About the Book:- The Indian state of Kerala has received considerable amount of attraction internationally owing to the remarkable achievements she has made in social sectors, particularly health sector with relatively lesser number of economic resources. Kerala's figures on life expectancy, male and female literacy, child mortality, crude death rate etc. are close to those of developed countries and Kerala's achievements in health, in spite of its economic backwardness has prompted many analysts to talk about a unique' Kerala Model of Health' providing 'good health at low cost' worth emulating by other developing parts of the world. However, over the last few years concerns were raised about the sustainability of Kerala model of health exemplified by the simultaneous presence of the diseases of poverty (infectious diseases) and diseases of affluence (life style diseases), decay in Public Health System, uncontrolled growth of private sector resulting in escalation of health care cost. Taking cue of these issues, the Government of Kerala has attempted to revamp the health sector through a plethora of intervention programmes to make healthcare in Kerala accessible, affordable and available to all sections of the population. The book on 'Revisiting the Kerala Model of Health' enquires upon the multiple facets of the Model, the challenges in terms of increasing morbidity and escalating expenditure, health status of the marginalized, interventions in terms of new initiatives at the governance and implementation levels, evaluation of attempts at providing food and nutrition security etc. The book will be of particular use to academicians, health workers and policy makers. About the Editor:- Dr. Manju S. Nair is Professor of Economics and Honorary Director, Centre for Agroecology and Public Health, Department of Economics, University of Kerala and specialized in Agroecology, Public Health, Decentralized Governance and Public Policy. Presently she is also Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kerala. Dr Nair has authored seven books, several policy documents and numerous paper. Currently she is undertaking collaborative studies with NABARD, Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs, Government of India, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and European Union. She is a gold medalist for her graduation and post graduation from University of Kerala. With twenty five years of teaching and research experience she has produced nine Ph.Ds and twenty five M.Phil degrees. CONTENTS:- CONTENTSForeword . 9Acknowledgement . 13List of Tables . 15List of Figures . 21Part - I: Introduction1. Introduction and Overview . 25Manju S. Nair2. The ‘Kerala Model’ in Health: A Review of its Current Status . 39V. Raman Kutty3. Kerala Model of Health – Features, Challenges and theNew Interventions . 49Manju S. Nair4. Kerala’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons to Learn . 69Kavya Nair P.J. & Santhosh Kumar S.S. Part - II: Effectiveness of Intervention Policies in Health Sector5. Involvement of Civil Society and State in Health and Health CareSystem in Wayanad with special focus on Sickle Cell Disease . 85Anupama Augustine6. Decentralised Health Care System at Grama Panchayath Level:An Effectiveness Analysis . 111K. Aruna Anand7. Fair price Medical Shops in Kerala: An Exploratory Study . 133Merin Joy Part III: Food ad Nutrition Security in Kerala8. Nutritional Security through Community Kitchen: An Analysisbased on National Rural Livelihood Mission in Attappady, Kerala.157Tanita Eloo Philip9. National Food Security Act in Kerala: An Evaluation . 179Ancy JohnPart IV: Human Development status/Qualityof Life of the Marginalised10. Development Status of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groupsother tribes in Kerala: A Comparison . 197Manju S.Nair & Sajeev M.V.11. Human Development Status of Fisher Folk in Kerala . 221Shameer M.D.12. Quality of Life of Females in Female Headed Tribal Householdsin Kerala . 241Megha Radhakrishnan Part V: Economic Burden of Diseases13. Vector Borne Diseases in Kerala: An Analysis of EconomicBurden at Family level . 273K. Anitha14. Extend and Depth of Catastrophic Health Care Expendituredue to Non Communicable Diseases in Kerala . 287Manju S. Nair & Manjusha P.15. Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Kerala: An AnalysisBased on Chronic Kidney Disease . 313Seena K.MList of Contributors . 335Index . 339 The Title 'Revisiting the Kerala Model of Health written/authored/edited by Ed.: Dr. Manju S. Nair', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9789353246228 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 348 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Health. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-
