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Using 'appreciative inquiry' in India to improve infection control practices in maternity care: A qualitative study
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
Background: Infections acquired during childbirth are a common cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Changing provider behaviour and organisational settings within the health system is key to reducing ...
Mass Migration from Rural India: A Restudy of Kunkeri Village in Konkan, Maharashtra, 1961�87�17
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019)
This article examines a particular village桲unkeri梚n Konkan, Maharashtra, characterized by persistent mass outmigration for over five decades, by combining a field study in 2017 with detailed ethnographic and statistical ...
Do the pre-service education programmes for midwives in India prepare confident 'registered midwives'? A survey from India
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
Objective: The graduates of the diploma and degree programmes of nursing and midwifery in India are considered skilled birth attendants (SBAs). This paper aimed to assess the confidence of final-year students from pre-service ...
Adapting the Women's empowerment in agriculture index to specific country context: Insights and critiques from fieldwork in India
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a direct, multi-dimensional measure of women's access to resources and decision-making in various domains of agriculture. However, several challenges characterize its ...
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency across the spectrum of glucose intolerance
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is inversely associated with insulin resistance. We studied the prevalence of VDD across the spectrum of glucose intolerance, including normal glucose tolerance (NGT), prediabetes ...
Getting the measurement right! quantifying time poverty and multitasking from childcare among mothers with children across different age groups in rural north India
(Routledge, 2020)
Existing research suggests that women spend a disproportionate amount of time on unpaid housework and childcare compared to men. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on unequal time burdens due to childcare among ...
Union budget: processes and procedures
(Yojana, 2015)
(An) important reform required is the establishment of a high powered committee consisting of economists and macroeconomic managers to be in charge of preparing fiscal policy for the country similar to the proposed Monetary ...