Social Inclusion and Women Health: Perspectives and Issues (In 2 Volumes), Women Press, 9788189110376

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Social Inclusion and Women Health: Perspectives and Issues (In 2 Volumes)

Ulimiri V. Somayajulu (Editor) S. Siva Raju (Editor) C.P. Prakasam (Editor)

Synopsis

This book is an outcome of the research carried out by the researches and scholars to bring out wide ranging issues focuing on six major part viz: Social inclusion and Exclusion, Women Health , Gender Issues, Health care utilization, HIV / AIDS and Fertility and Family Planning . The firstsection deals with discrimination of Dalit children in access to health care, caste as social barrier of women development, cultural exclusiveness of transgender persons in the society and marginalized community in utilizing health care sevices and issues have been discussed. The second section deals with women health issues related to maternal mortality, women empowerment and reproductive issues. In the third section Gender issues focusing on Gender disparitity in education, health care delivery, household hold expenditure and child abuse has been highlighted. In the fourth secation of his book bring out the issues related to health care utilization in urban area, in developed and developing states In the final part of the book, focus is on health issues related to HIV / AIDS and fertility and family planning.

Discussing a wide gamut of aspects under the broad themes related to Social Inclusion, health of women, utilization of health care though not an easy task, in this volume a modest beginning is made to have better understanding of these issues in a lucid manner. This book would be more useful for researchres, academicians and programme managers who are involved in research and teaching in health and Social development.

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About the authors

Ulimiri V. Somayajulu

ULIMIRI V. Somayajulu is currently CEO and Executive Director, Sigma Research and Consulting, New Delhi. He has more than 22 years of experience in socisl/developmental and demographic research on wide ranging issues in India and Sri Lanka. He has MBA, PG diploma in Management, Diploma in Management and PG Diploma in Human Resource Managment from IGNOU, M. A. Sociology from Annamalai University, Ph. D. and M. Phil. from International Institute for Population Sciences and M. Sc. Statistics from Andhra University. He is member of East-West Center, Honolulu. Population Environment Research Network, and International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). He is Executive Board member of International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), General Secretary and Board of Trustee Treasurer of the Indian Association for Study of Population (IASP) and Vice President of the Indian Association for Social Science in Health (IASSH). He was member of Expert Group on HRG Estimation for National AIDS Control on HRG Estimation for National AIDS Control Programme III Planning, and Mrmber, Advisory Board-Byrraju Foundation.

S. Siva Raju

is a professor and Dean of School of Development Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His broad fields of research interest are ageing, health, population and development. He has directed several Research Studies on various social issues; including five studies in the field of Social Gerontology. He has to his credit the following publications in the field of Ageing: Gerontological Social Work in India: Some Issues and perspectives (Co-editor), A Classified Bibliography on Social Gerontology in India (Co-author), Health Status of the Urban Elderly, Social Mapping of Organizations Working on Ageing Issues in Mumbai, Networking of Organisations Working for Care of Older Persons and Voice of the Elderly in India. He has prepared a Status Report on older poor in India, which was launched by the UNFPA at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid in 2002. He is also a member of the Core Group of the Committee on Protection and Welfare of the Elderly Persons for the National Human Right Commission, New Delhi.

C.P. Prakasam

Dr. C. P. Prakasam is working as a Professor at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. He obtained his Master's degree from Sri Venkateswar University, Tirupati, C. P. S. and D. P. S. from International Institute of Population Sciences, and Doctorate degree in Demography from Bombay University.

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