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Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament / editors Imrana Qadeer, Kasturi Sen, K.R. Nayar.

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Public health and the poverty of reforms : the South Asian predicament / editors Imrana Qadeer, Kasturi Sen, K.R. Nayar.
Publication
New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2001.

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  • Qadeer, Imrana, 1941-
  • Sen, Kasturi
  • Nayar, K. R., 1955-
Description
547 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
Summary
This volume examines the myriad factors responsible for the poor state of the health sector in South Asia. It blends theoretical critiques of health sector reforms with micro and macro data to offer insights into issues of public health.
Subject
  • Poverty Areas
  • Health Policy
  • Public Health Administration
  • Economics
  • Health Services
  • Health Care Reform
  • Regional Health Planning > trends
  • Public health > South Asia
  • Health care reform > South Asia
  • Structural adjustment (Economic policy) > South Asia
  • Primary health care > South Asia
  • Asia, Western
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pt. I. The Political Economy of Health and Development -- 1. Landmarks in the Development of Health Services in India / Debabar Banerji -- 2. Structural Adjustment and the Poor in Pakistan / Jennifer Bennett -- 3. Donor-driven Family Planning Services in Bangladesh: Impact on Women's Health / Farida Akhter -- 4. Changes in Health Care Systems in Europe: Focus on Finland / Meri Koivusalo -- 5. Structural Adjustment Policies and Health in the Plantation Sector in Sri Lanka / Indira Hettitarachchi -- 6. Dilemmas for Research in Primary Health Care in the Era of Reforms / Marc De Bruycker -- Pt. II. Concepts and Evidence -- 7. Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Concepts in Public Health / Imrana Qadeer -- 8. Health Reforms and Developing Countries -- A Critique / Kasturi Sen -- 9. Disability Adjusted Life Years as a Tool for Public Health Policy: A Critical Assessment / Ritu Priya -- 10. Re-thinking Public Health: Food, Hunger, and Mortality Decline in South Asian History / Sheila Zurbrigg -- 11. Biological Stress and History from Below: The Millet Zone of India 1970-92 / Lalita Chakravarty -- Pt. III. Shifts in Health Services and Health Financing -- 12. Health Sector Reforms and Structural Adjustment: A State-level Analysis / Rama V. Baru -- 13. Reforms and Their Relevance: The Kerala Experience / V. Raman Kutty -- 14. Health Sector and Economic Reform: A Study of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu / K. Seeta Prabhu -- 15. Structural Adjustment and Economic Slowdown: Likely Impact on Health Outcomes in Pakistan / S. Akbar Zaidi -- 16. Health Services in Bangladesh: Development and Structural Reforms / A. Q. Khan -- 17. Structural Adjustment Programs and Health Care Services in Sri Lanka -- An Overview / Dulitha N. Fernando -- 18. Evolution of India's Leprosy Program from Control to Elimination / B. R. Chatterjee -- 19. Tuberculosis Program in India: Current Operational Issues / A. K. Chakraborty -- Pt. IV. Decentralization in Health Care -- 20. Politics of Decentralization: Lessons from Kerala / K. R. Nayar -- 21. Promises and Problems of Panchayati Raj: Experiences from Madhya Pradesh / Anwar Jafri -- 22. An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Decentralization of Health Services in Sri Lanka / Nimal Attanayake -- 23. People's Health Care Initiatives in Chhattisgarh District, Madhya Pradesh / Binayak Sen -- Pt. V. Perspectives of Clinicians -- 24. Prescribing Practices: A Comparison of Public and Private Sectors / Anant R. Phadke -- 25. Revisiting the Community Health Worker / Shyam Ashtekar -- 26. Disturbing Trends in the Treatment of Malaria / Yogesh Jain -- 27. Public Health in Vellore: Experiences with Malaria and Cholera / Anand Zachariah -- 28. The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program: A Critical Perspective / Anurag Bhargava -- Pt. VI. Experiences at the Micro-level -- 29. The Plague, the Poor, and Health Services / Ghanshyam Shah -- 30. Public Health Issues of Small Towns: The Case of Alleppey / K. S. Sebastian -- 31. The Labor Process and its Impact on the Lives of Women Workers / Meena Gopal -- 32. The Reproductive Health Package -- A Chimera for Women's Health / Alpana Sagar -- 33. The Rhetoric of Reproductive Rights: Quinacrine Sterilization in India / Mohan Rao -- Beyond Reforms: Postscript.
ISBN
0761995188 (US-Hb)
LCCN
^^^00051557^
OCLC
  • 45195776
  • SCSB-10973589
Owning Institutions
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