Publications by authors named "Avijit Debnath"
Background: Measles continues to pose a significant health threat to children in India, contributing significantly to the global burden of measles-related fatalities. Moreover, a considerable number of children did not even receive their first dose of the measles vaccine, and those who did generally did not receive it at the recommended age. Additionally, there is limited information available in India about age-appropriate measles immunization coverage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Decomposition Analysis to Understand the Wealth-Based Inequalities in Child Vaccination in Rural Southern Assam: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Indian J Community Med
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The socio-environmental situation in southern Assam shows a persistent lack of development, especially in child healthcare, leading to low vaccination rates among children.
- - A study involving 360 children identified key predictors of vaccination disparities, finding factors like father's occupation and maternal age significantly contribute to wealth-based inequality in full vaccination rates.
- - While the overall vaccination coverage has improved, full vaccination remains more accessible to economically advantaged families, highlighting the need for targeted government actions to reduce these disparities.
Despite years of health and medical advancement, children still suffer from infectious diseases that are vaccine preventable. India reacted in 1978 by launching the Expanded Programme on Immunization in an attempt to reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). Although the nation has made remarkable progress over the years, there is significant variation in immunization coverage across different socioeconomic strata.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding Malnutrition of Tribal Children in India: The Role of Women's Empowerment.
Ecol Food Nutr
February 2017
Child malnutrition is considered to be the key risk factor for illness during adolescence and is responsible for about one-third of child deaths globally. Historically tribal communities have lagged behind the general population in terms of most socioeconomic aspects, and one such aspect is the nutritional status of children. The present study analyzes regional variations in child malnutrition and its association with women's empowerment in the tribal communities of India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of malnutrition among the tribal children in India. The investigation is based on secondary data compiled from the National Family Health Survey-3. We used a classification and regression tree model, a non-parametric approach, to address the objective.
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