Full Description
The book offers a comprehensive view to understanding the complex and multifaceted world of women's health in South Asia, aligning closely with Sustainable Development Goals-3 (SDGs-3) on "good health and well-being". It examines the critical aspects, such as maternal and newborn health, healthcare choice and utilization. It includes perspectives on environmental, socio-cultural, and individual-level behavioral aspects of women's health outcomes. Furthermore, it highlights present-day women's health issues with the light of COVID-19 pandemics, refugeehood and mind-psychiatric epidemics. It contextualizes the women's health rights and development landscape with evaluating existing policies, programs, and potential gaps affecting women's health and well-being. Employing advanced geospatial techniques, including spatial modelling and quantitative approaches, the book offers multidimensional insights into women's health, shaping dialogue around health programs and policies. It is a rich source for academics, researchers, graduate students and health professionals in the fields of women's health development.
Contents
Women's Health in South Asia: An Introduction.- Impact of Trafficking on Women's Health: Evidence from Sri Lanka.- Women's Health in the Wake of Disasters: Investigating the Outcomes of Natural Disasters on Women's Health and Gender Sensitivity in Bangladesh.- Surviving in the Margins: Addressing the Health Issues of Homeless Women in NCT Delhi.- Assessing the Impact of Forced Refugeehood on Women's Health in South Asia.- COVID-19's Impact on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Rohingya Refugee Communities in Bangladesh: Health Sector Response.- Social Status of Women in the Khap Panchayat Belt, Northern India: Bane or Boon?.- The Human Right to Late-Stage Abortion in India: A Legislative and Judicial Analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021.- Empowering Choices: The State of Reproductive Rights for Women in India.- Correlates of Maternal and Child Health in Ernakulam, Kerala, India: A Geospatial Approach.- Examining Inequalities in Caesarean Section Deliveries in Maharashtra, India: Socio-Economic Determinants and Regional Disparities.- Study of Postpartum Amenorrhea Period and its Determinants: A Hazard Analysis Approach.- Barriers Associated with Maternal Healthcare among the Migrant Slum Dwellers.- The Mental Health of Indigenous Women in South Asia: A Scoping Review.- Listening to the Mind - Psychiatric Epidemiology and Mental Health in Breast Cancer Care in India.- Emotional Health of Women in IT: Comparing Work-from-Home and Hybrid Models Post-COVID-19.- Moderating Role of Social Support in Association of Well-being and Psychological Problems among Pakistani Pregnant Women.
