Contemporary Issues in Late Adulthood: Perspectives from India

Asha Banu Soletti is currently a Professor at the Centre for Health and Mental Health, School of Social Work (SSW), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She is also the Dean of Student Affairs TISS. She teaches master's level courses in Public Health and Mental Health. She has published several articles on the concerns of older adults. Her research projects and field engagements focus on understanding, evolving and strengthening social interventions for health, with a special focus on marginalised communities. Her field engagement includes co-constructing community-led interventions for emerging public health concerns in urban and rural contexts. Presently, she leads Pragati: Integrated Rural Health and Development Project, a Field Action Project, which is located in a tribal belt and caters to the health needs of the Konkana, Warli, and Katkari tribes.

Asha Banu Soletti 目前是孟買塔塔社會科學研究所（TISS）社會工作學院（SSW）健康與心理健康中心的教授。她同時擔任 TISS 學生事務院長。她教授公共健康和心理健康的碩士課程。她已發表多篇有關老年人關注議題的文章。她的研究項目和實地參與專注於理解、發展和加強健康的社會干預，特別關注邊緣化社群。她的實地參與包括共同建構社區主導的干預措施，以應對城市和農村背景下的新興公共健康問題。目前，她負責 Pragati：綜合農村健康與發展計畫，這是一個實地行動計畫，位於一個部落帶，滿足 Konkana、Warli 和 Katkari 部落的健康需求。