Armed conflict: Changing instruments and health outcomes: a study of urban households in Kashmir”

The present paper is an attempt to track the impact of armed conflict in Kashmir on health prospects at the urban household level. The paper delineates various instruments of armed operations and the associated health hazards inflicted upon the households.32.05% of the respondents reported physical violence against at least one member of the household in 2010–11. 58.46% have experienced verbal violence. The after effects of both physical and verbal violence have resulted into a myriad of psychological problems in the general population. 45.60% of the respondents complained of anxiety and 31.73% of depression for the reference period of 2010–11. These health hazards when co-related with the savings and borrowings of the households reveal 53.60% decrease in their savings 57.18% of the households reported to have had increased borrowings