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School Health Services in India: The Social and Economic Contexts, looks at school health in a holistic manner by locating the context of children's socio-economic circumstances and the health needs that arise from it. It uses empirical work to look at the context and programmes that address these needs and then examines the engagement of health related issues in the school curriculum. It brings together original research that addresses the socio-economic context of school-going children and programmes such as Midday Meal programme and the school health services that are designed to address the nutritional needs and health concerns of children. <p>Health education is now part of school curriculum, and this volume showcases the experiences of three NGOs who have adopted innovative approaches to transact health education in government schools in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.</p></div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="book_other_versions_anchor"></a>Other editions - <a href='https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=editions:ISBN8178298732&id=aQ39RO9OET4C'>View all</a></h3><div id=book_other_versions class=about_content><div id=book_other_versions_v><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>School Health Services in India: The Social and Economic Contexts</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Rama V Baru</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#99522e">Limited preview</span> - 2008</span><br/></span></div></td><td align=right></td></tr></table></div></div><script>(function () {var fn = window['_OC_WSBookList'] || window['_OC_BookList'];fn && fn('book_other_versions', [{"title":"School Health Services in India","authors":"Rama V Baru","bib_key":"ISBN:9788178298733","pub_date":"2008","snippet":"While the contribution of education to health has gained recognition, the reciprocal relationship between health and education and its outcomes have not been adequately studied ...","subject":"Medical","info_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","preview_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC\u0026printsec=frontcover\u0026source=gbs_book_other_versions","thumbnail_url":"https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=oQ6YB0vR8iEC\u0026printsec=frontcover\u0026img=1\u0026zoom=1\u0026edge=curl","num_pages":221,"viewability":2,"preview":"partial","embeddable":true,"my_ebooks_url":"https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print\u0026continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fas_coll%3D7\u0026hl=en","has_flowing_text":true,"has_scanned_text":true,"can_download_pdf":false,"can_download_epub":false,"is_pdf_drm_enabled":false,"is_epub_drm_enabled":false,"subtitle":"The Social and Economic Contexts"}]);})();</script></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(2008)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent>Rama V Baru is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her principal areas of research are privatization of health care, health policy, comparative studies in health systems and health sector reforms. She has published widely in these areas and also authored Private Health Care in India: Social Characteristics and Trends (Sage Publications, 1998). She is on the editorial board of the Global Social Policy published by Sage Publications and on various committees of national and international organizations. </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>School Health Services in India: The Social and Economic Contexts</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Rama+V+Baru%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=3"><span dir=ltr>Rama V Baru</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>illustrated</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>SAGE Publications, 2008</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>8178298732, 9788178298733</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>210 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Education%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Education</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope 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