Browsing School of Public Health by Author "Harvey, Steven A."
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Beyond form and functioning: Understanding how contextual factors influence village health committees in northern India
Scott, Kerry; George, Asha S.; Harvey, Steven A.; Mondal, Shinjini; Patel, Gupteswar; Ved, Rajani; Garimella, Surekha; Sheikh, Kabir (Public Library of Science, 2017)Health committees are a common strategy to foster community participation in health. Efforts to strengthen committees often focus on technical inputs to improve committee form (e.g. representative membership) and functioning ... -
Government helper and citizen advocate? A case study of the multiple roles and pressures facing a nongovernmental organization contracted by government to strengthen community health in northern India
Scott, Kerry; George, Asha S.; Harvey, Steven A.; Mondal, Shinjini; Patel, Gupteswar; V.R., Raman; Sheikh, Kabir (Wiley, 2017)While nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can potentially strengthen valuable citizen political engagement, NGOs that are increasingly oriented towards donor and government contracts may instead contribute to depoliticizing ... -
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
Scott, Kerry; George, Asha S.; Harvey, Steven A.; Mondal, Shinjini; Patel, Gupteswar; Sheikh, Kabir (BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ... -
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
Scott, Kerry; George, Asha S.; Harvey, Steven A.; Mondal, Shinjini; Patel, Gupteswar; Sheikh, Kabir (BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...