Aritra Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 1564098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aritra Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aritra |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Care India |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7033-1441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India
Research Trends in Language, Literature & Linguistics Volume 3 Book 3
This edited book covers a wide range of topics in linguistics and literature research. This book's mission is to promote research in the field of linguistics and literature and to encourage the sharing of research findings. Its goal is to support researchers through the dissemination of information, research findings and practices.
Early life migration and undernutrition among circular migrant children
BACKGROUND: India holds the world's largest burden of chronic and acute child undernutrition. Poverty and systemic inequities are basic causes of undernutrition that also drive households to engage in circular migration for livelihood. Short-term, temporary movement of the whole family, including young children, is common; yet, the nutritional implications of recurrent movements beginning in early life has not been studied. We sought to estimate …
From direct engagement to technical support
INTRODUCTION: In 2011, through a multipartner Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI), CARE started supporting maternal and neonatal health (MNH) improvement goals in 8 of 38 districts in Bihar, India. The programme included a frontline health worker (FHW) component offering health advice through household visits and benefited from CARE's direct engagement during IFHI, which then evolved into statewide Technical Support Unit (TSU) to the Gover…
Using a mobile nurse mentoring and training program to address a health workforce capacity crisis in Bihar, India
Using a mobile nurse mentoring and training program to address a health workforce capacity crisis in Bihar, India: Impact on essential intrapartum and newborn care practices Background To address a health workforce capacity crisis, in coordination with the Government of Bihar, CARE India implemented an on-the-job, onsite nurse mentoring and training intervention named -Apatkalin Matritva evam Navjat Tatparta (AMANAT, translated Emergency Maternal…
Statewide implementation of a quality improvement initiative for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutritionin Bihar, India
Background CARE India designed and implemented a comprehensive, statewide quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) services in public facilities in Bihar. We provide a description of this initiative and its key results during 2014-2017
Simulation and team training embedded nurse mentoring programme and improvement in intrapartum and newborn care in a low-resource setting in Bihar, India
Background Improvement of the quality of maternal and child health care remains a focus in India. Working with the Government of Bihar, CARE-India facilitated a comprehensive set of quality of care improvement initiatives. PRONTO's simulation and team-training was incorporated into the largescale Apatkaleen Matritva evam Navjat Tatparta (AMANAT) nurse-mentoring program of the Government of Bihar supported by CARE-India to improve maternal and chi…
Formation and psychometric evaluation of a health-related quality of life instrument for children living with HIV in India
In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to inform the development of an instrument to measure the health-related quality of life of children living with HIV. The QOL-CHAI instrument consists of four generic core scales of the "Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory" and two HIV-targeted scales-"symptoms" and "discrimination." A piloting exercise involving groups of children living with HIV and HIV-negative children born to HIV…
Living with HIV in West Bengal, India
Children living with HIV (CLH) face several physical and psychological challenges. The impact of the disease is not limited to the affected CLH, but also affects their caregivers and family members. We qualitatively explored the experiences, knowledge, concerns, and perceptions of primary caregivers and triangulated those aspects with those expressed by their CLH. We conducted 34 in-depth interviews (IDI) with primary caregivers of 8- to 15-year-…
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its correlates among community-recruited children living with HIV and uninfected children born to HIV-infected parents in West Bengal, India
Formation and psychometric evaluation of a health-related quality of life instrument for children living with HIV in India
In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to inform the development of an instrument to measure the health-related quality of life of children living with HIV. The QOL-CHAI instrument consists of four generic core scales of the "Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory" and two HIV-targeted scales-"symptoms" and "discrimination." A piloting exercise involving groups of children living with HIV and HIV-negative children born to HIV…
Living with HIV in West Bengal, India
Children living with HIV (CLH) face several physical and psychological challenges. The impact of the disease is not limited to the affected CLH, but also affects their caregivers and family members. We qualitatively explored the experiences, knowledge, concerns, and perceptions of primary caregivers and triangulated those aspects with those expressed by their CLH. We conducted 34 in-depth interviews (IDI) with primary caregivers of 8- to 15-year-…
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its correlates among community-recruited children living with HIV and uninfected children born to HIV-infected parents in West Bengal, India
Formation and psychometric evaluation of a health-related quality of life instrument for children living with HIV in India
In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to inform the development of an instrument to measure the health-related quality of life of children living with HIV. The QOL-CHAI instrument consists of four generic core scales of the "Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory" and two HIV-targeted scales-"symptoms" and "discrimination." A piloting exercise involving groups of children living with HIV and HIV-negative children born to HIV…
Using a mobile nurse mentoring and training program to address a health workforce capacity crisis in Bihar, India
Using a mobile nurse mentoring and training program to address a health workforce capacity crisis in Bihar, India: Impact on essential intrapartum and newborn care practices Background To address a health workforce capacity crisis, in coordination with the Government of Bihar, CARE India implemented an on-the-job, onsite nurse mentoring and training intervention named -Apatkalin Matritva evam Navjat Tatparta (AMANAT, translated Emergency Maternal…
Statewide implementation of a quality improvement initiative for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutritionin Bihar, India
Background CARE India designed and implemented a comprehensive, statewide quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) services in public facilities in Bihar. We provide a description of this initiative and its key results during 2014-2017
Simulation and team training embedded nurse mentoring programme and improvement in intrapartum and newborn care in a low-resource setting in Bihar, India
Background Improvement of the quality of maternal and child health care remains a focus in India. Working with the Government of Bihar, CARE-India facilitated a comprehensive set of quality of care improvement initiatives. PRONTO's simulation and team-training was incorporated into the largescale Apatkaleen Matritva evam Navjat Tatparta (AMANAT) nurse-mentoring program of the Government of Bihar supported by CARE-India to improve maternal and chi…
From direct engagement to technical support
INTRODUCTION: In 2011, through a multipartner Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI), CARE started supporting maternal and neonatal health (MNH) improvement goals in 8 of 38 districts in Bihar, India. The programme included a frontline health worker (FHW) component offering health advice through household visits and benefited from CARE's direct engagement during IFHI, which then evolved into statewide Technical Support Unit (TSU) to the Gover…
Early life migration and undernutrition among circular migrant children
BACKGROUND: India holds the world's largest burden of chronic and acute child undernutrition. Poverty and systemic inequities are basic causes of undernutrition that also drive households to engage in circular migration for livelihood. Short-term, temporary movement of the whole family, including young children, is common; yet, the nutritional implications of recurrent movements beginning in early life has not been studied. We sought to estimate …
Research Trends in Language, Literature & Linguistics Volume 3 Book 3
This edited book covers a wide range of topics in linguistics and literature research. This book's mission is to promote research in the field of linguistics and literature and to encourage the sharing of research findings. Its goal is to support researchers through the dissemination of information, research findings and practices.
To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India
Medicine (8 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)