Ageing, Health and Development, B.R. Publishing Corporation, 9789350500910

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Ageing, Health and Development

S. Siva Raju (Editor) Ulimiri V. Somayajulu (Editor) C.P. Prakasam (Editor)

Synopsis

Ageing, as an area of research, has been one of much interest in the developed world, while in developing countries like India this trend is slowly, but surely gaining importance. However, published work in ageing and related issues is still in its nascent stages. The need, therefore, is to adequately study and analyse the phenomenon of ageing and its linkages with devolopmental issues and, the means to address problems related with the process of ageing.

It is with this context in mind that the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) has brought an Edited Volume, focussing exclusively on ageing and its relation with developmental issues. The major themes discussed are: older women and inclusive development, empowerment of elderly widows, mental health of elderly women in slums, health and other issues relate to elderly living in different geographical settings like rural, urban and tribal areas, status of palliative care, tribal elderly and their accessibility to health, female elderly in old age homes and gender disparity in food and health expenditure.

This Volume is expected to highly benefit policy makers, planners and civil society would be an information base for understanding the background, issues, policies and programmes and need for addressing issues, particularly developmental ones, affecting the elderly in our country.

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About the authors

S. Siva Raju

is a professor and Dean of School of Development Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His broad fields of research interest are ageing, health, population and development. He has directed several Research Studies on various social issues; including five studies in the field of Social Gerontology. He has to his credit the following publications in the field of Ageing: Gerontological Social Work in India: Some Issues and perspectives (Co-editor), A Classified Bibliography on Social Gerontology in India (Co-author), Health Status of the Urban Elderly, Social Mapping of Organizations Working on Ageing Issues in Mumbai, Networking of Organisations Working for Care of Older Persons and Voice of the Elderly in India. He has prepared a Status Report on older poor in India, which was launched by the UNFPA at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid in 2002. He is also a member of the Core Group of the Committee on Protection and Welfare of the Elderly Persons for the National Human Right Commission, New Delhi.

Ulimiri V. Somayajulu

ULIMIRI V. Somayajulu is currently CEO and Executive Director, Sigma Research and Consulting, New Delhi. He has more than 22 years of experience in socisl/developmental and demographic research on wide ranging issues in India and Sri Lanka. He has MBA, PG diploma in Management, Diploma in Management and PG Diploma in Human Resource Managment from IGNOU, M. A. Sociology from Annamalai University, Ph. D. and M. Phil. from International Institute for Population Sciences and M. Sc. Statistics from Andhra University. He is member of East-West Center, Honolulu. Population Environment Research Network, and International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). He is Executive Board member of International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), General Secretary and Board of Trustee Treasurer of the Indian Association for Study of Population (IASP) and Vice President of the Indian Association for Social Science in Health (IASSH). He was member of Expert Group on HRG Estimation for National AIDS Control on HRG Estimation for National AIDS Control Programme III Planning, and Mrmber, Advisory Board-Byrraju Foundation.

C.P. Prakasam

Dr. C. P. Prakasam is working as a Professor at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. He obtained his Master's degree from Sri Venkateswar University, Tirupati, C. P. S. and D. P. S. from International Institute of Population Sciences, and Doctorate degree in Demography from Bombay University.

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