Gloria Benny

About

Gloria Benny is a public health researcher currently working as a research assistant at the George Institute for Global Health- India. She holds a Master's in Development specializing in Public Health from Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. Her areas of research interest are Social Determinants of Health, Decentralization and Community Health, Health Equity, and Health Policy and Systems Research

Employment

• The George Institute for Global Health India Research Fellow
  2022 - Present

Education

• Azim Premji University MA Development
  2017 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Bringing evidence into public health policy 2024
  BMC Proceedings 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12919-025-00353-1
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• Exploring the road to public healthcare accessibility: a qualitative study to understand healthcare utilization among hard-to-reach groups in Kerala, India
  International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-024-02191-7
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• National Rural Health Mission reforms in light of decentralised planning in Kerala, India: a realist analysis of data from three witness seminars
  BMC Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18181-x
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• The role(s) of community health workers in primary health care reform in Kerala, before and during the COVID 19 pandemic: a qualitative study
  Frontiers in Health Services 2024 DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1321882
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• Gender-specific inequalities in coverage of Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes in Southern States of India: evidence from National Family Health Surveys
  BMC Public Health 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17231-0
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• On the forms, contributions and impacts of community mobilisation involved with Kerala’s COVID-19 response: Perspectives of health staff, Local Self Government institution and community leaders
  PLOS ONE 2023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285999
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• Who are the vulnerable, and how do we reach them? Perspectives of health system actors and community leaders in Kerala, India
  BMC Public Health 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15632-9
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• Of primary health care reforms and pandemic responses: understanding perspectives of health system actors in Kerala before and during COVID-19
  BMC Primary Care 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02000-0
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• Bargaining with patriarchy through the life course: obstacles faced (and overcome) by women leaders in Kerala’s health sector
  International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01744-y
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• Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in blood pressure and blood glucose testing: evidence from four districts in Kerala, India
  International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01737-x
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