Page 129 - 5th APA Conference Program Book Final
P. 129
Categories
13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)
Abstract
The objectives of this paper aims to, first, examine the socio-economic and demographic differentials in mean
maternity expenditure incurred in public or private center; second, to analyze the effect of predictors on public and
private expenditure for maternity services among currently married women in India using unit-level data drawn
from the 71st round of National Sample Survey Organization (2014) for the analysis. Multivariate Heckman selection
models were employed to identify the determinants of public and private expenditure for maternity care. The
results showed mean expenditure incurred for delivery, ANC and PNC were above six, three and two times higher
in the private sector than the public sector, respectively. Multivariate estimates show that place of residence, social
group, religion, education level, and MPCE quintile emerged as significant predictors in explaining the public and
private healthcare expenditure for maternity care. From findings, we assumed the importance of government
spending in public facilities for better-quality maternity services and providing financial assistance might help to
curtail other indirect maternity costs. There is also a need to develop a policy solution aiming to ensure health-
related financial protection and public-private partnership that would emphasis to cut financial distress for
households associated with maternal care in India.
1280 Physical Activity, Public Health, and Urban Spaces- A Case of Policy and
Practice in New Delhi, India
Lakshya Yog
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Categories
13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)
Abstract
Among the risk factors of non-communicable diseases across the world, insufficient level of Physical Activity is one
of the leading factors. Thus, nudging the population towards Physical Activity has been recognised as an important
strategy for attaining the public health objectives of the required levels of physical activity, especially in urban
spaces. The present paper is an attempt in this direction to explore the ways through which the discourses about
Public Health and Physical Activity are produced by the State and the strategies by which State also influences the
physical activities in the city. By reading the policy documents as 'inscribed' governance and by taking the example
of Open Gyms as 'performed' governance, it aims to interrogate the techniques and methods of
influencing/governing the physical activities in the urban spaces. By deploying multi-sited ethnography as a
method in the Chirag Delhi ward of South Delhi, it brings out the uneven distribution of gyms, associated politics,
and governance challenges. It shows planning for an active city or healthy city, the informalized nature of this activity
of planning in India at least not only defines the characteristics of the Plan but also the ways through which it
influences the physical activities.
129 | P a g e
