Anita V Shankar

Biographic Data

ID1399525
NAMEAnita V Shankar
GIVEN NAMESAnita V
FAMILY NAMEShankar
SIGNATURESHANKAR A V
AFFILIATIONSb Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , United States
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Understanding the Nature of Risk in an Uncertain World

    Open AccessAnita V Shankar, Anita ShankarARTICLEEcoHealth2016

  • Fostering agency and wellbeing in women

    Anita V Shankar, Anita Shankar et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2015Cited by: 1References: 7

    There is growing evidence that fostering individual agency for women is important for effective economic development and well-being. This article assesses the outcomes of the IMAGINE Initiative in Kenya, a programme intended to empower individuals through a four-day interactive workshop. Routine de-identified programme data from 213 individuals who applied to participate were used. Data included socio-demographic measures, psychometric scales, an…

  • Maternal Agency Influences the Prevalence of Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Among Young Indonesian children

    Open AccessRina Agustina, Anita V Shankar et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014

  • Repeated pregnancy among women with known HIV status in Pune, India

    Nishi Suryavanshi, Ashwini Erande et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2008

    HIV-positive women of reproductive age face challenges in decision making related to pregnancy. Understanding factors influencing repeat pregnancies in women with known HIV status are necessary to guide interventions and counseling strategies to better inform and support them. We compared three groups of women attending a large antenatal clinic in Pune, India. They include: Group A--63 HIV-positive women coming for care for a repeat pregnancy aft…

  • Reproductive Decision Making and the HIV/Aids Epidemic in Zimbabwe

    Mira Grieser, J Gittelsohn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Southern African Studies2001Cited by: 10References: 18

    The fertility-stimulating effect of high rates of child mortality on reproductive decision making (RDM) is a central tenet of population studies, yet the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on RDM have not been thoroughly explored in the literature. This paper investigates how RDM is articulated in the context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence in Zimbabwe. Using qualitative methods (35 focus groups and 46 in-depth interviews), we found that childbearing i…

  • Night blindness, diet and health in Nepalese children

    Anita V Shankar, Anita Shankar et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2000

    This paper describes concepts of diet and health in Nepal related to night blindness in children. We compared beliefs of mothers with xerophthalmic children with those of mothers with children without xerophthalmia and those of selected community members participating in ethnographic interviews. Knowledge of night blindness terms, symptoms and local availability of vitamin A capsules were well understood. Night blindness was classified as a “hot”…

  • Child feeding and care behaviors are associated with xerophthalmia in rural Nepalese households

    Open AccessJ Gittelsohn, Anita V Shankar et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1998Cited by: 4References: 16

    The study examined caregiver-child interactions, intrahousehold food allocation and general child care behaviors and their effect on children's xerophthalmia status in the rural Terai region of Nepal. Seventy-eight households with a child having a history of xerophthalmia (cases) were matched with 78 households with a child of the same age having no history of xerophthalmia (controls). Seven day-long continuous monitoring observations were perfor…