Improving health status of people is a daunting challenge not only for the health practitioners but also for social scientists and activists. Economists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and demographers have made significant contributions to understand health in its holistic sense and to develop better health care programmes. This edited volume provides a comprehensive understanding of health issues from socio-cultural perspectives. The articles in this volume, contributed by eminent social scientists, present rich source material on theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary studies done in India, suggestive of the new ways of health care planning. The book should be a useful reading for those who are engaged in health research and action programme.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ajit K. Dalal
Ajit K. Dalal is Professor of Psychology at the University of Allahabad. He has obtained D.Phil. degree from IIT, Kanpur. He was Fulbright Senior Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, UGC Career Awardee and ICSSR Senior Research Fellow. He was also a visiting faculty at the Queen's University, Canada, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has published about 60 research articles and book chapters, in addition to six books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Subha Ray
Subha Ray is Lecturer at the Department of anthropology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. He obtained his Ph.D. degree fromthe Indian Statistical Institute, Kokata as J.R.F. and got the doctoral degree from the University of Calcutta. He served the Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad as lecturer for more than four years. His area of research includes health in general and reproductive health in particular. He has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute.
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