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Determinants of Nutritional Outcomes of Children in India: A Quantile Regression Approach [PDF]

In this paper, we use quantile regressions on data from the 2005-06 wave of the Indian National Family Health Survey to study the determinants of child body-mass-index, height-for-age, and hemoglobin at different points of the conditional distribution ...
Kandpal, Eeshani, McNamara, Paul E.
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Reviewing disease burden among rural Indian women [PDF]

, 2004
The disease burden of rural Indian women is reviewed by utilizing the data from the 'Survey of Causes of Death (rural)' annual reports of Registrar General of India supplemented with National family health survey (NFHS-II).
Agnihotram V, Dr. Ramanakumar
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Mortality Risks, Health Endowments, and Parental Investments in Infancy: Evidence from Rural India [PDF]

This paper examines whether increased background mortality risks induce households to make differential health investments in their high- versus low-endowment children.
Arkadipta Ghosh, Ashlesha Datar, Neeraj Sood   +2 more
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What happened to the distribution of the blood pressure and random blood glucose of the Indian adult population between 2015 and 2021?

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Objective: To describe the change in mean and shape of the distributions of blood pressure (BP) and random blood glucose (RBG) of adults aged 15–49 between two consecutive rounds of the National Family Health Survey in India. Study design and methods: We
Vignesh Loganathan, Ismail Zabiulla Rifai, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar   +2 more
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Trends and determinants of unmet need for family planning in Bihar (India): evidence from National Family Health Surveys [PDF]

, 2013
Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
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Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services be more effective? [PDF]

Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary feeding for ...
Das Gupta, Monica, Gragnolati, Michele, Ivaschenko, Oleksiy, Lokshin, Michael   +3 more
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Subnational estimates of life expectancy at birth in India: evidence from NFHS and SRS data

BMC Public Health
Background Mortality estimates at the subnational level are of urgent need in India for the formulation of policies and programmes at the district level. This is the first-ever study which used survey data for the estimation of life expectancy at birth (
Pawan Kumar Yadav, Suryakant Yadav
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Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma: A Case Study of India [PDF]

South Asia has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, despite rapid economic growth compared to other regions such as sub-Saharan Africa.
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, James, K. S.
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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India [PDF]

New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women.
Brinda Viswanathan, Viney Sharma
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From data to decisions: Exploring family planning services utilization in Karnataka and India through the prism of NFHS-4 and NFHS-5

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
ABSTRACT Background: Family planning (FP) services are pivotal in assessing a country’s healthcare efficacy. Despite India’s strides in FP promotion, disparities persist in its utilization rates.
Namratha Kulkarni, Saurabh Kumar, Pavan P. Havaldar   +2 more
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