Niranjan Saggurti

Biographic Data

ID	222246
NAME	Niranjan Saggurti
GIVEN NAMES	Niranjan
FAMILY NAME	Saggurti
SIGNATURE	SAGGURTI N
AFFILIATIONS	Population Council Institute
ORCID	0000-0002-5267-8425
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	66
TOTAL CITATIONS	61
AUTHOR COUNT	66
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	5

Trends and patterns of inequality in modern contraceptive use in urban and rural India: Are family planning programmes increasingly reaching the marginalized
Open AccessAbhishek Kumar, Subrato Kumar Mondal et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2026References: 39
India has made good progress in the use of modern contraceptives in recent decades, however identifying women who are left behind is important to policy makers for further improving availability, accessibility, and coverage of family planning services to the marginalized population and hence achieving the international and national development agenda. Using five rounds of the National Family Health Survey data conducted between 1992–93 to 2019–21…
What About Well‐Being? Measuring What We Really Care About in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Open AccessChristine Dehlendorf, Shashi Sarnaik et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2025References: 43
The well‐being of individuals and communities is increasingly recognized as a core objective of economic and global development policies and programs. However, existing measures of well‐being neglect sexual and reproductive experiences, which are core dimensions of people's lives. While there has been increasing attention to the concept of sexual well‐being, measures of sexual and reproductive health are predominantly deficit‐based and ignore whe…
Intention to Use Contraception: Promises and Pitfalls of Family Planning's Emerging Demand Indicator
Open AccessJamaica Corker, Ilene S Speizer et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2025References: 14
The “intention to use” (ITU) contraception indicator has gained recent prominence as a proposed high‐level success metric for family planning (FP) programs and as a step toward identifying measures that better capture what women want. Although ITU offers advantages over traditional indicators like contraceptive prevalence and unmet need, its elevation as a key programmatic measure requires critical examination. In this commentary, we outline adva…
Advancing New Directions for Family Planning Measurement
Open AccessIlene S Speizer, Elizabeth Sully et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2025References: 9
Un]met Need and [Un]wanted Family Planning: A Cross‐Sectional Study Among Women in Argentina, Ghana, and India Examining Characteristics, Reasons, and Alignment With Fertility Desires
Open AccessJewel Gausman, Niranjan Saggurti et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2025References: 30
Unwanted family planning often refers to fertility desires as a proxy for contraceptive desire and lacks alignment with the tenets of person‐centered care. We construct a person‐centered measure of unwanted family planning by asking women whether they wanted to use a method, examine its alignment with the fertility‐derived measure, and describe the characteristics of women with unwanted family planning and reasons women state for not wanting to u…
Assessing the impact of measurement error in household consumption on estimates of catastrophic health expenditure in India
Open AccessSanjay K Mohanty, Suraj Maiti et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2023
The National Sample Survey (NSS) collects reliable data on morbidity, health care, and health spending through its annual multi-subject and multi-round health surveys. Evidences from these surveys have been extensively used for research and policy. While these surveys collect comprehensive information on morbidity, hospitalisation, health expenditure, information on household consumption expenditure (which is used to explain the economic gradient…
Association of traditional marital practices with contraceptive decision-making, couple communication, and method use among couples in rural Maharashtra, India
Open AccessAnvita Dixit, Nicole E Johns et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023
In India, traditional social practices around marriage, such as non-involvement of prospective brides in choice of partner and timing of marriage, child/early marriage, dowry and purdah , compromise women's agency at the time of marriage and may also affect contraceptive practices in marriage. This paper examines the associations between traditional marital practices and contraceptive behaviours, including women's control over contraceptive decis…
Share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India
Open AccessAnkita Shukla, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2021
Despite persistent efforts, unmet need for contraceptives in India has declined only slightly from 14% to 13% between 2005–06 and 2015–16. Many women using a family planning method discontinue it without switching to another method and continue to have unmet need. This study quantified the share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India. Data were drawn from two rounds of the Nationa…
Increasing role of abstinence and infecundity in non-use of contraceptive methods in India
Open AccessPreeti Dhillon, Govind Singh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2021
This paper assesses the reasons for non-use of contraceptive methods, and the possible complexity of reported data on women in India. The study used recent data from two successive rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) (2005–06: N =37,296; 2015–16: N =247,024), which surveyed currently married women aged 15–49 years. The reporting on non-use of contraceptives and the changing pattern of the reasons for non-use were analysed, classifi…
Is economic inequality in family planning in India associated with the private sector?
Open AccessAbhishek Kumar, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2020
This study examined the pattern of economic disparity in the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) among women receiving contraceptives from the public and private health sectors in India, using data from all four rounds of the National Family Health Survey conducted between 1992–93 and 2015–16. The mCPR was measured for currently married women aged 15–49 years. A concentration index was calculated and a pooled binary logistic regression an…
Contraceptive use and its effect on Indian women’s empowerment: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey-4
Open AccessBiplab Dhak, Niranjan Saggurti et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2020
The positive effect of women’s empowerment on the use of contraceptives is well established. However, the reverse effect, i.e. the potential effect of use of contraceptives on women’s empowerment, is relatively unexplored. This study examined the direct impact of contraceptive use on women’s empowerment in currently married women aged 15–49 years in India using data from the National Family Health Survey-4 conducted in 2015–16. A two-stage least …
Effect of exposure to PM 10 on child health: Evidence based on a large-scale survey from 184 cities in India
Open AccessBidhubhusan Mahapatra, Monika Walia et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020
Introduction Air pollution is increasingly becoming a serious global public health concern. Prior studies examining the effect of air pollution on health have ignored the role of households’ hygienic practices and socioeconomic condition, which are key determinants of the health status of a country like India. This study examines the effects of air pollution, measured in levels of particulate matters of size below 10 μg/m 3 (PM 10 ), on child-hea…
Improving primary health care delivery in Bihar, India: Learning from piloting and statewide scale-up of Ananya
Open AccessGary L Darmstadt, Kevin T Pepper et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020
In 2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partnered with the Government of Bihar (GoB), India to launch the Ananya program to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) outcomes. The program sought to address supply-and demand-side barriers to the adoption, coverage, quality, equity and health impact of select RMNCHN interventions. Approaches included strengthening frontline worker service delivery…
Association between modern contraceptive use and child mortality in India: A calendar data analysis of the National Family Health Survey (2015-16)
Open AccessAnkita Shukla, Abhishek Kumar et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020
This study provides evidence of dual benefit of contraceptive use. Such information is important for promoting evidence-based advocacy to expand use of family planning services. This will help the country to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 which calls for end of preventable deaths during childhood
Intrahousehold influence on contraceptive use among married Indian women: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey 2015–16
Open AccessMukesh Ranjan, Arupendra Mozumdar et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020
The conclusive evidence of positive intrahousehold influence on contraceptive use of Index Women will encourage program managers to promote intrahousehold communication to increase use of family planning
Health workers’ outreach and intention to use contraceptives among married women in India
Open AccessAbhishek Kumar, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Increased scope of outreach of frontline health workers to provide FP communication and services will not only help in building knowledge of contraceptive methods but will also increase women's intention to use a method. For India, this may be the most promising way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 3.7, which calls for universal access to reproductive health services
Migration and family planning in the state with highest total fertility rate in India
Open AccessBidhubhusan Mahapatra, Niranjan Saggurti et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
The migratory environment as well as the migration of husbands affect contraceptive use and access to FP services among women. Given that a significant proportion of married males leave their home states for work, it is imperative that FP programs in migration affected areas plan and implement migration-centric FP implementation strategies
Voices of rural people: Community-level assessment of effects and resilience to natural disasters in Odisha, India
Open AccessSangram Kishor Patel, Bincy Mathew et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020Cited by: 2
Globally, natural disasters have caused a large scale of damage and destruction every year, affecting millions of people, the economy, and development – and developing countries are the most severely affected. Odisha is one of India’s most disaster-prone states. This study explores the effects of, and resilience to, cyclones, floods, droughts, and heatwaves in Odisha, and identifies government strategies that help mitigate these natural disasters…
Disrupting gender norms in health systems: Making the case for change
Open AccessKatherine Hay, Lotus Mcdougal et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2019
Reproductive coercion in Uttar Pradesh, India: Prevalence and associations with partner violence and reproductive health
Open AccessJay G Silverman, Sabrina C Boyce et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2019
Increasing modern contraceptive use and gender equity are major foci of the recently ratified Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and the Government of India. Coercion and sabotage by husbands and in-laws to inhibit women's access, initiation, continuation, and successful use of modern contraception methods (i.e., reproductive coercion) may contribute to low usage rates and unintended pregnancy in India; however, little is known about the exte…
Can a Gender Equity and Family Planning Intervention for Men Change Their Gender Ideology? Results from the CHARM Intervention in Rural India
Open AccessPaul J Fleming, Jay G Silverman et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2018Cited by: 3References: 30
We assess the effect of CHARM, a gender equity and family planning counseling intervention for husbands in rural India, on men's gender ideology. We used a two‐armed cluster randomized control trial design and collected survey data from husbands (n=1081) at baseline, 9 months, and 18 months. We used a continuous measure of support for gender equity and a dichotomous measure of equitable attitudes toward women's role in household decision‐making. …
Longitudinal analysis of the impact of economic empowerment on risk for intimate partner violence among married women in rural Maharashtra, India
Open AccessAnita Raj, Jay G Silverman et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Cited by: 11References: 27
Differential effects of community health worker visits across social and economic groups in Uttar Pradesh, India: A link between social inequities and health disparities
Open AccessAparna Seth, Shweta Tomar et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2017
CHW visits play a vital role in promoting utilization of critical maternal health services in UP. However, significant social inequities exist in associations of CHW visits with such service utilization. Research to clarify these inequities, as well as training for CHWs to address potential biases in the qualities or quantity of their visits based on household socio-economic characteristics is recommended
Associations Between Mistreatment by a Provider during Childbirth and Maternal Health Complications in Uttar Pradesh, India
Open AccessAnita Raj, A K Dey et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2017
Correlates of health care utilization under targeted interventions: The case of female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India
Varun Sharma, Dipak Suryawanshi et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2017
Accessibility and frequency of use of health care services among female sex workers (FSWs) are constrained by various factors. In this analysis, we examined the correlates of frequency of using health care services under targeted interventions among FSWs. A sample of FSWs (N = 1,973) was obtained from a second round (2012) of Behavioral Tracking Survey, conducted in five districts of Andhra Pradesh, a high-HIV-prevalence state in southern India. …