Title The sociology of South Asian women's health / Sara Rizvi Jafree, editor

Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 South Asian Womens Health Behaviour: Theoretical Explanations -- Chapter 3 Oral Narrations of Social Rejection Suffered by South Asian Women with Irreversible Health Conditions -- Chapter 4 Dependency in Health Decision-making of South Asian Women -- Chapter 5 Poverty, Health Coverage, and Credit Opportunities for South Asian Women -- Chapter 6 Refugee, Displaced, and Climate-Affected Women of South Asia and Their Health Challenges -- Chapter 7 Social Barriers to Mental Well-being in Women of South Asia -- Chapter 8 The Political Sociology of South Asian Womens Health -- Chapter 9 The Culture of Health Regulation and Its Implications on Maternal and Reproductive Health in South Asia Summary This contributed volume is the first-known collection of essays that brings together scholarly review, critiques, and primary and secondary data to assess how sociocultural factors influence health behavior in South Asian women. The essays are authored by working scholars or healthcare practitioners from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. In the chapters, the contributors acknowledge social, economic, and environmental factors to recommend improved interventions and health policy for women of the region. Studies on South Asian womens health have targeted clinical evidence, with less attention on social and environmental factors driving health recovery and health outcomes. The South Asian region, more than any other part of the world, is driven by traditional and cultural forces that are possibly the most significant factors determining a womans health awareness and her rights to adopt healthy behavior or pursue health recovery. Women of the region share a common culture and political history, and there are benefits to understanding their problems collectively in order to design joint improvements in health policy for women. Salient, but neglected, socio-political areas that influence health behavior and health outcomes in women of the region are covered in the chapters including: " Oral Narrations of Social Rejection Suffered by South Asian Women with Irreversible Health Conditions " Womens Role in Decision-Making for Health Care in South Asia " Poverty, Health Coverage, and Credit Opportunities for South Asian Women " Refugee, Displaced, and Climate-Affected Women of South Asia and Their Health Challenges " The Political Sociology of South Asian Womens Health The Sociology of South Asian Womens Health is a useful resource for students, researchers, and academicians, especially those interested in public health, gender, social policy, and occupational management, as well as healthcare practitioners, administrators, health and public policy-mak ers, government officers, and scholars of South Asian studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 26, 2020) Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects. Women -- Health and hygiene -- South Asia Women -- Health and hygiene. Health behavior. Women. Women's Health Cost of Illness Health Behavior Women Sociological Factors women (female humans) Gender studies: women. Health systems & services. Social issues & processes. Materno-fetal medicine. Central government policies. Medical sociology. Social Science -- Gender Studies. Medical -- Health Policy. Social Science -- Sociology -- General. Medical -- Nursing -- Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health. Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy. Social Science -- Disease & Health Issues. Women Health behavior Women -- Health and hygiene Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects SUBJECT Asia, Western Subject South Asia Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Jafree, Sara Rizvi. ISBN 9783030502041 303050204X

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