dr. katia mohindra

School of Public and Population Health

Global Health Research Program

Room 429 - 2206 East Mall (LPC Bldg)

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3

Global Health

Women's Health & Poverty

Social Inequalities in Health

Marginalized Populations

Re-examining "good health at low cost" in Cuba and Kerala (India): Development of a comparative case study (funded by CIHR, Initiative in Global Health Research Fellowship).

This study seeks to examine two societies who had achieved “Good Health at Low Cost” through a socio-political commitment to equity: Cuba and Kerala (India). This study seeks to bring fresh evidence and perspectives on how relatively poor societies can achieve good population health outcomes and the extent to which health equity is being achieved. This project also seeks to develop new partnerships between Canadian, Indian, and Cuban researchers.

Book: Mohindra, KS. (In press). Women’s Health and Poverty Alleviation in India, New Delhi: Academic Foundation.

Mohindra, KS & Haddad, S. (2005). “Women’s interlaced freedoms: a framework linking microcredit participation and health”, Journal of Human Development, 6(3), 353-374.

Mohindra, KS, Haddad, S & Narayana, D. (2006) “Women’s health in a rural community in Kerala, India: do caste and socioeconomic position matter?”, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60,1020-1026.

Mohindra, KS. (2007) “Towards Healthy Public Policy in Poor Countries: Tackling Macroeconomic Policies”, Health Promotion International, 22, 163-169.

Mohindra, KS. (2007). “Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies and Health Sector Reform:

Surveying the literature”. In S. Haddad, E. Baris & D. Narayana (Eds.), Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic instability: Policy Lessons from Low and Middle Income Countries Trenton, New Jersey and Ottawa: Africa World Press and the IDRC.

Mohindra, KS, Haddad, S & Narayana, D. (2008) “Can microcredit help improve the health of poor women? Some findings from a cross-sectional study in Kerala, India”, International Journal for Equity in Health.

Mohindra, KS & Haddad, S. (2008) “Evaluating unintended health benefits of poverty alleviation strategies or what is the relevance of Mohammed Yunus to public health?”, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99(1), 66-68.

Mohindra, KS. (2008). Greening public health conferences: educating ourselves, Health Education, 108(4).

Ridde, V., Mohindra, KS. (forthcoming) Développer et pratiquer la recherche et l’enseignement en santé mondiale au Québec, Cahiers Scientifiques de l’ACFAS.

Ridde, V, Mohindra, KS, LaBossière, F. (forthcoming). Promoting the global public health research agenda: how to promote the participation of students and young/new researchers, Can J of Public Health.