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Variations in poverty and health between slum settlements: Contradictory findings from Visakhapatnam, India

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Whilst much work has been done to highlight the plight of the urban poor in less developed countries, little information exists about differences in health between poor urban areas. This paper describes environmental and other health hazards in five slum settlements in Visakhapatnam, India. Despite considerable differences in infrastructural and socio-economic development, morbidity rates were not found to vary between the study settlements. Methodological and epidemiological explanations for this lack of variation are discussed.

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  • Asthana, Sheena, 1995. "Variations in poverty and health between slum settlements: Contradictory findings from Visakhapatnam, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 177-188, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:40:y:1995:i:2:p:177-188
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    1. Akash Acharya, 2008. "Access and Utilisation of Health Care Services in Urban Low-income Settlements in Surat, India," Working Papers id:1417, eSocialSciences.
    2. Parikh, Priti & Fu, Kun & Parikh, Himanshu & McRobie, Allan & George, Gerard, 2015. "Infrastructure Provision, Gender, and Poverty in Indian Slums," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 468-486.
    3. Akash Acharya, 2017. "Access & Utilisation of Health Care Services in urban low-income settlements, Surat, India," Working Papers id:12036, eSocialSciences.

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