India's challenge in a globalizing healthcare economy: social science directions
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Health and Social Care Research
Abstract
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Publications
Murray SF
(2016)
Emplacing India's "medicities".
in Health & place
Murray SF
(2012)
Understanding health systems, health economies and globalization: the need for social science perspectives.
in Globalization and health
Bisht R
(2012)
Understanding India, globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences
in Globalization and Health
| Description | Outputs from the network project are: 1) Review paper on 'India, Globalisation and Healthcare', by Drs Bisht, Murray and Pitchforth, which identifies seven broad thematic areas of study, highlights a young and expanding literature, and a clear need for greater social science contributions in this field that go beyond commentaries and descriptive overviews. 2) An independently peer-reviewed Social Sciences Special Issue of the open access journal 'Globalization and Health', entitled 'Health systems, health economies and globalisation: social science perspectives'. |
| Exploitation Route | Much of the material in the review and specialist papers is relevant to health policy, and well as to the general societal understanding of current developments in healthcare and health policy. The special issue series of papers give an overview and specific detailed insights into key issues concerning contemporary globalization and health, written from a range of social science perspectives. Two collaborative research proposals based on these findings were developed and submitted: 'The contr |
| Sectors | Healthcare |
| URL | http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/series/social_science_perspectives |
| Description | Open access journal (impact factor 1.83) special collection of 13 papers: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/series/social_science_perspectives Two of the papers are in the 'highly accessed' category. One of these (Bisht et al) has been accessed over 15,600 times and the other (Pocock et al ) over 36,580 times |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Australian Development Research Awards (Systematic Reviews) |
| Amount | $109,197 (AUD) |
| Funding ID | 59613 |
| Organisation | Australian Aid |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Australia |
| Start | 06/2011 |
| End | 05/2012 |
| Description | Joint Health Systems Research Initiative |
| Amount | £197,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/R003009/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Description | Study on commercial ART and surrogacy industry in 4 Indian cities |
| Organisation | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Department | Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Internet searches and analysis of data. Co-author of output. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Field data collection and analysis. Co-authorship of output. |
| Impact | Book: ISBN 9-7893-8307-4907 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Study on commercial ART and surrogacy industry in 4 Indian cities |
| Organisation | SAMA Research Centre for Women's Health |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Internet searches and analysis of data. Co-author of output. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Field data collection and analysis. Co-authorship of output. |
| Impact | Book: ISBN 9-7893-8307-4907 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Symposium on health systems, health economies and globalisation : social science perspectives : symposium 1 London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This, the first of two symposiums, brings together a mix of UK, Indian and other social scientists, and users of social science. Provisional themes: Globalisation and India's changing healthcare landscapes; Globalisation and the governance of new technologies; Understanding influences on access to medicines in a globalised market; Problematising global health policy; Transnational healthcare markets & providers; Transnational healthcare markets & users. The best papers were developed into a peer reviewed journal special issue. New research collaborations developed through the discussions held. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/LSEHealth/pdf/Symposium%20Prov%20Prog.pdf |
| Description | Symposium on health systems, health economies and globalisation : social science perspectives : symposium 2 New Delhi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This was the second of two symposiums. The first held in London, the second in New Delhi Stimulated interest in social science research methods among post graduate students at Centre for Social Medicine JNU, also request from this PGR group for training in web based bibliographic software. This training was carried out via a Kings College London / JNU partnership award arrangement the following year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |