Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 301
Cover Image
Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet … dietary diversity profile across adjoining regions highlights the persistence of uneven development in terms of consumption … and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969041
Cover Image
Can Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure
Joglekar, Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008
attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health …It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to … expenditure and examine the impact of health insurance on probability of incurring catastrophic health expenditure. The study is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341722
Cover Image
Working and Living Conditions of Women Domestic Workers: Evidences from Mumbai
Paul, G.D Bino; Dattagupta, Sushanta; R, Venkatesha Murthy - eSocialSciences - 2011
social security, consumption of edible items, consumption under PDS system, health, union awareness, time use, household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319333
Cover Image
Change in Food and Nutrient Consumption Among the Ultra Poor: Is the CFPR/TUP Programme Making a Difference?
Haseen, Farhana - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences … in food and nutrient consumption between selected ultra poor (SUP) and non selected ultra poor (NSUP) households in 2004 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487834
Cover Image
High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2011
The recommendations that follow take cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that India offers – and the possibility for India to take a lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that is eminently suited to the needs and resources of countries at a similar level of development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645209
Cover Image
Post-Independence Educational Development among Women in India
Pandey, Balaji - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper aims to examine the policy debates on women's education and highlight some of the basic issues affecting the progress of women's education since the introduction of planned development in the country. [CWDS].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480370
Cover Image
Role of Collective Agency in Gender Rights
Patel, Vibhuti - eSocialSciences - 2014
The fact that progress in equal rights for women has come about largely through the efforts of social reform movement in the 19th century and women’s liberation movement in the 20th century Maharashtra highlights the essential role of collective agency in human progress. Given the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133203
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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