Rakhal Gaitonde
Biographic Data
| ID | 1446053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rakhal Gaitonde |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rakhal |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaitonde |
| SIGNATURE | GAITONDE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4046-8380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Born to clean? Caste, occupation and health - an exploration among sanitation workers in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Sanitation work in India remains concentrated among the Scheduled Castes despite constitutional protections and modernisation. Although this concentration is widely recognised, it has not been systematically incorporated into empirical analyses examining the mechanisms through which caste operates. This paper also describes the development of variables that aim to go beyond mainstream descriptive variables. It specifically examines the associatio…
Barriers to health care access among transgender people in Kerala
The identified barriers are deeply rooted in the social position of the TGD community, necessitating an approach that acknowledges the social determinants of their health to achieve meaningful improvements in health care access
Health in Kerala
The findings suggest that custom made policies are required to address the specific health needs of underserved population rather than a doing "more of same" approach
Non-communicable diseases and its risk factors among the transgender population in Kerala
The disadvantaged social position of TGD people and associated structural issues result in exacerbated biological risks, including those for NCDs. Ignoring these social determinants while designing health programmes is likely to lead to sub-optimal outcomes
Questioning global health in the times of Covid-19
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequitable response to it has created a space for rethinking the knowledge translation that informs current health policy formulation and planning. Wide recognition of the failure of global health governance and national health systems has led to calls for reviving the Primary Health Care (PHC) agenda for post-COVID health systems development. Despite the joint international declaration on PHC made fou…
Engaging participants with research findings
BACKGROUND: Sharing research findings with participants is recognized as an ethical imperative for the research community. However, most discourse on this topic in mainstream public health takes a paternalistic approach, with researchers retaining the power to choose if, when, and how research findings are shared. METHODS: Fieldwork took place from August 2018 to January 2019 and again from August 2019 to December 2019 among two communities in th…
Social networks and their impact on access to health care
The feminisation of ageing observed across the world is a significant challenge in many societies. Women's greater longevity is associated with the increased likelihood of age-related disability and morbidity. Furthermore, gendered disadvantage and poverty can make access to health care increasingly problematic in later years. Among the Indian states, Kerala has the highest number of residents above the age of 60 and many are older widows. Given …
Bridging a false dichotomy in the Covid-19 response
box As the world grapples with the public health emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, various control strategies have been attempted across the globe resulting in a growing body of evidence.1 Thus, we see a wide range of ‘lockdowns’, from the extremely tight Wuhan style,2 to the more measured Rwandan3 and more open Swedish model,4 and a range of testing protocols5 6 and quarantine durations.7 8 These variations stem from differing inter…
Community Action for Health in India's National Rural Health Mission
Registration and monitoring of pregnant women in Tamil Nadu, India
In 2008 a pregnancy registration system was introduced in rural Tamil Nadu, India, which is now being scaled up. It will collect data on antenatal, delivery and post-partum care in pregnant women and infant health. This is seen as an important public health intervention, justified for its potential to ensure efficiency in provision and use of maternity services. However, from another perspective, it can be seen as a form of control over women, re…
Registration and monitoring of pregnant women in Tamil Nadu, India
In 2008 a pregnancy registration system was introduced in rural Tamil Nadu, India, which is now being scaled up. It will collect data on antenatal, delivery and post-partum care in pregnant women and infant health. This is seen as an important public health intervention, justified for its potential to ensure efficiency in provision and use of maternity services. However, from another perspective, it can be seen as a form of control over women, re…
Community Action for Health in India's National Rural Health Mission
Bridging a false dichotomy in the Covid-19 response
box As the world grapples with the public health emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, various control strategies have been attempted across the globe resulting in a growing body of evidence.1 Thus, we see a wide range of ‘lockdowns’, from the extremely tight Wuhan style,2 to the more measured Rwandan3 and more open Swedish model,4 and a range of testing protocols5 6 and quarantine durations.7 8 These variations stem from differing inter…
Questioning global health in the times of Covid-19
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequitable response to it has created a space for rethinking the knowledge translation that informs current health policy formulation and planning. Wide recognition of the failure of global health governance and national health systems has led to calls for reviving the Primary Health Care (PHC) agenda for post-COVID health systems development. Despite the joint international declaration on PHC made fou…
Engaging participants with research findings
BACKGROUND: Sharing research findings with participants is recognized as an ethical imperative for the research community. However, most discourse on this topic in mainstream public health takes a paternalistic approach, with researchers retaining the power to choose if, when, and how research findings are shared. METHODS: Fieldwork took place from August 2018 to January 2019 and again from August 2019 to December 2019 among two communities in th…
Social networks and their impact on access to health care
The feminisation of ageing observed across the world is a significant challenge in many societies. Women's greater longevity is associated with the increased likelihood of age-related disability and morbidity. Furthermore, gendered disadvantage and poverty can make access to health care increasingly problematic in later years. Among the Indian states, Kerala has the highest number of residents above the age of 60 and many are older widows. Given …
Non-communicable diseases and its risk factors among the transgender population in Kerala
The disadvantaged social position of TGD people and associated structural issues result in exacerbated biological risks, including those for NCDs. Ignoring these social determinants while designing health programmes is likely to lead to sub-optimal outcomes
Health in Kerala
The findings suggest that custom made policies are required to address the specific health needs of underserved population rather than a doing "more of same" approach
Born to clean? Caste, occupation and health - an exploration among sanitation workers in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Sanitation work in India remains concentrated among the Scheduled Castes despite constitutional protections and modernisation. Although this concentration is widely recognised, it has not been systematically incorporated into empirical analyses examining the mechanisms through which caste operates. This paper also describes the development of variables that aim to go beyond mainstream descriptive variables. It specifically examines the associatio…
Barriers to health care access among transgender people in Kerala
The identified barriers are deeply rooted in the social position of the TGD community, necessitating an approach that acknowledges the social determinants of their health to achieve meaningful improvements in health care access
Health care (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Health Policy (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)