Caste Exclusion and Health Discrimination in South Asia: A Systematic Review

Thapa, Raksha; Teijlingen, Edwin van; Regmi, Pramod R; Heaslip, Vanessa

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“…Inequality in child nutrition between scheduled caste and the remaining population was also reported by a study conducted in India [ 4 ], which found that the gap was both due to differences in the distribution of level of predictors (wealth, education, use of health services) and effect of the predictors. In Nepal and India, caste-based discrimination put Dalit and minority groups in a disadvantaged position which is manifested in the differential health outcomes between groups [ 4 , 48 ]. In addition, between-group differences in the effect of the number of under-five children in household and the age of mother jointly accounted for about 56% of the gap due to coefficient effects.…”

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Poor and non-poor gap in under-five child nutrition: a case from Nepal using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition approach

Bhusal

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Introduction Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have improved health indicators in the past decades, however, there is a differential in outcomes between socioeconomic groups. Systematic analysis of drivers of child nutrition gap between non-poor and poor groups has a policy relevance in Nepal and other countries to make progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). The objective of this paper was to estimate the mean height-for-age z scores (HAZ) gap between under-five children belonging to non-poor and poor groups, divide the gap into components (endowments, coefficients and interaction), and identify the factors that contributed most to each of the component. Methods Information about 6277 under-five children was extracted from the most recent nationally representative Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019. HAZ was used to assess nutritional status of children. Wealth index was used to categorize children into non-poor and poor. Mean HAZ gap between groups was decomposed using Blinder-Oaxaca technique into components: endowments (group difference in levels of predictors), coefficients (group difference in effects of predictors), and interaction (group difference due to interaction between levels and effects of predictors). Detailed decomposition was carried out to identify the factors that contributed most to each component. Results There was a significant non-poor and poor gap in nutrition outcome measured in HAZ (0.447; p < 0.001) among under-five children in Nepal. The between-group mean differences in the predictors of study participants (endowments) contributed 0.210 (47%) to the gap. Similarly, the between-group differences in effects of the predictors (coefficients) contributed 0.308 (68.8%) towards the gap. The interaction contributed -0.071 (15.8%) towards minimizing the gap. The predictors/variables that contributed most towards the gap due to (i) endowments were: maternal education, province (Karnali, Sudurpaschim, Madhesh), residence (rural/urban), type of toilet facility and ethnic group (Dalit and Muslim); (ii) coefficients were: number of under-five children in family, ethnic group (Dalit and Muslim), type of toilet facility, maternal age and education. Conclusion Decomposition of the child nutrition gap revealed that narrowing the inequality between wealth groups depends not only on improving the level of the predictors (endowments) in the poor group but also on reducing differential effects of the predictors (coefficients).

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Poor and non-poor gap in under-five child nutrition: a case from Nepal using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition approach

Bhusal

2022

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“…Not only in Indian society, but caste also shows its presence in other South Asian countries (Thapa et al, 2021), making the caste system a global issue. Researchers have also revealed the prominence of caste discrimination in the UK (Dhanda, 2017;Gorringe et al, 2017), Kuwait and the UAE (Leonard, 2005).…”

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“…The hierarchy of caste and gender makes lower caste women face ''double discrimination'' (Paik, 2014) and suffer from double the effects of marginalisation. Dalit women are doubly disadvantaged due to their low-caste status and the lower status of women in Hindu society, also known as the ''Dalit among Dalits'' (Thapa et al, 2021). Research suggests that discrimination and violence continue based on women's intersecting caste and gender identities (Pal, 2014(Pal, , 2015.…”

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Life Satisfaction and Well-Being at the Intersections of Caste and Gender in India

Johri

Anand

2022

Psychol Stud

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Psychological research has a paucity of studies on caste and well-being. Existing literature on caste has extensively focused on pathological conditions in rural areas. In contrast, individuals who experience vulnerabilities in urban areas at the intersections of caste and gender identities are still underrepresented in the research literature on the psychology of well-being. The present study recognises this gap in research and explores the interaction of caste and gender on life satisfaction and well-being in urban areas. On administering the Satisfaction with Life Scale and Mental Health Continuum-short form to a sample of 465 young adults, the results revealed significant caste differences in both life satisfaction and well-being. The findings highlight that general caste individuals have higher life satisfaction and well-being than scheduled caste individuals. The findings also indicate significant gender differences in life satisfaction, with women having higher life satisfaction than men across caste groups. Results revealed no interaction effect between caste and gender. Consistent with earlier studies, the results on caste suggest that despite its discourses of diminishing importance, especially in urban areas, caste does play a significant role in an individual's well-being and life satisfaction. Hence, the findings have implications for policy-making, education, and training to understand caste-based experiences better.

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“…Defined benefit Malfeasance... Liability Malfeasance.... Correlativperso Vicarious Competence is a term used to describe when someone else is responsible for another person Offenses (for example, purposefully striking a person), irresponsible torts (for example, hit a pedestrian by refusal to maintain traffic regulations), nor mandatory reporting torts (for illustration, hit a pedestrian by failing to follow traffic rules) are the three types of law of tort [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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The Impact of Medical Negligence on Patient Safety in Healthcare Organization

Khan

Waghmode

2021

JPRI

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Medical negligence (carelessness, nonperformance, laxness) is at peak to concern about public health among public health care providers as it affects public health and safety and also not only health wealth. It indicates the main or fixes of patient injury or health. Or any disability which Is permanent to the subject or patient. patient safety is dependent on doctors’ skill and experience that how he \she is gone treat the subject. All negligence by which patients suffer a major trauma \injuries \disability is major negligence which is bad for doctors’ reputation \and also harms its degree may be the chances of getting suspension and also stay at its practice. this research analyzed negligence and lack of awareness of doctors toward patients’ treatment. Patient safety is vital among and during its treatment and nourishing. various site is used to analyze the vital data to preserve the review among all article it’s like collecting all the data from various Biblio form which implement the same issues of negligence. The annual percentage or counting (quantity) of cases is increasing of negligence in the medical field due to wrong (incorrect, unrelated medicine), maximum charging (billing) of various process unnecessary. All the doctors (interns) and all medical officers are responsible for patient death which happen um needed in hospitals. in tertiary care hospitals, the number of negligence cases is increasing due to rush of emergencies causalities trauma patients is gradually increasing, thus various investigation is needed against negligence or carelessness cases which harms the patients or subjects reason for the disability of subject or victims. Thus this is the review article for medical negligence in health care organizations and its impact on public safety and health.

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Caste Exclusion and Health Discrimination in South Asia: A Systematic Review

Cited by 58 publications

References 25 publications

Poor and non-poor gap in under-five child nutrition: a case from Nepal using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition approach

Poor and non-poor gap in under-five child nutrition: a case from Nepal using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition approach

Life Satisfaction and Well-Being at the Intersections of Caste and Gender in India

The Impact of Medical Negligence on Patient Safety in Healthcare Organization

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