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Volume 6 Supplement 5

Bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) 2012: Strengthening health systems to achieve universal health coverage

Meeting abstracts

2nd National Conference on Bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP 2012)

Bangalore, India

5-6 October 2012

Edited by Upendra Bhojani, Arima Mishra, NS Prashanth and Werner Soors

This conference is supported by the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Government of Belgium, through the institutional collaboration between the Institute of Public Health, Bangalore and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. The conference is co-financed by the European Commission through the Health System Stewardship and Regulation in Vietnam, India and China (HESVIC) project; and by MISEREOR through the Urban Health Action Research Project.

Conference website

How to attract health workers to rural areas? Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment in India

Krishna D Rao BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O1 (28 September 2012)

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Effectiveness of financial incentives for recruitment and retention of skilled health professionals for the public health system in Orissa, India

Indira Chakravarthi BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O2 (28 September 2012)

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Determinants of workforce availability and performance of specialists and general duty medical officers in Rajasthan, India

Manish Tiwari, Sonu Pareek BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O3 (28 September 2012)

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Assessment of factors influencing retention of health workforce in rural and remote areas of Odisha, India

Shridhar Kadam, Sanghamitra Pati, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain, Srinivas Nallala, Nayan Chakravarty, Bhuputra Panda, Biswamitra Sahu, Abhimanyu Singh Chauhan, Shomik Ray, Sangram Swain BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O4 (28 September 2012)

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Decentralisation and decision space in the health sector, Karnataka, India

Shreelata Seshadri, Lakshmi Hebbare, Sandesh Kotte BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O5 (28 September 2012)

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Analyzing power in health systems: the case of medical dominance in India

Kabir Sheikh BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O6 (28 September 2012)

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Planning process under the National Rural Health Mission: achievements and challenges for better implementation

Jhimly Baruah, Ritu Priya, Anuradha Jain BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O7 (28 September 2012)

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Governance ‘tool kits’ for universal health coverage in India: guidelines for implementing the Expert Group’s recommendations

VR Raman, Kabir Sheikh, Prasanna Saligram, Namrata Verma, Nikhil Sharma BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O8 (28 September 2012)

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Impact of RSBY on enrolled households: lessons from Gujarat

Tanya Seshadri, Mayur Trivedi, Deepak Saxena, Werner Soors, Bart Criel, Narayanan Devadasan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O9 (28 September 2012)

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Differential financing of public health facilities

Nehal Jain, Bhavesh Jain, Prakhya Bhat, MR Mohanraju BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O10 (28 September 2012)

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Health system strengthening and the importance of public investment: a study of National Rural Health Mission in Bihar

Indranil Mukhopadhyay BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O11 (28 September 2012)

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Challenges in attaining universal health coverage: empirical findings from Rashtriya Swashthya Bima Yojana in Chhattisgarh

Sulakshana Nandi, Rajib Dasgupta, Kanica Kanungo, Madhurima Nundy, Ganapathy Murugan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O12 (28 September 2012)

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Challenges in organizing quality diabetes care for the urban poor: a local health system perspective

Upendra Bhojani, BS Thriveni, Roopa Devadasan, CM Munegowda, Amruthavalli, Narayanan Devadasan, Bart Criel, Patrick Kolsteren BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O13 (28 September 2012)

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Defining difficult public health facilities

Jhimly Baruah, BM Prasad, Anuradha Jain BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O14 (28 September 2012)

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Program evaluation of the Janani Suraksha Yojna

Rajani Ved, Thiagarajan Sundararaman, Garima Gupta, Geetha Rana BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O15 (28 September 2012)

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HIV/AIDS and health services: misaligned policy and maligned subjects

Aalya Amin, Javaid Rashid BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O16 (28 September 2012)

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Determinants of Health Management Information Systems performance: lessons from a district level assessment

Amit Mishra, Itisha Vasisht, Alia Kauser, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Dilip Singh Mairembam BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O17 (28 September 2012)

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Strengthening monitoring systems and inter-departmental convergence to drive program improvements

George Philip, Ashok K Singh, Madhuri Narayanan, Ragini Pasricha BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O18 (28 September 2012)

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Designing an information technology system in public health: observations from India

Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Pankaj Gupta, Amit Mishra, Itisha Vasisht, Alia Kauser, Dilip Singh Mairembam BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O19 (28 September 2012)

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Common Review Mission: reflections on a concurrent evaluation measure

Pragati Singh, T Sundararaman, Rajani Ved, Padam Khanna BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O20 (28 September 2012)

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Evaluation of SBA training programme in Karnataka

Devina Bajpayee, Mohan Raju BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O21 (28 September 2012)

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Does institutional delivery help in improving infant and child health care practices and health promotion related parameters? A study from Bellary, Karnataka

Animesh Jain, B Baliga, Suchetha Rao, M Shankar, BK Srikanth BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O22 (28 September 2012)

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Validating infant and maternal mortality reporting in Doddaballapur taluk of Bangalore Rural district – a pilot study

Mohan Raju BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O23 (28 September 2012)

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Village Health and Sanitation Committees: evaluation of a capacity-building intervention in Bagalkot and Koppal districts of Northern Karnataka

HL Mohan, Dattatreya Jere, Manjunath Dodawad, Nagaraj Ramaiah, Raghavendra Kamati, Suresh Garagatti, Ajay Gaikwad, Arin Kar, Shalini Navale, Mallika Biddappa, BM Ramesh BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O24 (28 September 2012)

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Arogyashreni: towards creating a replicable model for community monitoring of primary health centers in Karnataka, India

Sham N Kashyap, Ramaswami Balasubramaniam BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O25 (28 September 2012)

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Scale-up of community action for health: lessons from a realistic evaluation of the Mitanin program in Chhattisgarh, India

Devaki Nambiar, Kabir Sheikh, Namrata Verma BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O26 (28 September 2012)

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Addressing participation of women in maternal health care in light of its key knowledge correlates: findings from the Indian Sundarbans

Pratishtha Sengupta BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O27 (28 September 2012)

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Empowering mothers as household health workers

Tage Kanno, T Taloh, Dimong Padung BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O28 (28 September 2012)

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Community-based health committee initiatives in India: a descriptive analysis of village health sanitation and nutrition committee model

Heikrujam Nongdrenkhomba, Banuru Prasad, Biraj Shome, Achyut Baishya BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O29 (28 September 2012)

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Determinants of functionality and effectiveness of community health workers: results from evaluation of ASHA program in eight Indian states

Thiagrajan Sundararaman, Rajani Ved, Garima Gupta, M Samatha BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O30 (28 September 2012)

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Engaging traditional, complementary and alternative health providers for essential health service delivery in India: a policy analysis

Lakshmi K Josyula, Kabir Sheikh, TN Sathyanarayana, Devaki Nambiar, Venkatesh Narayan, John Porter BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O31 (28 September 2012)

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Nurturing nursing in India: need for governance reform

Kabir Sheikh, VR Raman, Kaveri Mayra BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O32 (28 September 2012)

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Strengthening support mechanisms for Accredited Social Health Activists in order to improve home-based newborn care in Uttar Pradesh, India

Dharmendra S Panwar, Vandana Naidu, Emily Das, Shalini Verma, Abrar Khan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):O33 (28 September 2012)

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Public health advocacy to reinstate reproductive rights of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs) in Chhattisgarh

Sulakshana Nandi, JP Mishra, Kanica Kanungo, Hemnarayan Manikpuri, Chandrakant Yadav, Gangaram Paikra, Vivek Upadhyay BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P1 (28 September 2012)

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Strengthening training and supervisory systems to improve Skilled Birth Assistance in Jharkhand, India

Ragini Pasricha, Manju Shukla, Madhuri Narayanan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P2 (28 September 2012)

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Public Private Partnership in Meghalaya: delivering healthcare in difficult to access tribal areas

Dilip Singh Mairembam, Suchitra Lisam, Rajani Ved, Jhimly Barua, Prankul Goel, Roli Srivastava, Tushar Mokashi BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P3 (28 September 2012)

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Determinants of patient satisfaction in public hospitals and their remediabilities

Nikhil Gupta, Parminder Gautam, JN Srivastava BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P4 (28 September 2012)

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Does ‘giving’ influence governance? Application of a framework describing the role of private philanthropy in Indian national health priority setting

Devaki Nambiar, Prasanna Saligram, Kabir Sheikh BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P5 (28 September 2012)

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Socioeconomic differentials of neonatal mortality in Northern Karnataka: implications

Jyothi Hallad, Arin Kar, Jayanna Krishnamurthy, Prem Mony, BM Ramesh BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P6 (28 September 2012)

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A qualitative exploration of factors influencing site of delivery (home, public or private hospital) in three North Karnataka districts as described by pregnant women, mothers of neonates, husbands and grandmothers

Sharon Bruce, Kaveri Gurav, Andrea Blanchard, Anu Roy, HL Mohan, BM Ramesh, Lisa Avery BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P7 (28 September 2012)

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Business models of public private partnerships in publicly-financed emergency response services

T Sundararaman, Arun Nair, Tushar Mokashi, Gautam Chakraborthy BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P8 (28 September 2012)

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Pharmaceutical regulations in India: the missing links

Lalitha Narayanan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P9 (28 September 2012)

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Utilization of comprehensive health insurance scheme, Kerala: a comparative study of insured and uninsured BPL households

Neena Philip, Kannan Srinivasan BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P10 (28 September 2012)

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A comparison of data sources and models to project HRH needs in India: lessons from the universal health coverage planning process

Devaki Nambiar BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P11 (28 September 2012)

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Evaluation of ASHA programme in Karnataka under the National Rural Health Mission

Prem Mony, Mohan Raju BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P12 (28 September 2012)

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Health system challenges in delivering maternal health care: evidence from a poor urban neighbourhood in South India

BS Thriveni, Upendra Bhojani, Arima Mishra, Amruthavalli, Roopa Devadasan, CM Munegowda BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P13 (28 September 2012)

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Interpreting the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act by primary care providers in rural Karnataka: implications on safe abortion services

Maya Elias, Arima Mishra, HY Vijayashree, Mamata R Patil, MH Anil, MR Raveesha, N Devadasan, Patrick Van Dessel BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P14 (28 September 2012)

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‘She was referred from one hospital to another’: evidence on emergency obstetric care in Karnataka, India

HY Vijayashree, Maya Elias, Mamata R Patil, MH Anil, MR Raveesha, Narayanan Devadasan, Arima Mishra, Patrick Van Dessel BMC Proceedings 2012, 6(Suppl 5):P15 (28 September 2012)

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