Giridhara R Babu

Datos Biográficos

ID6072092
NOMBREGiridhara R Babu
NOMBRESGiridhara R
APELLIDOBabu
FIRMABABU G R
AFILIACIONESQatar University
ORCID0000-0003-4370-8933
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS34
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR16
TOTAL COMO EDITOR18
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2015
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Educational films for improving perinatal outcomes associated with gestational diabetes in Uganda and India

    Open AccessLisa Oakley, Laura Oakley et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with a high risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. We evaluated whether a film-based educational intervention for pregnant women and healthcare providers to improve timely detection and management of GDM could reduce the incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS: Two parallel-group cluster randomised trials were conducted in Uganda and India. A package of 7 interconnected cultura…

  • Urinary Glyphosate Exposure and Risk of Obstructive Airway Diseases in Youth and Adults

    Open AccessHiba Farooq Siddiqui, Sundus Farooq Siddiqui et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Glyphosate herbicide has been linked with airway diseases in adults. Evidence remains inconsistent, without investigations conducted in youthful populations. This study aims to examine the association between glyphosate and obstructive airway diseases in adult and youth samples in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Glyphosate exposure was categorized into tertiles. Separate multiple logistic regressions were conducted for adult…

  • Invisible inequities in type I diabetes care in India

    Open AccessVeruschka Pandey, Satyanarayana Ramanaik et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Type 1 Diabetes mellitus (T1DM) affects a substantial population in India, with significant challenges related to healthcare access and financial burden. This study aims to explore the multi-level barriers and enablers of T1DM care in Karnataka state, providing evidence-based recommendations for policymakers to improve healthcare services. This qualitative study employed in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussion (FGDs) with multiple s…

  • Respiratory symptoms after coalmine fire and pandemic

    Open AccessTyler J Lane, Matthew Carroll et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The aim of this study was to determine whether the effects of extreme but discrete PM 2.5 exposure from a coal mine fire on respiratory symptoms abated, persisted, or worsened over time, and whether they were exacerbated by COVID-19. We analysed longitudinal survey data from a cohort residing near a 2014 coalmine fire in regional Australia. A 2016/2017 survey included 4,056 participants, of whom 612 were followed-up in 2022. Items included respir…

  • Association between 23 urinary VOC metabolites and cardiovascular disease among NHANES participants

    Open AccessLubna A Zar, Munirah Altaissan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    This paper reports on the association between urine concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds (UVOCs) metabolites and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs). This cross-sectional study uses a sample of participants from the NHANES (2017–2020). We assessed the dose association of UVOCs with CVD by running multivariable logistic regression models at the second, third and fourth quartiles. Among 2,363 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Exa…

  • A realist evaluation of the implementation of a national tobacco control programme and policy in India

    Open AccessPragati Hebbar, Vivek Dsouza et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2025

    There is a growing interest in studying and unpacking the implementation of policies and programmes as it provides an opportunity to reduce the policy translation time lag taken for research findings to translate into policies and be implemented and to understand why policies may fail. Realist evaluation is a theory-driven approach that embraces complexity and helps to identify the mechanisms generating the observed policy outcomes in a given con…

  • Relationship between physical activity during pregnancy and maternal health outcomes

    Open AccessYamuna Ana, Floor A van den Brand et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2025Referencias: 1

    Background Sedentary behavior is one of the major modifiable behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Physical activity (PA) is crucial during pregnancy but pregnant women may become sedentary, leading to adverse health outcomes. Our study aimed to explore the association between social support and PA levels during pregnancy and the relationship between sedentary behavior and adverse pregnancy health outcomes including delivery. Met…

  • The Retail Food Environment Index and its association with dietary patterns, body mass index, and socioeconomic position

    Open AccessElisa Pineda, Jemima Stockton et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In Mexico, 75% of the population are affected by overweight or obesity, and the availability and affordability of high-calorie-dense foods and beverages are high. This study tested the association between the retail food environment index (RFEI), dietary patterns, body mass index (BMI), and socioeconomic position (SEP) in Mexico. Cross-sectional diet, health, and sociodemographic population-based secondary data analyses were conducted. The RFEI w…

  • Gestational weight gain at the national, regional, and income group levels based on 234 national household surveys from 70 low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessJanaína Calu Costa, Dongqing Wang et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Gestational weight gain (GWG) estimates enable the identification of populations of women at risk for adverse outcomes. We described GWG distribution in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Demographic and Health Surveys and other national surveys were used to calculate the average GWG by regressing the weight of pregnant women (15–49 years) at the time of the interview on their gestational age, adjusting for sociodemographic factors. A mixe…

  • Tackling syndemics by integrating infectious and noncommunicable diseases in health systems of low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessAngela Jackson‐Morris, Angela Mary Jackson-Morris et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The co-occurrence of infectious diseases (ID) and non-communicable diseases (NCD) is widespread, presenting health service delivery challenges especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Integrated health care is a possible solution but may require a paradigm shift to be successfully implemented. This literature review identifies integrated care examples among selected ID and NCD dyads. We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, C…

  • Year level, trends and socio-demographic disparities of obesity among Ghanaian adults—A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

    Open AccessMustapha Titi Yussif, Araba Egyirba Morrison et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The double burden of malnutrition has assumed severer forms in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) arising from sharper increases in prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in these countries compared to higher income countries. Considering that LMICs already have fragile health systems, the rising obesity levels may just be a ticking time bomb requiring expeditious implementation of priority actions by all global and national actors to pr…

  • Methods for measuring body composition in Zambian adolescents living with HIV

    Open AccessSuzanne Filteau, Molly Chisenga et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Assessment of body composition can be useful in managing many clinical or public health conditions, including HIV. Most people living with HIV infection are in Africa where clinics may lack equipment, utilities or staff time for optimal body composition assessment. Thus, it is important to determine whether less expensive and more available and scalable methods can provide adequate information. We estimated body composition of 420 perinatally HIV…

  • The impact of Covid-19 on sexual risk behaviour for HIV acquisition in east Zimbabwe

    Open AccessRebekah Morris, Sarah Gregson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions have the potential to alter sexual risk behaviours for HIV acquisition with important implications for HIV prevention programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. To date, no large-scale data have been published to substantiate hypothesised changes in sexual risk behaviours. We used longitudinal survey data to assess the impact of Covid-19 on sexual risk behaviours in east Zimbabwe. Data on sexual behaviours…

  • WHO framework on meaningful engagement

    Open AccessJack Fisher, Guy Fones et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    As the global public health community continues to reflect and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and mental health and neurological conditions remains one of the largest unmet gaps in progress towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). People living with these health conditions, particularly among those most marginalized, acutely understand the impact of these failures in global action and investme…

  • Prevalence of dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes among tribal and rural population in a south Indian forested region

    Open AccessSumanth Mallikarjuna Majgi, Yogish C Basappa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    While NCDs are in rise globally, tribal and rural populations residing near to reserve forests with limited exposure to modern lifestyles may bear a unique burden. This study investigates the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia among these communities. We conducted a cross-sectional study between 2018 and 2020 in the forest-dwelling population of Chamarajanagar, India. Using multistage stratified sampling based…

  • Undesirable Levels of Practice Behaviours and Associated Knowledge amongst Community Health Workers in Rural South India Responsible for Type 2 Diabetes Screening and Management

    Open AccessAnirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti, Giridhara R Babu et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024

    This study highlights widespread deficiencies (97% CHWs) in diabetes management practices and knowledge (95% CHWs). To overcome these deficiencies, a thorough needs assessments is vital for effective CHW training. Training of CHWs should not only identify prior knowledge and/or behaviour but also their interrelationship to help create a robust and flexible set of practice behaviours

  • "How about me giving blood for the Covid vaccine and not being able to get vaccinated?" A cognitive interview study on understanding of and agreement with broad consent for future use of data and samp…

    Open AccessLauren Maxwell, Jackeline Bravo Chamorro et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Broad consent for future use, wherein researchers ask participants for permission to share participant-level data and samples collected within the study for purposes loosely related to the study objectives, is central to enabling ethical data and sample reuse. Ensuring that participants understand broad consent-related language is key to maintaining trust in the study and public health research. We conducted 52 cognitive interviews to explore coh…

  • Faster rehabilitation weight gain during childhood is associated with risk of non-communicable disease in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition

    Open AccessDEBBIE THOMPSON, Kimberley McKenzie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Nutritional rehabilitation during severe acute malnutrition (SAM) aims to quickly restore body size and minimize poor short-term outcomes. We hypothesized that faster weight gain during treatment is associated with greater cardiometabolic risk in adult life. Anthropometry, body composition (DEXA), blood pressure, blood glucose, insulin and lipids were measured in a cohort of adults who were hospitalized as children for SAM between 1963 and 1993. …

  • Hypertension among persons living with HIV—Zambia, 2021; A cross-sectional study of a national electronic health record system

    Open AccessJonas Z Hines, 守夫 西田 et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is a common cause of death in Zambia. Data on hypertension prevalence in Zambia are scarce and limited to specific geographic areas and/or populations. We measured hypertension prevalence among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in Zambia using a national electronic health record (EHR) system. We did a cross-sectional study of hypertension prevalence among PLHIV aged ≥18 years dur…

  • Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania

    Open AccessKatherine E A Semrau, Rana R Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Globally, increasing rates of facility-based childbirth enable early intervention for small vulnerable newborns. We describe health system-level inputs, current feeding, and discharge practices for moderately low birthweight (MLBW) infants (1500- 10% less than their birthweight; 18.8% of infants were discharged with weights below facility-specific policy [1800g in India, 1500g in Malawi, and 2000g in Tanzania]. Based on descriptive analysis, we f…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on routine childhood immunisations in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMilena Dalton, Benjamin M Sanderson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Routine vaccines are critical to child health. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted essential health services, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). We reviewed literature to determine the impact of COVID-19 on service delivery and uptake of routine childhood immunisation in LMICs. We reviewed papers published between March 2020 and June 2022 using a scoping review framework, and assessed each paper across the World Hea…

  • The importance of investing in data, models, experiments, team science, and public trust to help policymakers prepare for the next pandemic

    Open AccessRichard Grieve, Youqi Yang et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about valuable insights regarding models, data, and experiments. In this narrative review, we summarised the existing literature on these three themes, exploring the challenges of providing forecasts, the requirement for real-time linkage of health-related datasets, and the role of ‘experimentation’ in evaluating interventions. This literature review encourages us to broaden our perspective for the future, acknow…

  • Shifting the gaze on implementation

    Open AccessPragati Hebbar, Upendra Bhojani et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    We find significant association between the implementation of tobacco control laws/programs and tobacco use in India. Our findings highlight the potential that policy implementation holds in reducing population-level tobacco use thus drawing attention towards the implementation phase of policies. The findings have implications on prioritising enforcement of specific tobacco control measures such as smokefree laws, modifying COTPA signages to enco…

  • How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis

    Open AccessPragati Hebbar, Vivek Dsouza et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: The burden of tobacco use is disproportionately high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is scarce theorisation on what works with respect to implementation of tobacco control policies in these settings. Given the complex nature of tobacco control policy implementation, diversity in outcomes of widely implemented policies and the defining role of the context, we conducted a realist synthesis to examine tobacco control p…

  • Expert perspectives on priorities for supporting health security in the Pacific region through health systems strengthening

    Open AccessNicole Rendell, Meru Sheel et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated the interdependence of health security and health systems, and the need for resilient health systems to prevent large-scale impacts of infectious disease outbreaks and other acute public health events. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions on how to “build back better”, making it important to identify lessons to strengthen health systems and prevent future shocks from health security th…