Maternal and Child Health in India

Networks and Information Diffusion
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-51474-1
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

This book examines the process of information diffusion and the challenges of spreading awareness about maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes in India, with a special focus on Bihar – a state in eastern India.

Investing in the health of women and children results in significant and long-lasting economic and social benefits to society. Analysing the National Family Health Survey data, the volume explores the role that access to information has on the adoption of MCH practices. It also explores regional variations – between Empowered Action Group (EAG) states and non-EAG states and also across EAG states – in the impact of information networks. Using appropriate econometric methods, the authors study the role of peer effects and grass-roots health workers in bringing about a change in attitude within communities. The book looks at the process of information dissemination between the grass-roots health workers and the target women and brings to the forefront the intricacies of patriarchal family dynamics that hinder women from accessing basic maternal and child healthcare needs. Based on grass-roots experiences, the book provides sharp insights from the field for the benefit of researchers, policymakers, and activists.

Rich in empirical data, this book will be of interest to academics and researchers of development economics, public health policy and practice, community health, healthcare administration and management, primary healthcare and family practice, and health and social care.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dutta, Mousumi

Ghosh, Saswata

Husain, Zakir

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Maternal and child health outcomes in India: Where do we stand? 2. Introducing the data: Secondary and primary sources 3. Networks and information diffusion: Evidence from National Family Health Survey 4. Health communication through SHGs: Assessing the JEEViKA programme in Bihar 5. Leveraging information diffusion: Peer effects versus individual counselling by ASHAs 6. Obstacles to information networks: Results from social network analysis 7. Signposts for the future

Über Autor(innen)

Mousumi Dutta is Professor in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Saswata Ghoshis Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Zakir Husain teaches in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.