Meerambika Mahapatro

Domestic Violence and Health Care in India (eBook, PDF)

Policy and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Fills a void in the literature for an authentic, evidence-based book on domestic violence and public health

Bridges the understanding between policies and the consequent medical practices

Analyses policy and direct actions to comprehend State perspectives and NGO initiatives in India

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811061592
• Artikelnr.: 52814748

Autorenporträt

Meerambika Mahapatro is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi. Dr. Mahapatro career as a social epidemiologist of two and half decades had focused on social-contextual determinants, especially policy determinants on health and equity among victims of violence. Dr. Mahapatro started her career as a researcher at the University of Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, before joining government institutes like the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and NIHFW. She has also worked on an Indo-Dutch and World Bank Health and Sanitation Programme, State Innovations in Family Planning Services (SIFPSA), Uttar Pradesh, and Population Foundation of India, New Delhi. She has a PhD on accessibility and utilization of health care services among tribal populations of Odisha, from the University of Delhi. She has published several articles and research papers in peer-reviewed journals of national and international repute. Asa World Health Organization (WHO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) fellow, she has received training in public health at universities in Thailand, Sweden and Vietnam. She has attended and presented papers at many national and international conferences. Dr. Mahapatro has been the Principal Investigator of various research projects and received grants from WHO, ICMR, NIHFW, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), and the Uttarakhand state government. Her current areas of research interest include domestic violence, gender issues, methodological issues and women's empowerment in the area of public health.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Understanding Domestic Violence.- Chapter 2. Theoretical and Methodological Issues and Perspectives.- Chapter 3. Impact of Domestic Violence on Health.- Chapter 4. Healthcare Provisions and Responses in Practice Settings. -Chapter 5. Policy, Prevention, and Reforms.