Mousumi Dutta, Saswata Ghosh, Zakir Husain

Maternal and Child Health in India

Networks and Information Diffusion

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the process of information diffusion and the challenges of spreading awareness about maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes in India, with a special focus on Bihar - a state in eastern India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9781032514741
• ISBN-10: 1032514744
• Artikelnr.: 70149109

Autorenporträt

Mousumi Dutta is Professor in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Saswata Ghoshis Associate Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Zakir Husain teaches in the Economics Department at Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures vi
List of tables vii
Acknowledgements x
1 Maternal and child health outcomes in India: Where do we stand? 1
2 Introducing the data: Secondary and primary sources 30
3 Networks and information diffusion: Evidence from national family health
survey 61
4 Health communication through SHGs: Assessing the JEEViKA programme in
Bihar 99
5 Leveraging information diffusion: Peer effects versus individual
counselling by ASHAS 139
6 Obstacles to information networks: Results from social network analysis
202
7 Signposts for the future 239
Index 253
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