Sunita Kishor’s research while affiliated with Loyola University Maryland and other places

... The Matlab HDSS has been treated as the gold standard of vital registration, and global health researchers have undertaken studies to test survey data collection tools that collect data on births, deaths, pregnancy wastage, perinatal mortality and others. [12][13][14] Currently, a number of studies on the validation of adult deaths completeness in surveys using recent household death module and sibling survival history, and accuracy of age and time of death are being undertaken in Matlab HDSS areas. 15 16 Adult mortality findings based on Matlab HDSS data have been widely disseminated. ...

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Adult mortality trends in Matlab, Bangladesh: an analysis of cause-specific risks

... 29 Acknowledging the cultural influences and the potential misunderstanding of classification, underreporting of neonatal deaths is not unexpected, yet efforts to improve methods and enhance the capacity of health workers to reliable ascertainment of these crucial events is vital from a health system perspective. 30 A further challenge seen in this assessment is the accuracy with which aggregated HMIS data reflect communitybased events registered in FFs. Although in principle the HMIS monthly reports should reflect both facility and community numbers, it appears that child health services are substantially under-reported in the HMIS, and live births receiving first-dose PVV fairly consistently exceed the number of births. ...

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Assessing the performance of the family folder system for collecting community-based health information in Tigray Region, North Ethiopia: a capture–recapture study

... They take the value of 3 if the subject is bothered by the expression for more than 1 week and take the value of 4 if the subject is bothered by the expression almost every day. All the information regarding the mental health indicators is self-reported by the individuals.Socio-demographic factors in this study that could affect the likelihood of tobacco consumption are based on previous studies that construct the smoking model with socio-demographic factors.2,9,31,32 These studies examined tobacco consumption with variables as age, marital status, education, employment status which are similar to the socio-demographic factors of this study. ...

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Tobacco control policies and the multidimensional context of tobacco use by gender: The case of Türkiye

... According the National Family health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16, 79% of childbirths toot place in a health facility, while the rest were conducted in homes by untrained birth attendants. [2] Thus, seeing the figures it implies that the number of unsupervised obstetric deliveries in India is still huge resulting in obstetric complications and resulting in perinatal asphyxia. Also, there is an increasing survival rate of very low birth weight babies and premature babies with improvement in neonatal care services in India. ...

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Identification of Barriers and its influence on the Quality of Life in school going children with Cerebral Palsy: A Hypothesis

... PRI constitutes the bedrock for the implementation of most of rural development programmes. [19] It has been described by an author as just a formal institution with no role in various tasks. Most of the respondents are not satisfied with the functioning of AWCs and the work of the panchayat since they have failed to provide them even the basic amenities like roads, electricity and employment through MNREGA. ...

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Socioeconomic determinants of nutritional status among ‘Baiga’ tribal children In Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh: A qualitative study

... As a result, the tribal people drink a lot to harmful level, which is the root of much deadly disease. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS3) 21 , 72% of the tribal male population uses tobacco, compared to 56% of the male population aged 15-54. On the other hand, when it comes to consumption of alcohol, this proportion was found to be 30% higher than that of the nontribal male population. ...

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Public Healthcare Infrastructure to Address Tribal Health Issues and Awareness

... Further, the demographic transition of U.P. has been slow. Among all the major Indian states, Uttar Pradesh has the highest birth rate and the highest fertility rate (Arnold et al., 2009). The problems of education system are exacting. ...

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Demographic Changes and Growth of Population in Uttar Pradesh: Trends and Status

... The intersection of economics and gender within patrilocal residence also provides the grounds for the paradoxical observation that while men were expected to be providers, women's responsibility for producing children was not expected to impose any extra economic burden on their husbands. The influence of in-laws in upholding these expectations is not surprising given that while the study participants shared the same household with their-in-laws, they occupied a subordinate position [30], which undermined their ability to act on their choices and decisions [31,32]. ...

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Intersectional analysis of the experiences of women who fail to conceive in low and middle income neighbourhoods of Delhi, India: Findings from a qualitative study

... Conversely, other caste-categorized women display minimal changes from 24.4% to 24.6%. These variations likely stem from differences in socioeconomic status, access to healthcare services, and cultural attitudes toward family planning within different social groups (Raj & Raj, 2004;Kishor & Gupta, 2004). Additionally, lack of information, cultural beliefs, and traditional practices regarding family planning within different caste and tribal communities may influence contraceptive decisionmaking (Singh et al., 2021). ...

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Practice of Female Sterilization Among Currently Married Women in West Bengal, India: Trends and Magnitude of Differentials

... Nonetheless, research in sub-Saharan countries showed that disadvantaged communities and poor households could be protective or risk causes of violence against wives despite the use of similar indicators of economic status or household income levels [33]. Also, studies in three Asian societies found a significant correlation between spousal violence and this factor [34]. Nevertheless, the direction and magnitude of the relationship was different across those societies. ...

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Risk Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against Jordanian Married Women: A Social Ecological Perspective