Mahesh M Desai
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1359299 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mahesh M Desai |
| PRENOMES | Mahesh M |
| SOBRENOME | Desai |
| ASSINATURA | DESAI M M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6616-0945 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1955 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s Diversity Standards and Medical School Attrition
This cross-sectional study examines the association between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s diversity standards and medical school attrition demographics
Barriers and facilitators for implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in Mozambique
High maternal and neonatal mortality rates persist in Mozambique, with stillbirths remaining understudied. Most maternal and neonatal deaths in the country are due to preventable and treatable childbirth-related complications that often occur in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization introduced the Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in 2015 to reduce adverse birth outcomes. The SCC, a structured list of evidence-based practices, target…
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Residential mobility, or a change in residence, can influence health care utilization and outcomes. Health systems can leverage their patients' residential addresses stored in their electronic health records (EHRs) to better understand the relationships among patients' residences, mobility, and health. The Veteran Health Administration (VHA), with a unique nationwide network of health care systems and integrated EHR, holds greater pot…
Assessing changes in adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual and reproductive health service utilisation following a Covid-19 lockdown in eSwatini
The effects of COVID-19-associated restrictions on youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care during the pandemic remain unclear, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This study uses interrupted time series analyses to assess changes in SRH care utilisation (including visits for HIV testing and treatment, family planning, and antenatal care) adolescent girls' and young women's (AGYW; aged 15-24 years old) in eSwatini following COVID-19 lockdo…
The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (Echorn) Cohort Study
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for a higher proportion of mortality and morbidity in the Caribbean and US territories-majority-minority communities-than in the United States or Canada. Strategies to address this disparity include enhancing data collection efforts among racial/ethnic communities. The ECHORN Cohort Study (ECS), a regional adult cohort study, estimates prevalence and assesses risk factors for NCDs in two United States terri…
Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
Integrating HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia point-of-care testing (Poct) for antenatal care at dispensaries in western Kenya
The intervention had a modest overall impact on wait times and length-of-stay for women seeking MCH services while ensuring pregnant women received essential diagnostic testing. Nurse utilization rates fluctuated among days: nurses experienced spikes in workload on some days but were under-utilized on the majority of days. Overall, our model suggests there was sufficient time to deliver all WHO's required ANC activities and offer integrated testi…
Positive Aging Views in the General Population Predict Better Long-Term Cognition for Elders in Eight Countries
Objective: Much of the literature on aging cognitive health has focused on individual determinants, rather than societal ones; in contrast, this study examined whether country-level age status predicts cognitive performance of older individuals over time. Method: Eight countries were examined using a novel combination of country-level age status data from the European Social Survey and individual-level data from the Survey on Health, Ageing, and …
Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda
Ugandan VHTs saw themselves as having the potential to play an important role in improving community awareness of NCDs as well as monitoring and referral of community members for NCD-related health issues. In order to accomplish this, they anticipated requiring context-specific and culturally adapted training as well as strong partnerships with facility-based medical personnel. A lack of financial incentivization was not identified to be a major …
Child, maternal and household-level correlates of nutritional status
Objective Young children are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition as nutrition transition progresses. The present study aimed to document the prevalence, coexistence and correlates of nutritional status (stunting, overweight/obesity and anaemia) in Samoan children aged 24–59 months. Design A cross-sectional community-based survey. Height and weight were used to determine prevalence of stunting (height-for-age Z -score Z -score >+2) based on WH…
Household Food Insecurity and Sleep Patterns Among Mexican Adults
An assessment of health-care students' attitudes toward patients with or at high risk for HIV
Stigma perpetuated by health-care providers has been found to be a barrier to care for vulnerable populations, including HIV-infected, people who inject drugs (PWIDs), and men who have sex with men (MSM) in multiple clinical contexts and remains unexamined among professional health-care students in Malaysia. This cross-sectional, anonymous, and Internet-based survey assessed the attitudes of medical and dental students toward HIV-infected, PWID, …
Sexual Orientation, Adult Connectedness, Substance Use, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescents
Objectives. We examined associations between identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) and lacking a connection with an adult at school on adolescent substance use and mental health outcomes including suicidality. Methods. We analyzed data from the 2009 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 8910). Outcomes of interest included alcohol use, marijuana use, illicit drug use, depressive symptomatology, suicide ideation, and suicide attem…
Global health experiences of U.S. Physicians
BACKGROUND: Interest and participation in global health activities among U.S. medical trainees has increased sharply in recent decades, yet the global health activities of physicians who have completed residency training remain understudied. Our objectives were to assess associations between individual characteristics and patterns of post-residency global health activities across the domains of health policy, education, and research. METHODS: Cro…
Cultural Influences on Causal Beliefs About Depression Among Latino Immigrants
Purpose: This study describes causal beliefs about depression among Dominican, Colombian, and Ecuadorian immigrants. The authors describe participants’ narratives about how particular supernatural or religious beliefs may contribute to or alleviate depression. Method: Latino primary care patients ( n = 177) were interviewed with the Beliefs About Causes of Depression Scale, a list of 35 items rated from not at all important to extremely important…
Parental Immigration Status is Associated with Children’s Health Care Utilization
Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Insurance Coverage among Refugees in the United States
Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore causal attributions about depression and to identify psychosocial factors associated with these beliefs among Latino immigrants. We interviewed 177 primary care patients with instruments to assess causal beliefs, depressive and somatic symptoms, ethnic identity and stigma. An exploratory factor analysis of the Causal Beliefs scale yielded three factors, “Balance,” “Psychosocial” and “Malevo…
Relationship between distance to social gathering facilities and risk of trachoma for households in rural Tanzanian communities
Case-Finding for Depression Among Medical Outpatients in the Veterans Health Administration
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the rates and predictors of screening, screening positive, follow-up evaluation, and subsequent diagnosis of depression among medical outpatients. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study using chart-review data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 2002 External Peer Review Program merged with administrative data. SUBJECTS AND MEASURES: We studied a national sample of VA medical outpatients with…
Determinants of Receipt of Ambulatory Medical Care in a National Sample of Mentally Ill Homeless Veterans
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study used the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to identify determinants of receipt of outpatient medical care within 6 months of initial contact with a national homeless veterans outreach program. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective study. SUBJECTS: Homeless veterans contacted through the program in 1999 (n = 26,926). MEASURES: Data from structured interviews conducted at the time of program intake were merged…
Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons
Background/Objectives. To develop and validate a new risk adjustment index–the Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons (BISEP)–which integrates multiple domains, including diseases, physiologic abnormalities, and functional impairments. Research Design Subjects. The index was developed in a prospective cohort of 525 patients aged ≥70 years from the medicine service of a university hospital. The index was validated in a cohort of 1246 patients…
Practical problems in the assessment of personality in the clinical field
Clinical psychology in Britain
Aspects of Personality in Peptic Ulcer Patients
Sexual Orientation, Adult Connectedness, Substance Use, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescents
Objectives. We examined associations between identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) and lacking a connection with an adult at school on adolescent substance use and mental health outcomes including suicidality. Methods. We analyzed data from the 2009 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 8910). Outcomes of interest included alcohol use, marijuana use, illicit drug use, depressive symptomatology, suicide ideation, and suicide attem…
Positive Aging Views in the General Population Predict Better Long-Term Cognition for Elders in Eight Countries
Objective: Much of the literature on aging cognitive health has focused on individual determinants, rather than societal ones; in contrast, this study examined whether country-level age status predicts cognitive performance of older individuals over time. Method: Eight countries were examined using a novel combination of country-level age status data from the European Social Survey and individual-level data from the Survey on Health, Ageing, and …
Aspects of Personality in Peptic Ulcer Patients
Clinical psychology in Britain
Practical problems in the assessment of personality in the clinical field
Determinants of Receipt of Ambulatory Medical Care in a National Sample of Mentally Ill Homeless Veterans
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study used the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to identify determinants of receipt of outpatient medical care within 6 months of initial contact with a national homeless veterans outreach program. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective study. SUBJECTS: Homeless veterans contacted through the program in 1999 (n = 26,926). MEASURES: Data from structured interviews conducted at the time of program intake were merged…
Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons
Background/Objectives. To develop and validate a new risk adjustment index–the Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons (BISEP)–which integrates multiple domains, including diseases, physiologic abnormalities, and functional impairments. Research Design Subjects. The index was developed in a prospective cohort of 525 patients aged ≥70 years from the medicine service of a university hospital. The index was validated in a cohort of 1246 patients…
Case-Finding for Depression Among Medical Outpatients in the Veterans Health Administration
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the rates and predictors of screening, screening positive, follow-up evaluation, and subsequent diagnosis of depression among medical outpatients. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study using chart-review data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 2002 External Peer Review Program merged with administrative data. SUBJECTS AND MEASURES: We studied a national sample of VA medical outpatients with…
Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore causal attributions about depression and to identify psychosocial factors associated with these beliefs among Latino immigrants. We interviewed 177 primary care patients with instruments to assess causal beliefs, depressive and somatic symptoms, ethnic identity and stigma. An exploratory factor analysis of the Causal Beliefs scale yielded three factors, “Balance,” “Psychosocial” and “Malevo…
Relationship between distance to social gathering facilities and risk of trachoma for households in rural Tanzanian communities
Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Insurance Coverage among Refugees in the United States
Global health experiences of U.S. Physicians
BACKGROUND: Interest and participation in global health activities among U.S. medical trainees has increased sharply in recent decades, yet the global health activities of physicians who have completed residency training remain understudied. Our objectives were to assess associations between individual characteristics and patterns of post-residency global health activities across the domains of health policy, education, and research. METHODS: Cro…
Cultural Influences on Causal Beliefs About Depression Among Latino Immigrants
Purpose: This study describes causal beliefs about depression among Dominican, Colombian, and Ecuadorian immigrants. The authors describe participants’ narratives about how particular supernatural or religious beliefs may contribute to or alleviate depression. Method: Latino primary care patients ( n = 177) were interviewed with the Beliefs About Causes of Depression Scale, a list of 35 items rated from not at all important to extremely important…
Parental Immigration Status is Associated with Children’s Health Care Utilization
An assessment of health-care students' attitudes toward patients with or at high risk for HIV
Stigma perpetuated by health-care providers has been found to be a barrier to care for vulnerable populations, including HIV-infected, people who inject drugs (PWIDs), and men who have sex with men (MSM) in multiple clinical contexts and remains unexamined among professional health-care students in Malaysia. This cross-sectional, anonymous, and Internet-based survey assessed the attitudes of medical and dental students toward HIV-infected, PWID, …
Sexual Orientation, Adult Connectedness, Substance Use, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescents
Objectives. We examined associations between identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) and lacking a connection with an adult at school on adolescent substance use and mental health outcomes including suicidality. Methods. We analyzed data from the 2009 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 8910). Outcomes of interest included alcohol use, marijuana use, illicit drug use, depressive symptomatology, suicide ideation, and suicide attem…
Household Food Insecurity and Sleep Patterns Among Mexican Adults
Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward non-communicable diseases among village health teams in Eastern Uganda
Ugandan VHTs saw themselves as having the potential to play an important role in improving community awareness of NCDs as well as monitoring and referral of community members for NCD-related health issues. In order to accomplish this, they anticipated requiring context-specific and culturally adapted training as well as strong partnerships with facility-based medical personnel. A lack of financial incentivization was not identified to be a major …
Child, maternal and household-level correlates of nutritional status
Objective Young children are particularly vulnerable to malnutrition as nutrition transition progresses. The present study aimed to document the prevalence, coexistence and correlates of nutritional status (stunting, overweight/obesity and anaemia) in Samoan children aged 24–59 months. Design A cross-sectional community-based survey. Height and weight were used to determine prevalence of stunting (height-for-age Z -score Z -score >+2) based on WH…
Positive Aging Views in the General Population Predict Better Long-Term Cognition for Elders in Eight Countries
Objective: Much of the literature on aging cognitive health has focused on individual determinants, rather than societal ones; in contrast, this study examined whether country-level age status predicts cognitive performance of older individuals over time. Method: Eight countries were examined using a novel combination of country-level age status data from the European Social Survey and individual-level data from the Survey on Health, Ageing, and …
Integrating HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia point-of-care testing (Poct) for antenatal care at dispensaries in western Kenya
The intervention had a modest overall impact on wait times and length-of-stay for women seeking MCH services while ensuring pregnant women received essential diagnostic testing. Nurse utilization rates fluctuated among days: nurses experienced spikes in workload on some days but were under-utilized on the majority of days. Overall, our model suggests there was sufficient time to deliver all WHO's required ANC activities and offer integrated testi…
Assessing changes in adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual and reproductive health service utilisation following a Covid-19 lockdown in eSwatini
The effects of COVID-19-associated restrictions on youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care during the pandemic remain unclear, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This study uses interrupted time series analyses to assess changes in SRH care utilisation (including visits for HIV testing and treatment, family planning, and antenatal care) adolescent girls' and young women's (AGYW; aged 15-24 years old) in eSwatini following COVID-19 lockdo…
The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (Echorn) Cohort Study
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for a higher proportion of mortality and morbidity in the Caribbean and US territories-majority-minority communities-than in the United States or Canada. Strategies to address this disparity include enhancing data collection efforts among racial/ethnic communities. The ECHORN Cohort Study (ECS), a regional adult cohort study, estimates prevalence and assesses risk factors for NCDs in two United States terri…
Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
Barriers and facilitators for implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in Mozambique
High maternal and neonatal mortality rates persist in Mozambique, with stillbirths remaining understudied. Most maternal and neonatal deaths in the country are due to preventable and treatable childbirth-related complications that often occur in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization introduced the Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in 2015 to reduce adverse birth outcomes. The SCC, a structured list of evidence-based practices, target…
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
BACKGROUND: Residential mobility, or a change in residence, can influence health care utilization and outcomes. Health systems can leverage their patients' residential addresses stored in their electronic health records (EHRs) to better understand the relationships among patients' residences, mobility, and health. The Veteran Health Administration (VHA), with a unique nationwide network of health care systems and integrated EHR, holds greater pot…
Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s Diversity Standards and Medical School Attrition
This cross-sectional study examines the association between the Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s diversity standards and medical school attrition demographics
Medicine (21 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Environmental health (11 obras) · Demography (9 obras) · Family medicine (9 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Gerontology (8 obras) · Logistic regression (8 obras) · Health care (7 obras) · Psychiatry (7 obras)