Debashis Basu
Biographic Data
| ID | 215219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debashis Basu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debashis |
| FAMILY NAME | Basu |
| SIGNATURE | BASU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropological Survey of India |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2179-7114 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From knowledge accumulation to transformative action
Despite three decades of expanding scholarship on social determinants of health (SDH), progress in reducing health inequities has remained limited. While the SDH framework has reshaped global health discourse and informed policy rhetoric, the translation of knowledge into transformative action has been insufficient. The gap between evidence and impact is not explained by political constraints alone but is also contributed to by the orientation, m…
Poor Health Behaviour in Medical Students at a South African University
Medical students have a high prevalence of poor sleep quality, low levels of physical activity and low-to-moderate diet quality, which does not appear to change over the course of their academic career. Sleep hygiene, regular physical activity and healthy nutrition should be targeted in intervention programmes and be more prevalent in the medical curriculum
Framing preventive care messaging and cervical cancer screening in a health-insured population in South Africa
The impact of health message framing on cervical cancer screening uptake is poorly understood. In a prospective randomized control study with 748 females, aged 21-65 years with no Pap smear in the previous 3 years, they randomly received a loss-framed, gain-framed, or neutral health message (control) regarding cervical cancer screening by email. Screening rate in the control group was 9.58 percent (CI: 9.29%-9.87%), 5.71 percent (CI: 5.48%-6.98%)…
Childs growth and nutritional status in two communities-Mishing tribe and Kaibarta caste of Assam, India
Physical growth and development studies were carried out among the populations of both tribal and non-tribal in eastern India by different scholars in different milieu and environmental factors from the eighties and onwards. Since then, the inhabitants of those areas have been doing agriculture, fishing, etc as prime occupation, but after a few decades in the same region, demographic and socio-economic changes took place under the influences of w…
Predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle, cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Adherence to screening guidelines has been widely accepted to reduce morbidity, mortality, and cost outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL), cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa, some of whom voluntarily opt into a wellness program that incentivizes screening. METHOD: A cross-sectional study for the period 2007-20…
Cross-sectional reference values for BMI among Khasi tribal adolescents of Meghalaya, India
Body mass index (BMI) is a useful tool to assess nutritional status and may be applied to study undernutrition and overweight/obesity in distinct ethnic populations like Khasi tribal children to derive cross sectional reference values for undernutrition, overweight and obesity. Cross-sectional methods of anthropometric measurements in 957 Khasi children (467 boys, 490 girls) of age 11 to 17 years were used to derive BMI (kg/m2), which were compar…
O5-4.3 Management of non-communicable diseases in the Gauteng province in South Africa
Background In South Africa, the burden of Non-communicable diseases (NCD) is staggering (37% in terms of Initial Burden of Disease, 2000 report). The NCD include cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, asthma and respiratory diseases, epilepsy and cancer. In line with its vision, the Public Health Directorate have decided to be proactive in managing this problem by setting up a surveillance system based on WHO stepwise model for improv…
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Gendered Entrepreneurship and British South Asian Women in the Culture Industries
The 200 Richest Asians Magazines 2000, 2002, 2003 construct the success of British South Asian multi-millionaires in images that foreground their masculine traits and characteristics. And yet, this paper argues, such individual success stories are merely the tip of an “entrepreneurial iceberg”. They mask the existence of clusters of immigrant enterprises concentrated in particular economic sectors and industries. These may be headed by women as w…
YAP insertion signature in South Asia
A total of 2169 samples from 21 tribal populations from different regions of India were scanned for the Y-chromosome Alu polymorphism. This study reports, for the first time, high frequencies (8-65%) of Y Alu polymorphic (YAP) insertion in northeast Indian tribes. All seven Jarawa samples from the Andaman and Nicobar islands had the YAP insertion, in conformity with an earlier study of Andaman Islanders. One isolated case with haplotype E* was fo…
The Vinyl Ain't Final
Foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley Introduction by Dipannita Basu and Sidney Lemelle SIDE ONE: RAP AND HIP HOP IN THE US 1. 'For the People,' 'TRIBUTE,' and 'REDBONE.' by Umar Bin Hassan 2. 'A Rap Thing,' 'On Rapping Rap.' and 'For Mario: Homeland and Hip Hop,' by Mumia Abu-Jamal 3. Hip Hop: As a Culture and Generation by Dipannita Basu 4. Nobody Knows My Name and an interview with the Director Rachel Raimist: A Female Hip Hop Film Maker by Dipannita …
Genetic heterogeneity in northeastern India
We critically examined the gene frequency data for 11 genetic markers commonly available in the literature for 22 populations of northeastern India in the light of their geographic, linguistic, and ethnic affiliations. The markers investigated were three blood groups (A 1 A 2 BO, MNS, and Rh), four serum proteins (KM, Gc, Hp, and Tf), and four enzyme systems (AP, AK, EsD, and Hb). The neighbor‐joining tree and multidimensional scaling of the dist…
Selection Intensity in the Sonowal Kacharis of Assam
Data on two components, one due to fertility and the other due to prereproductive mortality being the contributing factors towards the selection intensity, were collected in the Sonowal Kachari in Neezmancotta village of Dibrugarh District in Assam in the month of February, 1993. The values of two components. Im and Ir, are 0.086 and 0. 330. respectively. The value of selection intensity is 0.445 which has been calculated after Crow (1958). it in…
Selection Intensity in Koras
The present study gives the information about the average number of livebirths per ever - married Kora woman aged 40 years and above which appearars to be (X̄) 5.80 and its (V1) is 7.82. The mean number of livebirths to women of all ages and the totalnumber of premature death (P4) is 3.31 ± 0.10 and 28/57 %. The number of stillbirths and abortions are 7.10% to the total number of mothers conceived (467). It is also apparent that the mortality com…
Data on ABO Blood Group of Binghwars and Their Phylogenetic Position Among Other Tribal Populations of Madhya Pradesh, India
Date on ABO blood group system in Binjhwar tribe of Madhya Pradesh, India are presented. Frequencies of phenotype O, A, B, and AB blood groups among Binjhwars were 38.22%, 23.15%, 30.82% and 7.81%, respectively and allele A, B and O values are 0.1688. 0.2163 and 0.1649, respectively. The genetic distance analysis revealed that the present tribal population is genetically closer to the Gond. Halba, Bhatra, Bhil and Bhilal tribes inhabiting this Ce…
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Gendered Entrepreneurship and British South Asian Women in the Culture Industries
The 200 Richest Asians Magazines 2000, 2002, 2003 construct the success of British South Asian multi-millionaires in images that foreground their masculine traits and characteristics. And yet, this paper argues, such individual success stories are merely the tip of an “entrepreneurial iceberg”. They mask the existence of clusters of immigrant enterprises concentrated in particular economic sectors and industries. These may be headed by women as w…
Cross-sectional reference values for BMI among Khasi tribal adolescents of Meghalaya, India
Body mass index (BMI) is a useful tool to assess nutritional status and may be applied to study undernutrition and overweight/obesity in distinct ethnic populations like Khasi tribal children to derive cross sectional reference values for undernutrition, overweight and obesity. Cross-sectional methods of anthropometric measurements in 957 Khasi children (467 boys, 490 girls) of age 11 to 17 years were used to derive BMI (kg/m2), which were compar…
Framing preventive care messaging and cervical cancer screening in a health-insured population in South Africa
The impact of health message framing on cervical cancer screening uptake is poorly understood. In a prospective randomized control study with 748 females, aged 21-65 years with no Pap smear in the previous 3 years, they randomly received a loss-framed, gain-framed, or neutral health message (control) regarding cervical cancer screening by email. Screening rate in the control group was 9.58 percent (CI: 9.29%-9.87%), 5.71 percent (CI: 5.48%-6.98%)…
Selection Intensity in Koras
The present study gives the information about the average number of livebirths per ever - married Kora woman aged 40 years and above which appearars to be (X̄) 5.80 and its (V1) is 7.82. The mean number of livebirths to women of all ages and the totalnumber of premature death (P4) is 3.31 ± 0.10 and 28/57 %. The number of stillbirths and abortions are 7.10% to the total number of mothers conceived (467). It is also apparent that the mortality com…
Selection Intensity in Koras
The present study gives the information about the average number of livebirths per ever - married Kora woman aged 40 years and above which appearars to be (X̄) 5.80 and its (V1) is 7.82. The mean number of livebirths to women of all ages and the totalnumber of premature death (P4) is 3.31 ± 0.10 and 28/57 %. The number of stillbirths and abortions are 7.10% to the total number of mothers conceived (467). It is also apparent that the mortality com…
Data on ABO Blood Group of Binghwars and Their Phylogenetic Position Among Other Tribal Populations of Madhya Pradesh, India
Date on ABO blood group system in Binjhwar tribe of Madhya Pradesh, India are presented. Frequencies of phenotype O, A, B, and AB blood groups among Binjhwars were 38.22%, 23.15%, 30.82% and 7.81%, respectively and allele A, B and O values are 0.1688. 0.2163 and 0.1649, respectively. The genetic distance analysis revealed that the present tribal population is genetically closer to the Gond. Halba, Bhatra, Bhil and Bhilal tribes inhabiting this Ce…
Selection Intensity in the Sonowal Kacharis of Assam
Data on two components, one due to fertility and the other due to prereproductive mortality being the contributing factors towards the selection intensity, were collected in the Sonowal Kachari in Neezmancotta village of Dibrugarh District in Assam in the month of February, 1993. The values of two components. Im and Ir, are 0.086 and 0. 330. respectively. The value of selection intensity is 0.445 which has been calculated after Crow (1958). it in…
Genetic heterogeneity in northeastern India
We critically examined the gene frequency data for 11 genetic markers commonly available in the literature for 22 populations of northeastern India in the light of their geographic, linguistic, and ethnic affiliations. The markers investigated were three blood groups (A 1 A 2 BO, MNS, and Rh), four serum proteins (KM, Gc, Hp, and Tf), and four enzyme systems (AP, AK, EsD, and Hb). The neighbor‐joining tree and multidimensional scaling of the dist…
The Vinyl Ain't Final
Foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley Introduction by Dipannita Basu and Sidney Lemelle SIDE ONE: RAP AND HIP HOP IN THE US 1. 'For the People,' 'TRIBUTE,' and 'REDBONE.' by Umar Bin Hassan 2. 'A Rap Thing,' 'On Rapping Rap.' and 'For Mario: Homeland and Hip Hop,' by Mumia Abu-Jamal 3. Hip Hop: As a Culture and Generation by Dipannita Basu 4. Nobody Knows My Name and an interview with the Director Rachel Raimist: A Female Hip Hop Film Maker by Dipannita …
YAP insertion signature in South Asia
A total of 2169 samples from 21 tribal populations from different regions of India were scanned for the Y-chromosome Alu polymorphism. This study reports, for the first time, high frequencies (8-65%) of Y Alu polymorphic (YAP) insertion in northeast Indian tribes. All seven Jarawa samples from the Andaman and Nicobar islands had the YAP insertion, in conformity with an earlier study of Andaman Islanders. One isolated case with haplotype E* was fo…
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Gendered Entrepreneurship and British South Asian Women in the Culture Industries
The 200 Richest Asians Magazines 2000, 2002, 2003 construct the success of British South Asian multi-millionaires in images that foreground their masculine traits and characteristics. And yet, this paper argues, such individual success stories are merely the tip of an “entrepreneurial iceberg”. They mask the existence of clusters of immigrant enterprises concentrated in particular economic sectors and industries. These may be headed by women as w…
O5-4.3 Management of non-communicable diseases in the Gauteng province in South Africa
Background In South Africa, the burden of Non-communicable diseases (NCD) is staggering (37% in terms of Initial Burden of Disease, 2000 report). The NCD include cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, asthma and respiratory diseases, epilepsy and cancer. In line with its vision, the Public Health Directorate have decided to be proactive in managing this problem by setting up a surveillance system based on WHO stepwise model for improv…
Cross-sectional reference values for BMI among Khasi tribal adolescents of Meghalaya, India
Body mass index (BMI) is a useful tool to assess nutritional status and may be applied to study undernutrition and overweight/obesity in distinct ethnic populations like Khasi tribal children to derive cross sectional reference values for undernutrition, overweight and obesity. Cross-sectional methods of anthropometric measurements in 957 Khasi children (467 boys, 490 girls) of age 11 to 17 years were used to derive BMI (kg/m2), which were compar…
Childs growth and nutritional status in two communities-Mishing tribe and Kaibarta caste of Assam, India
Physical growth and development studies were carried out among the populations of both tribal and non-tribal in eastern India by different scholars in different milieu and environmental factors from the eighties and onwards. Since then, the inhabitants of those areas have been doing agriculture, fishing, etc as prime occupation, but after a few decades in the same region, demographic and socio-economic changes took place under the influences of w…
Predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle, cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Adherence to screening guidelines has been widely accepted to reduce morbidity, mortality, and cost outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL), cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa, some of whom voluntarily opt into a wellness program that incentivizes screening. METHOD: A cross-sectional study for the period 2007-20…
Framing preventive care messaging and cervical cancer screening in a health-insured population in South Africa
The impact of health message framing on cervical cancer screening uptake is poorly understood. In a prospective randomized control study with 748 females, aged 21-65 years with no Pap smear in the previous 3 years, they randomly received a loss-framed, gain-framed, or neutral health message (control) regarding cervical cancer screening by email. Screening rate in the control group was 9.58 percent (CI: 9.29%-9.87%), 5.71 percent (CI: 5.48%-6.98%)…
Poor Health Behaviour in Medical Students at a South African University
Medical students have a high prevalence of poor sleep quality, low levels of physical activity and low-to-moderate diet quality, which does not appear to change over the course of their academic career. Sleep hygiene, regular physical activity and healthy nutrition should be targeted in intervention programmes and be more prevalent in the medical curriculum
From knowledge accumulation to transformative action
Despite three decades of expanding scholarship on social determinants of health (SDH), progress in reducing health inequities has remained limited. While the SDH framework has reshaped global health discourse and informed policy rhetoric, the translation of knowledge into transformative action has been insufficient. The gap between evidence and impact is not explained by political constraints alone but is also contributed to by the orientation, m…
Population (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Cross-sectional study (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works)