title: "The god of death takes half of our children": health of women and children in the Sundarbans Islands.
abstract: Grassroots level health care workers provided insights into rural women's health concerns at a program development workshop held at Sundarban Islands in West Bengal, India. This report describes these narratives and identifies strategies for potential intervention plans. The narratives suggest layers of disenfranchisement compounded by gender inequality and geographic instability.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Washington University School of Social Work, Cheney, WA 99004, USA. bbiswas@ewu.edu
authors.forename: Bipasha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000208:ethnology; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012424:Rural Population; D063507:Sexism; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D014933:Women's Rights