Health and Nutrition of Women and Children in Empowered Action Group States of India

Sandhya R Mahapatro is Assistant Professor, Economics Division, at the A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, India. She pursued her doctoral and postdoctoral research in migration studies. Her current research areas include issues related to health economics, migration, maternal and child health and gender.Udaya S Mishra, a Statistician/Demographer, is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India, with research contributions in the areas of aging, health and nutrition, in addition to population policy and programme evaluation. His current research interest includes measurement issues in health and equity focusing on the evaluation of outcomes.Shubh Swain is an implementation scientist and a policy thought leader in the multi-sectoral areas of gender, nutrition, food systems and global health. He has worked in several regions, including South Asia and East Africa. He works as a Research Associate at the Tata Cornell Institute, Cornell University, USA. Shubh’s current work focuses on developing strategies to involve men in achieving better nutritional status for women in low- and middle-income countries.

“A valuable contribution that enhances the regional understanding of maternal and child health issues. The book will contribute towards evidence-based policy- making to improve MCH indicators.” — K.S. James, Director, International Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai“Improving national averages disguise the unacceptable inequities in social and economic progress that continue to plague India. This book makes an important contribution to identifying some of the disparities in maternal and child health between and within the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, as well as making practical policy recommendations to improve the health situation of those most disadvantaged. Its findings should be taken seriously.” — Alaka M Basu, Former Professor, Department of Global Development, Cornell University.

• Introduction. Part I: Regional pattern, Causes and Implications. 1. Maternal Mortality: Role of EAG States 2. Nutritional, bio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants of neonatal mortality in the EAG states of India 3. Disparities in Health Outcome of Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India: A Panel Data Approach Part II: Access and Utilisation: Gaps and Challenges 4. Differential Access to Maternal and Child Health Across Social Groups-Issues and Challenges of Discrimination 5. Continuum of Care for Maternal and Child Health in India and EAG states 6. Place of Hospitalization, Residence, and its Effect on Caesarean Section Out-Of-Pocket Expenditurein India 7. Understanding Maternal Health Care Deprivation in Bihar Part III: Nutrition and Well being 8. Nutrition Status of Mothers and Children: Trends and Determinants 9. Association between parental migration and undernutrition among the children left behind in rural Empowered Action Group (EAG) States, India 10. Utilisation of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Nutritional Outcomes in Empowered Action Group (EAG) states of India; Evidence from Two National Surveys 11. Implication of household food Security on Child health – Evidence from Rural Jharkhand Part IV: Health Governance, Policies and Programmes 12. Factors affecting inequity in institutional delivery and choice of providers: the role of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Bihar 13. Men’s role in unpaid work and maternal health care in India: How far women get support from men? 14. Quality of Maternal Health care in Public Hospitals of Uttar Pradesh: A Case Study of selected facilities of Lucknow district 15. Assessment of Health System Governance (HSG) in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States in India. Emerging Concerns and the Way Forward.