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Author:   Sunil Misra
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780761994053

ISBN 10:   076199405
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   18 January 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword - K Srinivasan Introduction PART ONE: INFANT MORTALITY AND FERTILITY Introduction Accelerating the Decline of Infant Mortality and Fertility in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh - Amita Bardhan Accelerating the Decline of Infant Mortality and Fertility - Ravindra Nath Gupta Tehri Garwhal, Uttar Pradesh Accelerating the Decline of Infant Mortality and Fertility - Sunil Misra The Case of Tikabali, Orissa Implications PART TWO: INTEGRATED HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS Introduction Sanrachna - Nirmal Sawhney The Integrated Health and Development Project, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh The Integrated Health and Development Project in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh - Sunil Misra Nav-Chetna Intensifying Family Planning Activities through Integrated Family Planning, Health and Social Development, Tonk, Rajasthan - Mohan Advani and R C Swarnkar Implications PART THREE: FERTILITY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RESPONSIBLE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN URBAN SLUMS Introduction Promoting Responsible Sexual Behaviour among Youth in Bangalore, Karnataka - K Ramachandra Sastry Health and Family Welfare through Community Participation - K Sureender Dharavi Slums, Bombay, Maharashtra The Fertility Reduction Project in a Low-Income Resettlement Colony, New Delhi - Ramamani Sundar Reducing Fertility among Women in Inner City Slums, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - C R Prasad Rao and A Usha Implications PART FOUR: FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE ORGANIZED SECTOR Introduction Community-Based Reproductive Health Network, Faridabad, Haryana - Shanta Venkataraman Promoting Reproductive Health in the Organized Sector, Kota, Rajasthan - Amita Bardhan Promoting Methods of Spacing among Women Industrial Employees - Ravindra Nath Gupta Solan-Kalka Industrial Complex, Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh Implications PART FIVE: INVOLVEMENT OF INDIGENOUS RESOURCE PERSONS IN THE PROMOTION OF FAMILY PLANNING Introduction Family Planning through Practitioners of the Indian System of Medicine (Involvement of Rural Medical Practitioners), Udaipur, Rajasthan - Ravi K Verma Implications PART SIX: IN RETROSPECT Critical Areas for Action - Sunil Misra PART SEVEN: CONCLUSION Non-Government Organizations as Catalysts of Change - Sunil Misra

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'The main strength of the book is that it is a collection of credible field studies conducted in geographically specific areas (Indian states), thus each chapter has a particular focus beyond which it does not stray' - Omar A. Khan, Contemporary South Asia

'The main strength of the book is that it is a collection of credible field studies conducted in geographically specific areas (Indian states), thus each chapter has a particular focus beyond which it does not stray' - Omar A. Khan, Contemporary South Asia 'The main strength of the book is that it is a collection of credible field studies conducted in geographically specific areas (Indian states), thus each chapter has a particular focus beyond which it does not stray' - Omar A. Khan, Contemporary South Asia

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