Identification of Spatial Hot spots Clustering and Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis to Assess Predictors of Cesarean Section Delivery in Northeastern States, India.

Background: It is difficult to achieve health related Sustainable Development Goals when a higher proportion of birth delivery occurs through cesarean section (CS) than vaginal delivery without considerable medical benefits. This study aims to identify the spatial hot spot clustering and determinants of cesarean section in northeastern states, India.

Methods: The study utilized data from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019-2021), which included responses from 34,222 mothers who delivered live births in the five years preceding the survey.

Development and validation of the domestic violence scale for ever-married women in India.

Objective: Intimate partner violence against women exists in all cultures. Despite legal and policy measures, there is a lack of standardised contextual tools to assess specific experiences, particularly among ever-married women in India. Hence, developing a domestic violence (DV) scale for ever-married women in India is critical for accurate assessment, policymaking and research, allowing for better support and legal protection.

Caesarean section delivery & determining factors in northeastern State, India: A Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis of areal data.

Background & objectives Caesarean Section (CS) is a crucial life-saving surgical procedure for maternal delivery when normal delivery is ruled out for the safety of mother and infant. This study investigated the spatio-temporal pattern of CS rates to assess the significant factors boosting this delivery in the northeastern States of India. Methods We analysed cross-sectional data from three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS 3, NFHS 4, and NFHS 5).

The Self-Reported Human Health Impacts of Disaster on People in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Longitudinal Aging Study India.

Introduction: The human health impacts of disaster are predicted to increase in frequency and severity due to the effects of climate change. This has impacts on all nations, but understanding disaster-related health impacts in highly populous nations, such as India, will help to inform risk preparedness and reduction measures for large proportions of the global population.

Problem: Disaster-related human health impacts in India were examined via the use of survey data to inform risk reduction.

Perceptions of healthcare workers on implementing the 2022 WHO verbal autopsy instrument in rural India through the existing public health system.

Background: Cause-of-death (CoD) information is crucial for health policy formulation, planning, and program implementation. Verbal Autopsy (VA) is an approach employed for the collection and analysis of CoD estimates at the population level where medical certification of cause of death is low and, secondly, for integrating it with the existing public health system by utilizing the grassroots level workforce.

Objective: The study aims to understand the field perspectives on implementing the 2022 WHO VA instrument in rural India through the existing public health system.

Correction: Psychological distress and burnout among healthcare worker during COVID-19 pandemic in India-A cross-sectional study.

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Association of Self-reported Depressed Mood and Alcohol or Tobacco Use Among Older Adults in India: A Study Based on Longitudinal Aging Study India Wave-1.

Background: Little information exists about the association between alcohol and tobacco use and self-reported depressed mood, such as feeling sad, blue, or depressed days (SBDD), among older adults in India.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the association between alcohol and tobacco use and self-reported depressed mood with SBDD among older adults in India.

Methods: This study uses the Longitudinal Aging Study India (LASI) Wave 1 dataset of 10,487 respondents identified with self-reported mood disorders with SBDD.

Economic burden and economic impact associated with non-communicable diseases among countries of the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region: a systematic review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize studies on the economic burden and economic impact of non-communicable diseases in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region (WHO SEAR) countries.

Introduction: WHO SEAR countries represent 8.6% of the world's population, and 75% of all deaths in this region are attributable to non-communicable diseases.

Hospitalisation expenditure on tuberculosis among tribal populations in India: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of national sample survey data, 2004 to 2018.

Objective: Tribal population in India (8.6% of the total population) have a greater prevalence of tuberculosis compared to the national average. The article aims to study out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), hardship financing, and impoverishment effects of TB hospitalisation treatment among tribal populations in India.

Factors associated with stigma and manifestations experienced by Indian health care workers involved in COVID-19 management in India: A qualitative study.

Healthcare personnel who deal with COVID-19 experience stigma. There is a lack of national-level representative qualitative data to study COVID-19-related stigma among healthcare workers in India. The present study explores factors associated with stigma and manifestations experienced by Indian healthcare workers involved in COVID-19 management.

Measuring the financial impact of disabilities in India (an analysis of national sample survey data).

Background: People with disabilities are vulnerable because of the many challenges they face attitudinal, physical, and financial. The National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (2006) recognizes that Persons with Disabilities are valuable human resources for the country and seeks to create an environment that provides equal opportunities, and protection of their rights, and full. There are limited studies on health care burden due to disabilities of various types.

Gender differences in COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and public stigma among the general community: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional study in India.

Introduction: Individual and community characteristics predictive of knowledge, perception, and attitude on COVID-19, specifically on gender, have not been adequately explored.

Objective: To examine the gender differences in COVID-19 knowledge, self-risk perception and public stigma among the general community and to understand other socio-demographic factors which were predictive of them.

Method: A nationally representative cross-sectional multi-centric survey was conducted among adult individuals(≥18 yrs) from the community member (N = 1978) from six states and one union territory of India between August 2020 to February 2021.

Impact of COVID-19 on utilization of maternal and child health services in India: Health management information system data analysis.

Background/objectives: Studies globally have documented the impact of COVID 19 on maternal and newborn health services. This study assesses the impact of COVID-19 on essential maternal and child health (MCH) services in India based on the national Health Management Information System (HMIS).

Methods: Present retrospective study used secondary data analysis upon the routinely collected data accessed from Health Management Information System.

Unmet need for treatment-seeking from public health facilities in India: An analysis of sociodemographic, regional and disease-wise variations.

Treatment-seeking behaviour is closely associated with the health status of individuals and countries. About 800 million people have no access to health services in the developing world. Though the situation has been improving, the inequalities across geographical regions, socioeconomic status, and disease types continued to persist.

Factors associated with COVID-19 stigma during the onset of the global pandemic in India: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To assess factors associated with COVID-19 stigmatizing attitudes in the community and stigma experiences of COVID-19 recovered individuals during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 18 districts located in 7 States in India during September 2020 to January 2021 among adults > 18 years of age selected through systematic random sampling. Data on socio demographic and COVID-19 knowledge were collected from 303 COVID-19 recovered and 1,976 non-COVID-19 infected individuals from community using a survey questionnaire.

Intersectional Inequalities in Anthropometric Failure among Indian Children: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey (2015-2016).

Increasing body of health planning and policy research focused upon unravelling the fundamental drivers of population health and nutrition inequities, such as wealth status, educational status, caste/ethnicity, gender, place of residence, and geographical context, that often interact to produce health inequalities. However, very few studies have employed intersectional framework to explicitly demonstrate how intersecting dimensions of privilege, power, and resources form the burden of anthropometric failures of children among low-and-middle income countries including India. Data on 2,15,554 sampled children below 5 years of age from the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016 were analysed.

Nonfatal drowning-related hospitalizations and associated healthcare expenditure in India: An analysis of nationally representative survey data.

Background: Drowning is a global public health challenge, with significant burden in low- and middle-income countries. There are few studies exploring nonfatal drowning, including the economic and social impacts. This study aimed to quantify unintentional drowning-related hospitalization in India and associated healthcare expenditure.

Development & validation of scales to assess stigma related to COVID-19 in India.

Background & Objectives: COVID-19 pandemic has triggered social stigma towards individuals affected and their families. This study describes the process undertaken for the development and validation of scales to assess stigmatizing attitudes and experiences among COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 participants from the community.

Methods: COVID-19 Stigma Scale and Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale constituting 13 and six items, respectively, were developed based on review of literature and news reports, expert committee evaluation and participants' interviews through telephone for a multicentric study in India.

Psychological distress and burnout among healthcare worker during COVID-19 pandemic in India-A cross-sectional study.

Background: COVID-19 has inundated the entire world disrupting the lives of millions of people. The pandemic has stressed the healthcare system of India impacting the psychological status and functioning of health care workers. The aim of this study is to determine the burnout levels and factors associated with the risk of psychological distress among healthcare workers (HCW) engaged in the management of COVID 19 in India.

Spatio-temporal modeling for malnutrition in tribal population among states of India a Bayesian approach.

Exploring Bayesian spatio-temporal methods to analyze spatial dependence in malnutrition at the state level for tribal children (less than 3 years) population of India and change over time (three rounds of NFHS-2(1998-99),3(2005-06) and 4(2015-16)). The Bayesian model, fitted by Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation using OpenBUGS, for spatial autocorrelation (through spatial random effects modeling). The model estimated (1) mean time trend and (2) spatial random effects.

Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in India & their perceptions on the way forward - A qualitative study.

Background & Objectives: The healthcare system across the world has been overburdened due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting healthcare workers (HCWs) in different ways. The present study provides an insight into the psychosocial challenges faced by the HCWs related to their work, family and personal well-being and the associated stigmas. Additionally, the coping mechanisms adopted by them and their perceptions on the interventions to address these challenges were also explored.

Rising healthcare expenditure on tuberculosis: Can India achieve the End TB goal?

Objective: To examine the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), healthcare burden, catastrophic health expenditure, hardship financing and impoverishment effects of TB treatment in India.

Methods: Data of three rounds of National Statistic Surveys 60th 2004-05, 71st 2013-14 and 75th 2017-18. Descriptive statistics, bivariate estimates and multivariate models were performed to calculate the OOPE, healthcare burden, catastrophic health expenditure, hardship financing and impoverishment using standard definitions at December 2019 price values.

Socioeconomic Impact of Hospitalization Expenditure for Treatment of Noncommunicable Diseases in India: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Sample Survey Data, 2004 to 2018.

Objectives: This article explores the consequences of hospitalization expenditure on noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and its impact on out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), catastrophic health expenditure, impoverishment, and hardship financing of households in India.

Methods: Data on hospitalized cases of NCDs from the 3 rounds of National Sample Surveys (NSS) (2004, 2014, 2018) were used. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to investigate the socioeconomic differentials of the impact of OOPE on catastrophic health expenditure, impoverishment, and exposure to hardship financing.