Health inequalities among urban children in India: A comparative assessment of Empowered Action Group (EAG) and South Indian states

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-185

  Arokiasamy, P ^a   Jain, Kshipra ^a   Goli, Srinivas ^a   Pradhan, Jalandhar ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE;

BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873561308     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000211     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Agarwal, S. (2011) The state of urban health in India: comparing the poorest quartile to the rest of the urban population in selected states and cities. Environment and Urbanization 23(1), 13-28.
2. Agarwal, S. & Taneja, S. (2005) All slums are not equal: child health conditions among the urban poor. India Pediatrics 42, 233-244. (Pubitemid 40461539)
3. Arokiasamy, P. & Pradhan, J. (2011) Measuring wealth-based health inequality among Indian children: the importance of equity vs efficiency. Health Policy and Planning 26(5), 429-440.
4. Brockerhoff, M. & Brennan, E. (1998) The poverty of cities in developing regions. Population and Development Review 24(1), 75-114.
5. Cohen, B. (2006) Urbanization in developing countries: current trends, future projections, and key challenges for sustainability. Technology in Society 28, 63-80. (Pubitemid 43337784)
6. Data Net India Private Limited (1981-2005) Socio-economic Information from Official Statistics. URL: http://www.indiastat.com/percapitaavailability/ 24/income/131/stats.aspx.
7. Fotso, J. C. (2006) Child health inequities in developing countries: differences across urban and rural areas. International Journal for Equity in Health 5(1), 1-10.
8. Gakidou, E. E., Murray, C. J. & Frenk, J. (2000) Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78(1), 42-54. (Pubitemid 30094227)
9. Goli, S., Arokiasamy, P. & Chattopadhaya, A. (2011) Living and health conditions of selected cities in India: setting priorities for the National Urban Health Mission. Journal of Cities 28, 461-469.
10. Government of India (2008) Draft Urban Health Mission, Urban Health Division. MOHFW, Government of India, New Delhi.
11. Graham, H. & Kelly, M. (2004) Health Inequalities: Concepts, Framework and Policy. Briefing Paper, NHS Health Development Agency.
12. Hosseinpoor, A. R., Doorslaer, V. E. Speybroeck, N. et al. (2006) Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran. International Journal of Epidemiology 35, 1211-1219. (Pubitemid 44605539)
13. IIPS & Macro International (2007) National Family Health Survey-3, India. International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.
14. Joe, W., Mishra, U. S. & Navaneetham, K. (2009) Inequality in childhood malnutrition in India. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 10(3), 417-439.
15. Kumar, A. & Mohanty, S. K. (2011) Intra-urban differentials in the utilization of reproductive health care in India, 1992-2006. Journal of Urban Health 88(2), 311-328.
16. Marina, K. (1999) Healthy cities: a guide to literature. Environment and Urbanization 11(1), 201-220.
17. Naschold, F. (2002) Why Inequality Matters for Poverty. DFID Inequality Briefing 2. Department for International Development, London, pp. 1-6.
18. O'Donnell, O., van Doorslaer, E., Wagstaff, A. & Lindelow, M. (2008) Analyzing Health Equity using Household Survey Data. A Guide to Techniques and Their Implementation. World Bank Institute.
19. Office of Registrar General of India (2001) Census of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
20. Office of Registrar General of India (2006a) Report of Sample Registration System. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
21. Office of Registrar General of India (2006b) Population Projection for India and States, 2001-2026. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
22. Office of Registrar General of India (2011) Census of India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
23. Pradhan, J. & Arokiasamy, P. (2010) Socio-economic inequalities in child survival in India: a decomposition analysis. Health Policy 98(2-43), 114-120.
24. Sanke, S., Vittal, I., Dobbs, R. et al. (2010) Report on India's Awaking: Building Inclusive Cities, Sustaining Economic Growth. Mckinsey Global Institute, Mckinsey and Company, India.
25. Timaeus, I. M. & Lush, L. (1995) Intra-urban differentials in child health. Health Transition Review 5, 163-190.
26. United Nations (2005) World Urbanization Prospects: Concepts and Definitions. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations.
27. United Nations (2008) World Urbanization Prospects. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations.
28. United Nations (2009) World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations.
29. Visaria, L. (2004a) Mortality trends and the health transition. In Dyson, T., Cassen, R. & Visaria, L. (eds) Twenty-first Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development and Environment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 32-55.
30. Visaria, L. (2004b) The continuing fertility transition. In Dyson, T., Cassen, R. & Visaria, L. (eds) Twenty-first Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development and Environment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 57-73.
31. Wagstaff, A. (2000) Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78 (1), 19-29.
32. Wagstaff, A. (2002a) Inequalities in Health in Developing Countries: Swimming Against the Tide? Policy Research Working Paper 2795, World Bank, Washington, DC.
33. Wagstaff, A. (2002b) Poverty and health sector inequalities. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 80(2), 97-105. (Pubitemid 34205096)
34. Wagstaff, A., Doorslaer, V. E. & Wantanbe N. (2003) On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities, with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam. Journal of Econometrics 112(1), 219-227.
35. Wagstaff, A., Pact, P. & Doorslaer, V. E. (1991) On the measurement of inequalities in health. Social Science & Medicine 33(5), 545-557.
36. Weeks, J. R., Hill, A. G., Stow, D. A. et al. (2005) Intra-Urban Differentials in Poverty and Health in Accra, Ghana. San Diego State University.
37. WHO (1998) Postpartum Care of the Mother and Newborn: A Practical Guide. Maternal and Newborn Health/Safe Motherhood Unit, Division of Reproductive Health (Technical Support), World Health Organization, Geneva.
38. WHO (1999) Creating healthy cities in the 21st century. In Satterwaite, D. (ed) The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Cities. Earthscan Publications, London.
39. WHO (2000) The World Health Report: Health Systems: Improving Performance World Health Organization, Geneva.
40. WHO (2008) Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. Final report, Commission on Social Determinants of Health. World Health Organization, Geneva.
41. WHO Multicenter Growth Reference Study Group (2006) WHO Child Growth Standards: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age-methods and development. World Health Organization, Geneva.