K. Mahadevan
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This important book Communication, Modernisation and Social Development—probably the first to analyse the complexities of development communication—focuses on the interdisciplinary basis, the multidimensional features and facets of communication for social development and integrates them together. This volume presented in a global perspective highlights the relationship between communication and modernisation and their ...
The diverse and comprehensive collection of papers presented in this book provide a valuable compendium of knowledge on senior (elderly) citizens hitherto unavailable in such terse form. It discusses the subject on inter-disciplinary basis and suggests ways and means of promoting their proper rehabilitation. It is as much useful for future research on the subject. The book is global in outlook and pools information from both developed and developing countries. It ...
This book is an offshoot of a major inter-disciplinary study on salient determinants of infant and childhood mortality conducted in South Central India (AP). Infant and childhood mortality significantly varies among the Muslims, the upper castes and the Harijans. It is highest among Muslims and Harijans and lowest among the Caste Hindus. Several factors have been identified as determinants of infant and childhood mortality, viz., socio-economic differences ...
Population Dynamics in Indian States focuses on several major determinants of fertility and infant mortality and their interrelationship. This book is divided into three parts on the basis of the above coverage. It is an outcome of a major and first national demographic study covering the important three natural regions of India, viz., North Central and Southern regions represented by three states like U.P. A.P. and kerla. A very large sample of 6500 have been ...
Micro-socio-demographic study is highly valuable for understanding the realistic nature of influenceof diverse and comprehensive factors that facilitate or hinder the procees of total development. Historically studying such factors, since independence over a quarter century period further enhance therelevace of the study. Thanks to the bench-mark studies available on Mangadu, from the renowned Poonamaliee Public Health Institute and the pioneering work of Prof S. ...
The book The Glory of Indian Heritage is a collection of essays which aims at presenting perspectives of different aspects of Indian culture and development. It has essays on Indian classical music and dance, painting, Ayurveda and yoga which are traditional and indigenous system of health, physical fitness, and physical and mental well-being, astrology, language, philosophy, recent advances made by India in socio-economic development, and excellence achieved by ...
Preservation of perfect eco-system assumed urgent importance throughout the world in the context of rapid population growth, depletion of natural resources and faster development of economy on a competitive basis. All this happened because till recently development planners did not give any serious thought to the inter-relationship between eco-system, rapid population growth and economic-cum-technological development of society. The book eminently highlights ...
An in-depth, empirical study of the increasing infant mortality among the Muslims of Central India. A Model for future research workers and a valuable help in policy-formulation and administrative run-up.
The book is the first of its kind on Asia in the field of Health policy, strategy and child survival. It is based on an interdisciplinary contribution by medical experts, demographers, sociologists and administrators. Top people in these areas from several Asian countries have written papers based on their long term experiences. In addition, the Director of Harward School of Health, USA, Dr. Lincoln Chen has also contributed an excellent paper of ORT which is the ...