ABSTRACT
This book tracks the progress of maternal and child health (MCH)—part of SDG3—in empowered action group states in India. It lays bare regional disparities and unfolds a range of issues relating to inequalities in access to MCH services, complex dynamics behind poor nutrition, health expenditure and impoverishment, structural bottlenecks of health system that hinder effective implementation of programmes; best practices adopted for improving MNCH indicators and appropriate strategies required for more informed policy.
The volume:
- Examines the changing features of health and nutrition of mothers, new-borns and children between pre and post National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
- Studies reproductive health and well-being of mother and children
- Explores linkages between food, nutrition and health
- Examines the underlying factors determining poor health and nutrition
- Probes into health expenditure, their impoverishment and its bearing on access to maternal and child healthcare services
- Proposes strategic interventions to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality and improve nutritional status
The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public health, especially maternal and child health specialists, gender studies, development studies and public policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |8 pages
Introduction
part I|45 pages
Regional Pattern, Causes and Implications
chapter 3|17 pages
Disparities in Health Outcome of Empowered Action Group States of India
part II|64 pages
Access and Utilisation
chapter 4|21 pages
Differential Access to Maternal and Child Health Across Social Groups
part III|84 pages
Nutrition and Well-being
chapter 10|32 pages
Utilisation of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Nutritional Outcomes in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India
chapter 11|15 pages
Implication of Household Food Security on Child Health
part IV|87 pages
Health Governance, Policies and Programmes