Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101982
Abstract: Highlights • Limited research focussing on the affordability of diets in India.• We model the least-cost means of meeting national dietary guidelines.• We assess the affordability of this least-cost diet against wage data.• Diets are… read more here.
Keywords: diets rural; rural india; nutritious diets; affordability ... See more keywords
Touch thee not: Group conflict, caste power and untouchability in rural India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2020.12.003
Abstract: Abstract We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability - the avoidance of physical contact – by upper and backward caste Hindus vis-a-vis ‘scheduled’ castes (SCs) in rural India. We hypothesize… read more here.
Keywords: rural india; caste obc; power; caste ... See more keywords
What’s Your Child Worth? An Analysis of Expected Dowry Payments in Rural India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104927
Abstract: Abstract This paper introduces a new primary dataset on dowry payments in rural India. A novel feature of the data is that in addition to eliciting actual dowry payments, we also asked rural Indian households… read more here.
Keywords: rural india; analysis; dowry payments; child worth ... See more keywords
Short birth interval and associated factors in rural India: A cross-sectional study.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0021932022000256
Abstract: Short Birth Interval (SBI) is one of the main causes of adverse maternal and child health outcomes. A 33-month birth-to-birth interval between two successive live births should be followed to minimize the risk of adverse… read more here.
Keywords: short birth; associated factors; india; rural india ... See more keywords
A18759 In rural India Hypertension is unrecognized and untreated in all ages but especially in younger people-May Measurement Month like screening is potentially beneficial
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DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000549275.97545.cb
Abstract: Objectives: To describe the prevalence and treatment of hypertension stratified for age and gender in rural India. Methods: In relation to May Measurement Month 2017,we did a population survey in villages of India. In door… read more here.
Keywords: rural india; may measurement; htn; hypertension ... See more keywords
Vakrangee: changing lives in rural India
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DOI: 10.1108/eemcs-11-2021-0376
Abstract: Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: to design an appropriate strategy for firms to succeed in low-income, price-sensitive markets; to appreciate how business model innovation can help to overcome the obstacles faced by… read more here.
Keywords: vakrangee; business; growth; case ... See more keywords
Morbidity and utilisation of healthcare services among people with cardiometabolic disease in three diverse regions of rural India.
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DOI: 10.1177/17423953231153550
Abstract: OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and determinants of cardiometabolic disease (CMD), and the factors associated with healthcare utilisation, among people with CMD. METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, 11,657 participants were recruited from randomly selected villages… read more here.
Keywords: services among; cmd; among people; regions rural ... See more keywords
Mothers' Social Status and Children's Health: Evidence From Joint Households in Rural India.
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DOI: 10.1215/00703370-10217164
Abstract: The premise that a woman's social status has intergenerational effects on her children's health has featured prominently in population science research and in development policy. This study focuses on an important case in which social… read more here.
Keywords: children health; social status; status; households rural ... See more keywords
Availability, Prices and Affordability of Antibiotics Stocked by Informal Providers in Rural India: A Cross-Sectional Survey
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11040523
Abstract: Providers without formal training deliver healthcare and antibiotics across rural India, but little is known about the antibiotics that they stock. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of such informal providers (IPs) in two districts of… read more here.
Keywords: cross sectional; sectional survey; rural india; informal providers ... See more keywords
Can Self-Administered Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) Help Rural India? An Evaluation of the CoviSelf Kit as a Response to the 2019–2022 COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12030644
Abstract: This paper evaluates India’s first officially approved self-administered rapid antigen test kit against COVID-19, a device called CoviSelf. The context is rural India. Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are currently popular in situations where vaccination rates… read more here.
Keywords: rapid antigen; covid pandemic; rural india; self administered ... See more keywords