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245	0	0	_aHealth inequities in India : _ba synthesis of recent evidence / _cT.K. Sundari Ravindran, Rakhal Gaitonde, editors ; with forewords by Sharmila Mhatre and Lesley Doyal.
246		0	_aHealth inequities in India
264		1	_aSingapore : _bSpringer, _c2018.
300			_axxv, 239 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aChapter 1. Structural Drivers of Inequities in Health TK Sundari Ravindran, Rakhal Gaitonde &​ Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas Chapter 2. Conceptual Approaches to Examining Health Inequities Rakhal Gaitonde Chapter 3. Research on Inequities and Inequalities in Health in India: A Mapping of the Field Rakhal Gaitonde Chapter 4. Health inequities in India by Socio-economic Position Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas Chapter 5. Inequities in Health in India and Dalit and Adivasi Populations Sudharshini Subramaniam Chapter 6. Gender-based Inequities in Health in India Priyadarshini Chidambaram Chapter 7. Other Socially-Constructed Vulnerabilities: Focus on People Living with HIV/​AIDS and Internal Migrants Grace A. Chitra Chapter 8. The Role of the Health System Rakhal Gaitonde Chapter 9. Health Equity Research: A Political Project TK Sundari Ravindran, RakhalGaitonde, Pras hanth Nuggehalli Srinivas, Sudharshini Subramaniam, Priyadarshini Chidambaram and Grace A. Chitra.
520			_aThis timely contribution to the global literature on health inequities approaches the subject through a synthesis and analysis of relevant published literature on India. Amongst the BRICS countries, India ranks the lowest in the gender-gap index and has the highest poverty rate, and there is clear evidence that socio-economic inequalities have increased in India in the twenty-first century. These have direct impact on the health conditions of its people; however, there has been relatively little concerted research attention on health inequities in India. This volume fills the gap by synthesizing research evidence since the year 2000 on the topic. This is perhaps the first volume on this topic of such scope and breadth. Its uniqueness lies in the synthesis of evidence across a range of axes of disadvantages within a single volume: socio-economic position, caste, gender, other socially constructed vulnerabilities such as disability, HIV status, migrant status; and health-system factors contributing to or mitigating inequities in health. Each core chapter not only summarizes research findings but also engages critically with the perspectives reflected in the chapters and proposes a framework for understanding the mechanisms through which health inequities result. This volume highlights and addresses research gaps in both methodology and content, and is valuable to researchers and students of public health and allied health disciplines, including the social sciences, and also to policy makers and donors.
650		0	_aMedical care _xUtilization _zIndia _xRegional disparities.
650		0	_aMedically underserved areas _zIndia.
650		0	_aHospital utilization _zIndia _xRegional disparities.
700	1		_aRavindran, T. K. Sundari., _eeditor.
700	1		_aGaitonde, Rakhal., _eeditor.
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