Anita Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anita Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anita |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dr. Hari Singh Gour University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6382-3002 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unknotting the complexities of food vulnerability
As levels of food insecurity rise, understanding food vulnerability is increasingly pertinent. To date, food vulnerability is under-theorized and studies tend to focus on particular food insecurity/poverty influencing factors, associations of food vulnerability with health and well-being, and mitigating policies/initiatives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty participants. Adopting a social constructionist perspective, this pap…
Informal Workers’ Capabilities and Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a key pillar of India’s Skill India mission under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (NPSDE) 2015, aimed at formalizing the skills of its vast informal workforce, which accounts for over 91% of total employment. By bridging the gap between experiential learning and formal certification, RPL has the potential to enhance employability, economic mobility, and workforce productivity.H…
Pastoralism and the State
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Red-Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
An intensive survey was carried out over the past 8 years in tribal-dominated areas of southwestern Rajasthan to document red-wattled lapwing ( Vanellus indicus ) behavior as a rain forecaster, relevant to farm planning and better crop production. The present study included tribal farmers, agriculture scientists, extension workers, ornithologists, and farm workers. The precision of their observations was compared with a contemporaneous study of 1…
Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating Covid-19 Challenges
This article explores the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on racially minoritised children and young people. It draws on a study that investigated the factors that impacted the well-being and resilience of Black and Asian children and young people in the UK during the pandemic. The study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Black and Asian children aged twelve to ninetee…
Communications from the Field
Sharma discusses the micropolitics of pastoral nomads in the Indian Himalayas and Pir Panjals. She looks at the contrasting positions and experiences with governmentality of two different nomadic pastoral communities, the Gujjar and Bakkarwal in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Van Gujjar in Uttrakhand. The Jammu and Kashmir was brought to the international attention by an unprecedented move on Aug 5, 2019, when the Indian government deoperationalized …
The Checkpoint Program
The Checkpoint program demonstrated sufficient promise to warrant further exploration of its sustainability. However, health services have yet to determine the ideal organisational structures and funding arrangements to support such initiatives
The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030)
Box 1 The Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) Objectives of the global strategy: * Survive: end preventable mortality; * Thrive: promote health and well-being; and * Transform: expand enabling environments. Five drivers of change to achieve the objectives based on the global strategy action areas: * People: individual potential and community engagement; * Political effectiveness: country leadership, financi…
Seeking Asylum
A Study on Environmental Sanitation, Sanitary Habits and Personal Hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur Block of Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper is a study of environmental sanitation, sanitary habits and personal hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur block of dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. A total of 100 households comprising of 494 persons have been studied for this purpose on a random sampling basis, by using pre tested, structured schedules, through semi-participant method. The result of study indicates that environmental sanitation through inhabitants is of an ave…
Healing the Wounds of Domestic Abuse
Feminist therapy is a powerful means of helping abused women because of its focus on systemic sources of oppression and hegemony. These forms of oppression are intimately linked to a woman's cultural and socioeconomic background and affect the way she experiences domestic abuse. Although researchers have shown that feminist therapy can be an effective approach for counseling abused women, it is criticized here for failing to acknowledge the diver…
The Study of Maternal Health Problems among the Semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper discusses the maternal health problems prevail among the semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon town of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The present study is based on interview of 128 Lohar Gadiya hou sewives by random sampling and semi-participants’ method using structured schedule. The findings indicate that majority of population is illiterate and poor. The most of the females married at higher age and faced atleast one …
Environmental Sanitation and Sanitary Habits among the Semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon Town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper reports, the environment sanitation and sanitary habits among the semi-nomadic Lahor Gadiyas of Malthon town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh. The results of the study indicates that environmental sanitation and sanitary habits are not satisfactory and unhygienic among them, due to their unawareness about the scientific method of environment sanitationand sanitary habits
Secularization, Moral Regulation and the Mass Media
The emphasis on a seemingly inevitable process of secularization leading to «demoralization» as part of modernization has meant that sociologists have not felt it necessary to give much heed to Durkheim's call for the development of a sociology of morals. However, there has been some recent movement in that direction, stimulated by a revival of interest in Durkheimian sociology and Foucault's work on discourses and moral regulation. The analysis …
Healing the Wounds of Domestic Abuse
Feminist therapy is a powerful means of helping abused women because of its focus on systemic sources of oppression and hegemony. These forms of oppression are intimately linked to a woman's cultural and socioeconomic background and affect the way she experiences domestic abuse. Although researchers have shown that feminist therapy can be an effective approach for counseling abused women, it is criticized here for failing to acknowledge the diver…
Secularization, Moral Regulation and the Mass Media
The emphasis on a seemingly inevitable process of secularization leading to «demoralization» as part of modernization has meant that sociologists have not felt it necessary to give much heed to Durkheim's call for the development of a sociology of morals. However, there has been some recent movement in that direction, stimulated by a revival of interest in Durkheimian sociology and Foucault's work on discourses and moral regulation. The analysis …
Environmental Sanitation and Sanitary Habits among the Semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon Town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper reports, the environment sanitation and sanitary habits among the semi-nomadic Lahor Gadiyas of Malthon town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh. The results of the study indicates that environmental sanitation and sanitary habits are not satisfactory and unhygienic among them, due to their unawareness about the scientific method of environment sanitationand sanitary habits
A Study on Environmental Sanitation, Sanitary Habits and Personal Hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur Block of Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper is a study of environmental sanitation, sanitary habits and personal hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur block of dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. A total of 100 households comprising of 494 persons have been studied for this purpose on a random sampling basis, by using pre tested, structured schedules, through semi-participant method. The result of study indicates that environmental sanitation through inhabitants is of an ave…
Secularization, Moral Regulation and the Mass Media
The emphasis on a seemingly inevitable process of secularization leading to «demoralization» as part of modernization has meant that sociologists have not felt it necessary to give much heed to Durkheim's call for the development of a sociology of morals. However, there has been some recent movement in that direction, stimulated by a revival of interest in Durkheimian sociology and Foucault's work on discourses and moral regulation. The analysis …
Environmental Sanitation and Sanitary Habits among the Semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon Town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper reports, the environment sanitation and sanitary habits among the semi-nomadic Lahor Gadiyas of Malthon town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh. The results of the study indicates that environmental sanitation and sanitary habits are not satisfactory and unhygienic among them, due to their unawareness about the scientific method of environment sanitationand sanitary habits
Healing the Wounds of Domestic Abuse
Feminist therapy is a powerful means of helping abused women because of its focus on systemic sources of oppression and hegemony. These forms of oppression are intimately linked to a woman's cultural and socioeconomic background and affect the way she experiences domestic abuse. Although researchers have shown that feminist therapy can be an effective approach for counseling abused women, it is criticized here for failing to acknowledge the diver…
The Study of Maternal Health Problems among the Semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper discusses the maternal health problems prevail among the semi-nomadic Lohar Gadiyas of Malthon town of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The present study is based on interview of 128 Lohar Gadiya hou sewives by random sampling and semi-participants’ method using structured schedule. The findings indicate that majority of population is illiterate and poor. The most of the females married at higher age and faced atleast one …
A Study on Environmental Sanitation, Sanitary Habits and Personal Hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur Block of Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
The present paper is a study of environmental sanitation, sanitary habits and personal hygiene among the Baigas of Samnapur block of dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. A total of 100 households comprising of 494 persons have been studied for this purpose on a random sampling basis, by using pre tested, structured schedules, through semi-participant method. The result of study indicates that environmental sanitation through inhabitants is of an ave…
The Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030)
Box 1 The Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) Objectives of the global strategy: * Survive: end preventable mortality; * Thrive: promote health and well-being; and * Transform: expand enabling environments. Five drivers of change to achieve the objectives based on the global strategy action areas: * People: individual potential and community engagement; * Political effectiveness: country leadership, financi…
Seeking Asylum
Communications from the Field
Sharma discusses the micropolitics of pastoral nomads in the Indian Himalayas and Pir Panjals. She looks at the contrasting positions and experiences with governmentality of two different nomadic pastoral communities, the Gujjar and Bakkarwal in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Van Gujjar in Uttrakhand. The Jammu and Kashmir was brought to the international attention by an unprecedented move on Aug 5, 2019, when the Indian government deoperationalized …
The Checkpoint Program
The Checkpoint program demonstrated sufficient promise to warrant further exploration of its sustainability. However, health services have yet to determine the ideal organisational structures and funding arrangements to support such initiatives
Red-Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
An intensive survey was carried out over the past 8 years in tribal-dominated areas of southwestern Rajasthan to document red-wattled lapwing ( Vanellus indicus ) behavior as a rain forecaster, relevant to farm planning and better crop production. The present study included tribal farmers, agriculture scientists, extension workers, ornithologists, and farm workers. The precision of their observations was compared with a contemporaneous study of 1…
Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating Covid-19 Challenges
This article explores the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on racially minoritised children and young people. It draws on a study that investigated the factors that impacted the well-being and resilience of Black and Asian children and young people in the UK during the pandemic. The study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Black and Asian children aged twelve to ninetee…
Pastoralism and the State
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Unknotting the complexities of food vulnerability
As levels of food insecurity rise, understanding food vulnerability is increasingly pertinent. To date, food vulnerability is under-theorized and studies tend to focus on particular food insecurity/poverty influencing factors, associations of food vulnerability with health and well-being, and mitigating policies/initiatives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty participants. Adopting a social constructionist perspective, this pap…
Informal Workers’ Capabilities and Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a key pillar of India’s Skill India mission under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (NPSDE) 2015, aimed at formalizing the skills of its vast informal workforce, which accounts for over 91% of total employment. By bridging the gap between experiential learning and formal certification, RPL has the potential to enhance employability, economic mobility, and workforce productivity.H…
Medicine (8 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Animal Diversity and Health Studies (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)