School Health Promotion: Case Studies from India - Hardcover
School Health Promotion: Case Studies from India offers evidence-based insights and recommendations to those engaged in addressing the social determinants of health at the school level. The book provides an overview of school health promotion and adolescent health in India, and presents case studies of four programmes: SHAPE, UDAAN, Drishti and Prayatna. Together, these programmes cover seven states of India, and are characterised by different types of human resource delivery, levels of engagement with the school and students, and systems for monitoring and supervision. The case studies provide valuable lessons for strengthening existing programmes and developing new approaches.The target audience includes education and health policy-makers, administrators, researchers and practitioners in government, academic institutions, funding agencies, non-governmental organisations and civil society.
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About the Author:
Divya Rajaraman has been working in health research, programme development, and implementation since 2001. She has worked for academic institutions and UNICEF (in partnership with governments and NGOs), on a range of projects in India and sub-Saharan Africa. Her work has included evaluating health and hygiene promotion interventions, assessing health service delivery and access to services, and programming for HIV treatment and care. Divya has a master's degree in Development Studies and a doctoral degree in Social Policy from Oxford University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University.
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- PublisherByword Books
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 8181931238
- ISBN 13 9788181931238
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages162
- EditorRajaraman Divya
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