Sangeetha Madhavan

Summary

Affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi Women's networks and the social world of fertility behavior
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Int Fam Plan Perspect 29:58-68. 2003
  2. ncbi Fosterage patterns in the age of AIDS: continuity and change
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa
    Soc Sci Med 58:1443-54. 2004
  3. ncbi Women's social power, child nutrition and poverty in Mali
    Dominique Simon
    Health and Addictions Research Inc, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    J Biosoc Sci 34:193-213. 2002
  4. ncbi Women's social networks and child survival in Mali
    Alayne M Adams
    Joseph L Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, NY 10023, USA
    Soc Sci Med 54:165-78. 2002
  5. ncbi Coping with change: household structure and composition in rural South Africa, 1992 - 2003
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:85-93. 2007
  6. ncbi The social context of children's nutritional status in rural South Africa
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, USA and MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:107-17. 2007
  7. ncbi Comment: households and HIV/AIDS
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    University of Maryland and MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:155-6. 2007
  8. ncbi A systematic review on the meaning of the concept 'AIDS Orphan': confusion over definitions and implications for care
    Lorraine Sherr
    Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
    AIDS Care 20:527-36. 2008

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Women's networks and the social world of fertility behavior
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Int Fam Plan Perspect 29:58-68. 2003
    ..Demographic phenomena occur within social contexts and, therefore, should be studied as social processes. However, how to conceptualize and measure the social worlds that individuals inhabit has been the subject of debate...
  2. ncbi Fosterage patterns in the age of AIDS: continuity and change
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa
    Soc Sci Med 58:1443-54. 2004
    ..The paper concludes with a call for more research on children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa that will provide not only more data, but also enrich theoretical approaches to studying patterns of child fosterage in Africa and elsewhere...
  3. ncbi Women's social power, child nutrition and poverty in Mali
    Dominique Simon
    Health and Addictions Research Inc, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    J Biosoc Sci 34:193-213. 2002
    ..A conceptual model of social power is developed and used to test the hypothesis that a mother's social power can predict her child's nutritional status...
  4. ncbi Women's social networks and child survival in Mali
    Alayne M Adams
    Joseph L Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, NY 10023, USA
    Soc Sci Med 54:165-78. 2002
    ..The paper concludes by discussing the methodological, conceptual and practical implications of these findings...
  5. ncbi Coping with change: household structure and composition in rural South Africa, 1992 - 2003
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:85-93. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi The social context of children's nutritional status in rural South Africa
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, USA and MRC Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit Agincourt, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:107-17. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Comment: households and HIV/AIDS
    Sangeetha Madhavan
    University of Maryland and MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
    Scand J Public Health Suppl 69:155-6. 2007
  8. ncbi A systematic review on the meaning of the concept 'AIDS Orphan': confusion over definitions and implications for care
    Lorraine Sherr
    Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
    AIDS Care 20:527-36. 2008
    ..The lack of consistent measures and the blurring of definitions are stumbling blocks in this area...