Other Titles

Highlights • Why are Nepal’s maternity services underused? • Cardiometabolic-risk indices for South Asians • Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(‎H1N1)‎pdm09 in India

Contents

CONTENTSEditorialWhy do women deliver in facilities, or not?Martin W Weber .................................................................................................................... 129PerspectiveUnintended consequences of regulating traditional medicineSonya Davey ..........................................................................................................................................131ReviewWhy women do not utilize maternity services in Nepal: a literature reviewRajendra Karkee, Andy H Lee, Colin W Binns ......................................................................................135Original researchAppropriate anthropometric indices to identify cardiometabolic riskin South AsiansDS Prasad, Zubair Kabir, JP Suganthy, AK Dash, BC Das ...................................................................142Diabetes in rural Pondicherry, India: a population-based study of theincidence and risk factorsArun Gangadhar Ghorpade, Sumanth M Majgi, Sonali Sarkar,Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Gautam Roy, PH Ananthanarayanan, AK Das ..................................................149Effects of education and income on cognitive functioning amongIndians aged 50 years and older: evidence from the Study on GlobalAgeing and Adult Health (‎SAGE)‎ Wave 1 (‎2007–2010)‎Rashmita Basu ......................................................................................................................................156Integrating adolescent-friendly health services into the publichealth system: an experience from rural IndiaSunil Mehra, Ruchi Sogarwal and Murari Chandra ..............................................................................165Knowledge and opinion about smoke-free laws and second-hand smokeamong hospitality venue managers in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, IndiaVinay K Gupta, Monika Arora, Indrani Sharma, Gaurang P Nazar, Bhavesh Modi, Deepti Singh,Christopher Millett, K Srinath Reddy .....................................................................................................174July–December | Volume 2 | Issue 3–4WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health | July–iv December 2013 | 2 (‎3–4)‎Research briefsOseltamivir-resistant influenza A(‎H1N1)‎pdm09 virus: first reported case from IndiaVarsha A Potdar, Vikram V Padbidri, Mandeep S Chadha ...................................................................181Tetanus: still a public health problem in India – observationsin an infectious diseases hospital in KolkataAlakes Kumar Kole, Rammohan Roy, Dalia Chanda Kole ....................................................................184Policy and practiceVeterinary public health capacity-building in India: a grim reflection ofthe developing world’s underpreparedness to address zoonotic risksManish Kakkar, Syed Shahid Abbas, Ashok Kumar, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain,Kavya Sharma, Purvi Mehta Bhatt, Sanjay Zodpey ..............................................................................187Knowledge brokering for evidence-based urban health policy: a proposed frameworkShamsuzzoha B Syed, Katharine A Allen, Adnan A Hyder ...................................................................192Report from the fieldFiscal competition in health spending among local governments in the PhilippinesUma Kelekar ..........................................................................................................................................198LetterTrends in tobacco use in Nepal .......................................................................................... 201Recent WHO PublicationsStrengthening public health for human development: reflections ofDr Samlee Plianbangchang WHO Regional Director for South-East 2004–2014 ......... 203Strengthening public health in the South-East Asia Region: selected speeches byDr Samlee Plianbangchang WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia:Volume IV: March 2011–December 2013 ......................................................................... 203

ISSN

2224-3151

Language

English