Brief Profile
Mathew George is Professor with the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Central University of Kerala. Formerly, he was faculty with the Centre for Public Health, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai for more than 15 years. He has completed his PhD from the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and has published his work with Springer in 2017. With a basic training in Public Health, he has research interest in the areas of policy analysis and system strengthening of Indian health services and has several publications to his credit. Further, his interest in social theory and the field of sociology of health and Illness has contributed to his inquiry of public health problems using a social epidemiology approach. His recent work has been on the challenges of developing public health as a unique interdisciplinary field by developing skills and training necessary to develop a public health cadre within the existing health system of the nation. His interest in medical anthropology emerged out of his PhD work keeps his inquiry in the field of 'medicine studies' with special emphasis on medicalisation and overdiagnosis and also interaction of multiple systems of medicine relevant.
Recent and Major Publications
- Poshnen, Fellicitta and George, Mathew,"Stunting and Its Determinants among Under-five Children in East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya,",Indian Journal of Public Health,69, 3, 303-308
- Sinha, M and George, M,"Medicalisation of Hysterectomy: A Qualitative Inquiry",Society and culture in South Asia,https://doi.org/10.1177/23938617251380001
- George, Mathew & Kakade, Narendra,"Undernutrition and Inadequate Diet Among Ashram School Girls of Maharashtra",Contemporary Voice of Dalit,,https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X251352957
- Mathew George,"Robust public health evidence should concede multifactorial causation",Indian Journal of Medical Ethics,10 (2), 149-152
- Ritupriya, Sayan Das, Unnikrishnan Payapallimana, John Porter, George, M; Carolyn Stephens, Jose Siri,"Editorial: Urban Health and Planning in the 21st Century: Bridging Across the Formal and Informal Using an Eco-Social Lens",Frontiers in Public Health,12
- Mathew George,"Social determinants of health of ashram school girls in Maharashtra India",contemporary voice of dalit,online
- Mathew George,"Trust in Public Health Practice",Economic and Political Weekly,57, 7
- Mathew George,"Slippery Slopes in Public Health Practice",Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health,12
- Jayakant Singh and Mathew George,"Intolerable Burden of Malaria among Primitive Tribal Community in Odisha: Examining the Fundamental Cause,",Journal of Health Management,23, 4
- Mathew George,"Fragmentation and Weakening of Institutions of Primary Health Care: A
prescription for revival,",Economic and Political Weekly,55, 42, 58-66
- Mathew George,"Sociocultural determinants of the spread of covid 19,",Health and Primary Care,4
- Mathew George,"The Vaccine Conundrum",Economic and Political Weekly,54, 6, 19-22
- Milind Bansode, Jyoti Rai and Mathew George,"AYUSH and Health Services: Policy and Practice in Maharashtra,",Economic and Political Weekly,53, 37, 20-24
- Mathew George,"Public health-oriented healthcare systems: Need for a modified typology",National Medical Journal of India,32,3,
- Mathew George,"Health care Norms under Universal Health Care (UHC) for Maharashtra: Relieving Illness and Ensuring Public Health,",Journal of Health Management,18, 4,
- Mathew George,"Being Fair in Universal Health Coverage: Prioritize Public Health Services for Low- and Middle- Income Countries,",American Journal of Public Health,106, 5,
- Mathew George,"Re-instating a ‘public health’ system under universal health care in India",Journal of Public health policy,36, 15
- Mathew George,"How Not to Modernize Alternative Medicine Systems",Economic and Political Weekly,49, 32
- Mathew George,"Fever epidemics and fever clinics: Institutionalising disease and cure
in contemporary Kerala.",Contributions to Indian Sociology,45, 3, 373-397
- Mathew George,"The Role of Basic Laboratory Services in Strengthening Primary Health Centres.",Indian Journal of Medical Ethics,8, 3,
Books / Chapters
Chapter(s) - Co-Author, (2022). Coronasphere: Narratives of Covid19 from India and its Neighbours, Taylor and Francis, 978-1000812046Chapter(s) - Co-Author, (2021). Recent Advances in Indian Medical Anthropology, Concept Publishing company pvt Ltd, 9354390641Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2017). Knowing the Social World: Perspectives and Possibilities (eds), Orient Blacswan New Delhi, 9788193415764Book - Sole Author, (2017). Institutionalising Illness Narratives: Discourses on Fever talk and Fever Care in Southern India,, Springer Netherlands, 978-981-10- 1904-3
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1) George, M (2022) Why the Health Ministry’s Public Health Cadre Guideline Is a Welcome Move, The Wire, 23rd April 2022, https://science.thewire.in/health/health-ministry-public-health-cadre-guidelines/
2) George, M (2020) How People-centric public health surveillance can help control Covid 19, Down to Earth, 11 May 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/how-people-centric-public-health-surveillance-can-help-control-covid-19-71044
3) George, M (2020) The ‘Specialist-Entrepreneur’ and the Business of Medical Care, The Wire, 22nd January 2020, https://science.thewire.in/health/the-specialist-entrepreneur-and-the-business-of-medical-care/
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The Hindu opinion:
1. Policy Paralysis, a weakened Public Sector, The Hindu, 09th Sept 2024, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/policy-paralysis-a-weakened-public-health-sector/article68619266.ece
2. The real purpose of the medical college, The Hindu, 25th Aug 2023, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-real-purpose-of-the-medical-college/article67232008.ece
3. Curbing individualism in public health, The Hindu, 13th Dec 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/curbing-individualism-in-public-health/article66255892.ece
4. Sharing the burden of Care, The Hindu, 20th April, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/sharing-the-burden-of-care/article34361356.ece
5. The purpose of a Vaccine, The Hindu, 03rd Dec 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-purpose-of-a-vaccine/article62107073.ece
6. The Challenge of Changing Behaviour, The Hindu, 01st Oct 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-challenge-of-changing-health-behaviour/article32735257.ece
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Teaching & Research Guidance
- Introduction to Public Health:Post Graduate
- Social Science Perspectives on Health:Post Graduate
- Health Promotion:Post Graduate
- Health Policy and Systems Research:Post Graduate
- Health Administration and Policy:Post Graduate
- Theoretical Approaches to Public Health Research:Research Guidance