Sukumar Vellakkal
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 358746 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sukumar Vellakkal |
| NOMBRES | Sukumar |
| APELLIDO | Vellakkal |
| FIRMA | VELLAKKAL S |
| AFILIACIONES | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0594-1454 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Mother’s Education and Child Nutrition
Conditional cash incentives, community health workers, and continuum of maternal and child healthcare
Continuum of care in maternal and child health (MCH) services is a key strategy for improving MCH outcomes. This study examines the effect of conditional cash incentives and community health worker support on the uptake of the continuum of MCH care, defined as the sequential utilization of antenatal, skilled delivery, and postnatal services. Using nationally representative cross-sectional datasets and a difference-in-difference framework, we find…
Does affordable Internet promote maternal and child healthcare access? Evidence from a post-telecommunication market disruption period in India
Outreach of the programmatic components of National Health Mission in India
In 2005, India launched the National Health Mission (NHM) to achieve equity in access to primary and secondary healthcare, with special focus on maternal and child healthcare (MCH). Studies have shown that NHM has increased access to MCH services; however, the access is still low among low socioeconomic population groups. Since outreach among target population is crucial to improve access to MCH, we analyzed the level and the inter‐ and intra‐sta…
Impact of public health programs on maternal and child health services and health outcomes in India
Subsidising rice and sugar? The Public Distribution System and Nutritional Outcomes in Andhra Pradesh, India
India's main food and nutrition security programme, the Public Distribution System (PDS), provides subsidised rice and sugar to deprived households. Using longitudinal data from Young Lives for Indian children (n = 2,944) aged 5 to 16 years, we assessed whether PDS subsidies skewed diets towards sugar and rice consumption, increasing risk of stunting (low height-for-age). Linear regression models were used to quantify additional rice and sugar co…
Implications of multimorbidity patterns on health care utilisation and quality of life in middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Past studies have demonstrated how single non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affect health care utilisation and quality of life (QoL), but not how different NCD combinations interact to affect these. Our study aims to investigate the prevalence of NCD dyad and triad combinations, and the implications of different NCD dyad combinations on health care utilisation and QoL. METHODS: Our study utilised cross-sectional data from the WHO SAGE …
Has India’s national rural health mission reduced inequities in maternal health services? A pre-post repeated cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In 2005, India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to strengthen the primary healthcare system. NRHM also aims to encourage pregnant women, particularly of low socioeconomic backgrounds, to use institutional maternal healthcare. We evaluated the impacts of NRHM on socioeconomic inequities in the uptake of institutional delivery and antenatal care (ANC) across high-focus (deprived) Indian states. METHODS: Data from Distri…
A qualitative study of factors impacting accessing of institutional delivery care in the context of India's cash incentive program
Not all eligible women use the available services under India's Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides cash incentives to encourage pregnant women to use institutional care for childbirth; limited evidence exists on demand-side factors associated with low program uptake. This study explores the views of women and ASHAs (community health workers) on the use of the JSY and institutional delivery care facilities. In-depth qualitative interview…
Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-Sage surv…
BACKGROUND: The use of self-reported measures of chronic disease may substantially underestimate prevalence in low-income and middle-income country settings, especially in groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES). We sought to determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) differ if estimated by using symptom-based or criterion-based measures compared with self-reported physician dia…
Health insurance benefit packages prioritized by low-income clients in India
Health insurance benefit packages prioritized by low-income clients in India
A qualitative study of factors impacting accessing of institutional delivery care in the context of India's cash incentive program
Not all eligible women use the available services under India's Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides cash incentives to encourage pregnant women to use institutional care for childbirth; limited evidence exists on demand-side factors associated with low program uptake. This study explores the views of women and ASHAs (community health workers) on the use of the JSY and institutional delivery care facilities. In-depth qualitative interview…
Has India’s national rural health mission reduced inequities in maternal health services? A pre-post repeated cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In 2005, India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to strengthen the primary healthcare system. NRHM also aims to encourage pregnant women, particularly of low socioeconomic backgrounds, to use institutional maternal healthcare. We evaluated the impacts of NRHM on socioeconomic inequities in the uptake of institutional delivery and antenatal care (ANC) across high-focus (deprived) Indian states. METHODS: Data from Distri…
Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-Sage surv…
BACKGROUND: The use of self-reported measures of chronic disease may substantially underestimate prevalence in low-income and middle-income country settings, especially in groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES). We sought to determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) differ if estimated by using symptom-based or criterion-based measures compared with self-reported physician dia…
Outreach of the programmatic components of National Health Mission in India
In 2005, India launched the National Health Mission (NHM) to achieve equity in access to primary and secondary healthcare, with special focus on maternal and child healthcare (MCH). Studies have shown that NHM has increased access to MCH services; however, the access is still low among low socioeconomic population groups. Since outreach among target population is crucial to improve access to MCH, we analyzed the level and the inter‐ and intra‐sta…
Health insurance benefit packages prioritized by low-income clients in India
Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-Sage surv…
BACKGROUND: The use of self-reported measures of chronic disease may substantially underestimate prevalence in low-income and middle-income country settings, especially in groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES). We sought to determine whether socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) differ if estimated by using symptom-based or criterion-based measures compared with self-reported physician dia…
Has India’s national rural health mission reduced inequities in maternal health services? A pre-post repeated cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: In 2005, India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to strengthen the primary healthcare system. NRHM also aims to encourage pregnant women, particularly of low socioeconomic backgrounds, to use institutional maternal healthcare. We evaluated the impacts of NRHM on socioeconomic inequities in the uptake of institutional delivery and antenatal care (ANC) across high-focus (deprived) Indian states. METHODS: Data from Distri…
A qualitative study of factors impacting accessing of institutional delivery care in the context of India's cash incentive program
Not all eligible women use the available services under India's Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides cash incentives to encourage pregnant women to use institutional care for childbirth; limited evidence exists on demand-side factors associated with low program uptake. This study explores the views of women and ASHAs (community health workers) on the use of the JSY and institutional delivery care facilities. In-depth qualitative interview…
Implications of multimorbidity patterns on health care utilisation and quality of life in middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Past studies have demonstrated how single non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affect health care utilisation and quality of life (QoL), but not how different NCD combinations interact to affect these. Our study aims to investigate the prevalence of NCD dyad and triad combinations, and the implications of different NCD dyad combinations on health care utilisation and QoL. METHODS: Our study utilised cross-sectional data from the WHO SAGE …
Impact of public health programs on maternal and child health services and health outcomes in India
Subsidising rice and sugar? The Public Distribution System and Nutritional Outcomes in Andhra Pradesh, India
India's main food and nutrition security programme, the Public Distribution System (PDS), provides subsidised rice and sugar to deprived households. Using longitudinal data from Young Lives for Indian children (n = 2,944) aged 5 to 16 years, we assessed whether PDS subsidies skewed diets towards sugar and rice consumption, increasing risk of stunting (low height-for-age). Linear regression models were used to quantify additional rice and sugar co…
Outreach of the programmatic components of National Health Mission in India
In 2005, India launched the National Health Mission (NHM) to achieve equity in access to primary and secondary healthcare, with special focus on maternal and child healthcare (MCH). Studies have shown that NHM has increased access to MCH services; however, the access is still low among low socioeconomic population groups. Since outreach among target population is crucial to improve access to MCH, we analyzed the level and the inter‐ and intra‐sta…
Does affordable Internet promote maternal and child healthcare access? Evidence from a post-telecommunication market disruption period in India
Mother’s Education and Child Nutrition
Conditional cash incentives, community health workers, and continuum of maternal and child healthcare
Continuum of care in maternal and child health (MCH) services is a key strategy for improving MCH outcomes. This study examines the effect of conditional cash incentives and community health worker support on the uptake of the continuum of MCH care, defined as the sequential utilization of antenatal, skilled delivery, and postnatal services. Using nationally representative cross-sectional datasets and a difference-in-difference framework, we find…
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