| Description |
1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Foreword -- Notes on the Contributors -- Chapter 1: Ground Zero: Introduction -- Introduction -- 2019: Novel Coronavirus Disease -- COVID-19 in India -- Battleground COVID-19 -- India's North East -- Immunisation -- References -- Chapter 2: Psychosocial Fallout of the Pandemic -- Introduction -- Impact of the Pandemic on General and Psychological Well-being -- India's North East -- Racial Discrimination of North East Indians -- Interventions -- Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 3: An Administrator's Battleground -- Introduction -- In a Seesaw with a Virus: An Experience as a Frontline Worker -- Building the Bastions -- The War of Attrition Breaks -- Memories from the Quarantine Centre -- Metamorphosis to a Frontline Worker -- The Shift in Tides -- In Retrospect -- References -- Chapter 4: Policing the Pandemic -- Introduction -- The Canvas of Challenges -- Solutions for Efficient Enforcement of Lockdown -- Mass-Level Awareness -- System of Passes -- Several Check Gates -- e-NAKA -- Pharma Sentinel Project |
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Solution for Efficient Policing of People under Home Quarantine/Isolation -- COVID Sentinel Project -- COVID Sentinel Project Workflow -- Power of Voluntarism: Active Monitoring -- Aid of Technology: Passive Monitoring -- Physical Visits for Human Touch: Active Care -- Main Findings of COVID Sentinel Research -- Research Outputs of the COVID Sentinel Project -- Role of Community and Lessons Learnt for Community Projects -- Community Beckoning and Enrolment -- Mouth-to-Mouth Call-Out -- Concluding Remarks from the COVID Sentinel Project -- Scope for Future Applications of COVID Sentinel Project |
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Solution for Safeguarding Frontline Cops -- COVID Cop Care Initiative -- References -- Chapter 5: Resistive Role of Digitization -- Introduction -- COVID-19 Pandemic in Assam -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Nagaland's Return Migration -- Introduction -- Return Migration: Bringing the Virus Home -- Reverse Migration in Nagaland -- Coping with the Reverse Migration Risk -- Issues and Challenges in the Age of COVID-19 -- Inadequate Health Personnel -- Discrimination and Ostracism Faced by the Returnees -- Stigma Faced by Recovered Patients -- Steps Taken by the State Government |
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Precautionary Steps -- Informative Steps -- Medical Steps -- Governmental Aid -- The Role of the Church -- Role of the Community -- Role of the Youth -- Narratives from Migrants -- Learnings from COVID-19 -- Conclusion: The Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 7: A Frontliner's Anecdata -- Introduction -- Assam and its Capital City Guwahati -- Snippets from My Experience -- Social Exclusion and Denial -- Irrational Fear -- Extending a Helping Hand -- Physical and Psychological Aspects -- Non-Medical Emergencies -- One Who Works with Danger, Cannot Help Being Put into Danger Themselves |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
References |
| Subject |
Positive psychology -- India, Northeastern
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Choudhury, Sabiha Alam
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Das, Bidita
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| ISBN |
9781000797589 |
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1000797589 |
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