Sanghmitra S Acharya
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sanghmitra S Acharya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sanghmitra S |
| FAMILY NAME | Acharya |
| SIGNATURE | ACHARYA S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6488-4181 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Paradigm Shifts in Population and Health in India
Gender-based Violence and Humanitarian Crisis
Over the last three decades, the history of women development has been recorded with an increased active hue of humanitarian and women’s rights context. The crisis calls for a response and collective action to propose an efficient framework to protect affected women from violations of their rights. Under the shield of humanitarian approach, right to equality and human rights law, the issue at hand demanded a global humanitarian response plan that…
Access to Healthcare services among the Elderly in India
Equity in Access to Nutrition through ICDS
With the recognition of the problem of child malnutrition in India, the government provides supplementary nutrition under the flagship scheme of Integrated Child Development Services. The scheme has a specific focus on children from geographically and socio-economically disadvantaged groups. In the recent past, although several studies have looked into the access of children to supplementary nutrition services, the effectiveness of the services o…
‘Breaking Barriers
The book ‘Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary’ published by Emesco Books Private Limited in 2022, and edited by D. Chandrasekhar Reddy, is a powerful account of a journey from fear to fearlessness, from subjugation to assertion and from being no one to becoming a revered exemplary civil servant. Authored by the former IAS officer Kaki Madhava Rao, the book explores the inner mechanism of the civil service at the ground level a…
Linkage of premature and early menopause with psychosocial well-being
The findings emphasize the fact that smoking is associated with premature menopause, depression and insomnia. Women who experienced premature menopause has lower cognitive scores, depressive symptoms and insomnia symptoms, which were higher among those who consumed tobacco. The study, strongly recommends the dissemination of information on the negative effects of tobacco consumption and making more informed choices to maintain a healthy life. Mor…
Mapping Identity-Induced Marginalisation in India
Caste, Covid-19, and Inequalities of Care
Caste and Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Health and Nutrition in India
This study is on caste inequality in child health outcomes: mortality, malnutrition and anaemia for the year 1998/99 to year 2019/21 and examines the association of socio-economic factors with outcomes. Disparity ratio (DR) and Concentration Index (CI) are computed to examine inequality in outcomes. The association of socio-economic factors was modelled using logit regression. The study finds marginalised group were more likely to have poor healt…
Health Disparity and Health Equity in India
Health is essential in all spheres of everyday life. It is crucial for well-being, longevity, and to avail economic and social opportunity. Therefore, resources and services needed to be healthy go beyond medical care. Living and working conditions which promote health assume greater importance as they have the potential to reduce the need for medical care (Daniels, 1981;1Daniels et al., 1999). Therefore, the discourse on health needs to begin fr…
Caste, Covid-19, and Inequalities of Care
Population-Poverty Linkages and Health Consequences
Population dynamics and determinants of poverty are associated in a way that affects access to resources which influence health. The popular belief often is that population growth causes problems including poverty. Scientific arguments, however, have fairy well established that it is the nature of development, which is important to ensures availability, access and utilization of resources, services and opportunities for different population group…
Social identity and perceptions about health care service provisioning by and for the Dalits in India
The present study aims to explore perceptions of the women health care providers (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Accredited Social Health Activist) and seekers on the basis of their social identity. The health interaction of Dalit health care providers with non-Dalit care seekers and vice versa is studied. Furthermore, this paper discussed the ways by which social identity of the care providers and the care seekers affects rendering and utilisation…
Indigenous Medicinal Substances and Health Care
People living in tribal areas often obstacles in accessing basic health care services due to remoteness and backwardness of the areas in which they live. Understanding the health care needs of tribal people in these difficult circumstances with special focus on utilization of tribal indigenous medicinal substances is significant for devising comprehensive programs. Data on socio-economic status, knowledge on indigenous medicine, beliefs, practice…
Female workforce
Social identity and perceptions about health care service provisioning by and for the Dalits in India
The present study aims to explore perceptions of the women health care providers (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Accredited Social Health Activist) and seekers on the basis of their social identity. The health interaction of Dalit health care providers with non-Dalit care seekers and vice versa is studied. Furthermore, this paper discussed the ways by which social identity of the care providers and the care seekers affects rendering and utilisation…
Female workforce
Indigenous Medicinal Substances and Health Care
People living in tribal areas often obstacles in accessing basic health care services due to remoteness and backwardness of the areas in which they live. Understanding the health care needs of tribal people in these difficult circumstances with special focus on utilization of tribal indigenous medicinal substances is significant for devising comprehensive programs. Data on socio-economic status, knowledge on indigenous medicine, beliefs, practice…
Social identity and perceptions about health care service provisioning by and for the Dalits in India
The present study aims to explore perceptions of the women health care providers (Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and Accredited Social Health Activist) and seekers on the basis of their social identity. The health interaction of Dalit health care providers with non-Dalit care seekers and vice versa is studied. Furthermore, this paper discussed the ways by which social identity of the care providers and the care seekers affects rendering and utilisation…
Population-Poverty Linkages and Health Consequences
Population dynamics and determinants of poverty are associated in a way that affects access to resources which influence health. The popular belief often is that population growth causes problems including poverty. Scientific arguments, however, have fairy well established that it is the nature of development, which is important to ensures availability, access and utilization of resources, services and opportunities for different population group…
Mapping Identity-Induced Marginalisation in India
Caste, Covid-19, and Inequalities of Care
Caste and Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Health and Nutrition in India
This study is on caste inequality in child health outcomes: mortality, malnutrition and anaemia for the year 1998/99 to year 2019/21 and examines the association of socio-economic factors with outcomes. Disparity ratio (DR) and Concentration Index (CI) are computed to examine inequality in outcomes. The association of socio-economic factors was modelled using logit regression. The study finds marginalised group were more likely to have poor healt…
Health Disparity and Health Equity in India
Health is essential in all spheres of everyday life. It is crucial for well-being, longevity, and to avail economic and social opportunity. Therefore, resources and services needed to be healthy go beyond medical care. Living and working conditions which promote health assume greater importance as they have the potential to reduce the need for medical care (Daniels, 1981;1Daniels et al., 1999). Therefore, the discourse on health needs to begin fr…
Caste, Covid-19, and Inequalities of Care
‘Breaking Barriers
The book ‘Breaking Barriers: The Story of a Dalit Chief Secretary’ published by Emesco Books Private Limited in 2022, and edited by D. Chandrasekhar Reddy, is a powerful account of a journey from fear to fearlessness, from subjugation to assertion and from being no one to becoming a revered exemplary civil servant. Authored by the former IAS officer Kaki Madhava Rao, the book explores the inner mechanism of the civil service at the ground level a…
Linkage of premature and early menopause with psychosocial well-being
The findings emphasize the fact that smoking is associated with premature menopause, depression and insomnia. Women who experienced premature menopause has lower cognitive scores, depressive symptoms and insomnia symptoms, which were higher among those who consumed tobacco. The study, strongly recommends the dissemination of information on the negative effects of tobacco consumption and making more informed choices to maintain a healthy life. Mor…
Equity in Access to Nutrition through ICDS
With the recognition of the problem of child malnutrition in India, the government provides supplementary nutrition under the flagship scheme of Integrated Child Development Services. The scheme has a specific focus on children from geographically and socio-economically disadvantaged groups. In the recent past, although several studies have looked into the access of children to supplementary nutrition services, the effectiveness of the services o…
Paradigm Shifts in Population and Health in India
Gender-based Violence and Humanitarian Crisis
Over the last three decades, the history of women development has been recorded with an increased active hue of humanitarian and women’s rights context. The crisis calls for a response and collective action to propose an efficient framework to protect affected women from violations of their rights. Under the shield of humanitarian approach, right to equality and human rights law, the issue at hand demanded a global humanitarian response plan that…
Access to Healthcare services among the Elderly in India
Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (4 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works)