Gloria Benny
Biographic Data
| ID | 7773259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gloria Benny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gloria |
| FAMILY NAME | Benny |
| SIGNATURE | BENNY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Institute for Global Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3263-0798 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exploring the road to public healthcare accessibility: A qualitative study to understand healthcare utilization among hard-to-reach groups in Kerala, India
The 'Kerala Model of Development' has been applauded internationally for its success in recent years. However, this has not inured the state from the typical barriers to public sector health care use articulated by participants in the study, which match global evidence. In order to deepen the impact of public sector reforms, the state must try to meet service user expectations- especially among those left behind. This requires attention to qualit…
National Rural Health Mission reforms in light of decentralised planning in Kerala, India: A realist analysis of data from three witness seminars
The synergy between decentralised health planning and N(R)HM has significantly shaped and impacted the health sector, leading to innovative and inclusive programs that respond to local health needs and improved health system infrastructure. However, centralised health planning still belies the ethos and imperative of decentralisation - these contradictions may vex progress going forward and warrant further study
Who are the vulnerable, and how do we reach them? Perspectives of health system actors and community leaders in Kerala, India
Background Among the core principles of the 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the call to Leave no One behind (LNOB), a principle that gained resonance as the world contended with the COVID-19 pandemic. The south Indian state of Kerala received acclaim globally for its efforts in managing COVID-19 pandemic. Less attention has been paid, however, to how inclusive this management was, as well as if and how those “left behind” i…
Gender-specific inequalities in coverage of Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes in Southern States of India: Evidence from National Family Health Surveys
We found gender inequalities in self-reported enrolment in southern states with long-standing PFHIS. Inequalities favoured the poor, uneducated and elderly, which is to some extend desirable when rolling out a PFHIS intended for harder to reach populations. However, religion and caste-based inequalities, while reducing, were still prevalent among women. If PFHIS are to truly offer financial risk protection, they must address the intersecting marg…
Bargaining with patriarchy through the life course: Obstacles faced (and overcome) by women leaders in Kerala’s health sector
Women leaders in Kerala have faced shared challenges through their life-course to climb up the ranks of leadership; each leader has adopted unique ways of overcoming them and developed similarly unique leadership styles. At each life stage there were bargains with patriarchy - involving family members (often as allies), against formal and informal institutional rules, managers, peers and subordinates., which in turn suggests a feminist consciousn…
Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in blood pressure and blood glucose testing: Evidence from four districts in Kerala, India
While the magnitude of socioeconomic inequality in NCD risk factor testing did not appear to be very high in four Kerala districts, although levels were statistically significant in three of them. Greater exploration is needed on how education and caste contribute to these inequalities and their relationship to NCD risk factors such as family history. From such analyses, we may be able to identify entry points to mitigate inequalities in testing …
Telephony and trade-offs in fieldwork with the ‘unreached’: On the conduct of telephonic interviews with indigenous study participants in southern India
When COVID-19 hit India, a qualitative research study had been underway the southern state of Kerala, to understand the perspectives of the front-line health workers and the Kattunayakan tribal community towards health service utilisation. This community is relatively underserved, and a great deal of our emphasis was on understanding health system barriers experienced on both demand and supply side. COVID-19 showed us that these barriers pertain …
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Telephony and trade-offs in fieldwork with the ‘unreached’: On the conduct of telephonic interviews with indigenous study participants in southern India
When COVID-19 hit India, a qualitative research study had been underway the southern state of Kerala, to understand the perspectives of the front-line health workers and the Kattunayakan tribal community towards health service utilisation. This community is relatively underserved, and a great deal of our emphasis was on understanding health system barriers experienced on both demand and supply side. COVID-19 showed us that these barriers pertain …
Bargaining with patriarchy through the life course: Obstacles faced (and overcome) by women leaders in Kerala’s health sector
Women leaders in Kerala have faced shared challenges through their life-course to climb up the ranks of leadership; each leader has adopted unique ways of overcoming them and developed similarly unique leadership styles. At each life stage there were bargains with patriarchy - involving family members (often as allies), against formal and informal institutional rules, managers, peers and subordinates., which in turn suggests a feminist consciousn…
Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in blood pressure and blood glucose testing: Evidence from four districts in Kerala, India
While the magnitude of socioeconomic inequality in NCD risk factor testing did not appear to be very high in four Kerala districts, although levels were statistically significant in three of them. Greater exploration is needed on how education and caste contribute to these inequalities and their relationship to NCD risk factors such as family history. From such analyses, we may be able to identify entry points to mitigate inequalities in testing …
Who are the vulnerable, and how do we reach them? Perspectives of health system actors and community leaders in Kerala, India
Background Among the core principles of the 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the call to Leave no One behind (LNOB), a principle that gained resonance as the world contended with the COVID-19 pandemic. The south Indian state of Kerala received acclaim globally for its efforts in managing COVID-19 pandemic. Less attention has been paid, however, to how inclusive this management was, as well as if and how those “left behind” i…
Gender-specific inequalities in coverage of Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes in Southern States of India: Evidence from National Family Health Surveys
We found gender inequalities in self-reported enrolment in southern states with long-standing PFHIS. Inequalities favoured the poor, uneducated and elderly, which is to some extend desirable when rolling out a PFHIS intended for harder to reach populations. However, religion and caste-based inequalities, while reducing, were still prevalent among women. If PFHIS are to truly offer financial risk protection, they must address the intersecting marg…
Exploring the road to public healthcare accessibility: A qualitative study to understand healthcare utilization among hard-to-reach groups in Kerala, India
The 'Kerala Model of Development' has been applauded internationally for its success in recent years. However, this has not inured the state from the typical barriers to public sector health care use articulated by participants in the study, which match global evidence. In order to deepen the impact of public sector reforms, the state must try to meet service user expectations- especially among those left behind. This requires attention to qualit…
National Rural Health Mission reforms in light of decentralised planning in Kerala, India: A realist analysis of data from three witness seminars
The synergy between decentralised health planning and N(R)HM has significantly shaped and impacted the health sector, leading to innovative and inclusive programs that respond to local health needs and improved health system infrastructure. However, centralised health planning still belies the ethos and imperative of decentralisation - these contradictions may vex progress going forward and warrant further study
Medicine (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Economics (3 works)