Work and Health in India / / ed. by Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Laishram Ladusingh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Chowdhury, Tanaya Kundu,; Chungkham, Holendro Singh,; Ganesh, M.P.,; Ganesh, Sarlaksha,; Hanson, Linda L. Magnusson,; Hyde, Martin,; Jose, A.V.,; Kamalanabhan, T.J.,; Kastor, Anshul,; Kumar, Vaijayanthee,; Kumar, Vimal,; Ladusingh, Laishram,; Mohanty, Sanjay K.,; Roy, Subrata K.,; Sahoo, Harihar,; Siegrist, Johannes,; Theorell, Töres,; Westerlund, Hugo,
• HerausgeberIn: Hyde, Martin,; Ladusingh, Laishram,; Singh Chungkham, Holendro,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 33 Black and White

The rapid economic growth of the past few decades has radically transformed India’s labour market, bringing millions of former agricultural workers into manufacturing industries, and, more recently, the expanding service industries, such as call centres and IT companies. Alongside this employment shift has come a change in health and health problems, as communicable diseases have become less common, while non-communicable diseases, like cardiovascular problems, and mental health issues such as stress, have increased. This interdisciplinary work connects those two trends to offer an analysis of the impact of working conditions on the health of Indian workers that is unprecedented in scope and depth.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: Work, stress and health in India -- Work, stress and health: Theories and models -- Work environment, health and the international development agenda -- Employment trends in India: Some issues for investigation -- Rural-urban and gender differences in time spent in unpaid household work in India -- Activity status, morbidity patterns and hospitalisation in India -- Occupational class and chronic diseases in India -- Stress and health among the Indian police -- Health status and lifestyle of the Oraon tea garden labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal -- The role of work-family support factors in helping individuals achieve work-family balance in India -- Working conditions, health and well-being among the scavenger community -- Lessons and future research directions from work environment research in India -- Index