| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| SECTION - I | POVERTY AND HEALTH | | |
| From Poverty to Personal Growth and Healthy Development | Ravshanbek. T. Dalimov | 1 |
| Perspective Planning to Prevent Perpetual Poverty and to Pursue Progress of the People Especially on Health Care | G.C. De | 14 |
| Problems of Livelihood of Rag Pickers and Alternative Measures for Their Rehabilitation | Debashis Das, | 22 |
| Poverty and Health in Jharkhand : Some Issues | Sujit Kumar Paul | 56 |
| Is Socioeconomic Status Protective of Health ? Some Evidence from Rural Udaipur | Sudeshna Maitra | 69 |
| Poverty , Health and Environment Nexus : A Study of Community Forestry in India | Pratap C. Mohanty, Sibabrata Das | 95 |
| Poverty , Health and Tribal Development through Joint Forest Management : A case Study in a Tribal Villageof Birbhum | Arun Kumar Mandal | 120 |
| Poverty and Health in Orissa : An Overview | Santhosh Kumar Behera | 140 |
| SECTION -II | HERALTH AND DEVELOPMENT | | |
| Health and Development -Need for a Healthy City | Ranabir Dey | 155 |
| Quality of Governance as a Base for Health and Development | Arnold J.J. Hagens | 171 |
| Health Care System of madhupur Subdivision, Jharkhand | Manjari Sarkar | 196 |
| Research and Development in Health Education Focused on Value Clarification among Health Professionals | karen Wistoft | 210 |
| Socio-cultural Dimensions Tribal Health : A Challenging Domain of Social Workers in India | kakali Paul | 230 |
| Spiritual Health : An Agent of Human Development | Raja Ghosh | 245 |
| Radon Exposure in Homes and Environmental Health Problems : Causes and Solutions | Manorama Bhattarai | 260 |
| Assessing the Health Impacts of Air Pollution : A Case Study of Mumbai | Archana Patankar | 274 |
| Environmental Impact on Health and Health Support Systems on the Tribal People of Kullu District , Himachal Pradesh | Guru Prasad Chattopadhyay | 295 |
| The Cultural and Industrial Context of Health : An Anthropological Study of the Kharwar Tribes of Uttar Pradesh | Neeraj Kumar Thakur | 306 |
| SECTION III | POVERTY AND HEALTH | | |
| Nutritional Status of Women and Children in Three States of India | maitreyi Chaudhuri | 322 |
| Poverty, Gender and Reproductive Health : A Case Study of Self-help Groups in Burdwan District, West Bengal | Gopa Samanta | 336 |
| Reproductive Health of Poor Urban Women in Indore | Rahul Benerjee | 355 |
| The Changing face of Gender Gap in health | mausumi manna | 366 |
| Time Allocation , Overlapping Activities and Work Intensity : Implications for Well Being of Women Workers | B. Vaithegi | 382 |
| OBA Voucher Approach in Health : Promoting Safe Motherhood Through Participation of Private Medical Practitioners in West Bengal | Biswajit Panda, Hengjin Dong | 410 |