha; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
Drug consumption in Thailand is high in comparison with other countries. A key factor influencing this over consumption is advertising. Radio is the media that can easily reach a lot of people, in both urban and rural areas. Thai people typically practice self-care by purchasing drugs from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008524078
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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 cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535382
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Nepal: Elusive Democracy and Uncertain Political System
Baral, Lok Raj - eSocialSciences - 2012
Persistence and breakdowns of democracy are the dominant features of Nepali politics.Democracy continues to be attractive amidst setbacks and discontinuity. So it remains perennially elusive, despite having undergone democratic upheavals. Some significant variables such as ideology, essence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133112
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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the “social†(or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487729
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The Youth Employment Crisis: A Call for Action
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2013
Resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012. [ILO].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945251
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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary
Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge … Foundation, Mumbai on a commission from the UN-HABITAT Global Urban Youth Research Network of which it is part, is a first … attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945281
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012
The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100 …% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports during 10th Plan namely, Promotion of Youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945283