Perianayagam Arokiasamy
Biographic Data
| ID | 229274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Perianayagam Arokiasamy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Perianayagam |
| FAMILY NAME | Arokiasamy |
| SIGNATURE | AROKIASAMY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Population Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Association between household air pollution due to solid fuel use and sleep problems among older adults in India
Household air pollution (HAP) presents numerous health challenges. The association between HAP and sleep problems has not been extensively studied. This paper examined the effect of HAP due to solid fuel use on sleep problems among older adults in India. Data from the initial phase of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, which included 51,060 individuals aged 50 years and older, was utilised. Sleep problems were defined as experiencing difficul…
Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines in China and India
INTRODUCTION: Using nationally representative survey data from China and India, this study examined (1) the distribution and patterns of multimorbidity in relation to socioeconomic status and (2) association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for medicines by socioeconomic groups. METHODS: Secondary data analysis of adult population aged 45 years and older from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) India 2015…
Household air pollution during Covid ‐19 pandemic: A concern in India
Household air pollution is a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The long periods of lockdown related measures to control COVID-19 pandemic in India further aggravated the adverse health effects of household air pollution as millions Indians were exposed to high level of health-damaging air pollutants inside their homes. This commentary discusses the vulnerability of the s…
Methodological considerations in designing and implementing the harmonized diagnostic assessment of dementia for longitudinal aging study in India (Lasi-DAD)
The Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD) is a population-representative, prospective cohort study of late-life cognition and dementia. It is part of an ongoing international research collaboration that aims to measure and understand cognitive impairment and dementia risk by collecting a set of cognitive and neuropsychological assessments and informant reports, referred to as the Harmonized …
Food insecurity partially mediates associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults in india: Results from the study on global AGE ing and adult health ( Sage )
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to test whether food insecurity mediates cross-sectional associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults (aged 50+) in India (n = 6556). METHODS: Adjusting for key sociodemographic and dietary variables, we examined whether markers of social disadvantage (lower educational attainment, lower household wealth, belonging to a disadvantaged caste/tribe, and belonging to a minority religion…
Age and Socioeconomic Gradients of Health of Indian Adults: An Assessment of Self-Reported and Biological Measures of Health
Social Network and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: What does the study on global ageing and adult health (Sage) reveal?
BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases contribute a large share of disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Chronic diseases have a tendency to occur simultaneously and where there are two or more such conditions, this is termed as 'multimorbidity'. Multimorbidity is associated with adverse health outcomes, but limited research has been undertaken in LMICs. Therefore, this study examines the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity as…
Multi-Morbidity, Functional Limitations, and Self-Rated Health Among Older Adults in India: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Lasi Pilot Survey, 2010
This article describes the prevalence of multi-morbidity and its association with self-rated and functional health using Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), Pilot survey, 2010 data, on 1,683 older adults aged 45+. The prevalence of multi-morbidity is assessed as count of self-reported chronic diseases for an older adult. Limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) are used as a measure of functional health. Zero-inflated Poisson regress…
Changing Age Patterns of Morbidity Vis-À-Vis Mortality in India
The combined effects of decreased fertility and mortality coupled with increasing survivorship across most ages have been upsetting the levels and age patterns of morbidity and mortality in India. This study examined data from the National Sample Survey (NSS) and Sample Registration System (SRS) of India. The results reveal marked structural changes in the age patterns of morbidity and mortality. The analysis also tested whether morbidity contour…
Understanding epidemiological transition in India
BACKGROUND: Omran's theory explains changing disease patterns over time predominantly from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). India's epidemiological transition is characterized by dual burden of diseases. Kumar addressed low mortality and high morbidity in Kerala, which seems also to be true for India as a country in the current demographic scenario. METHODS: NSS data (1986-1987, 1995-1996, 2004) and aggregated data on causes…
Relevance of Health Knowledge in Reporting Maternal Health Complications and Use of Maternal Health Care in India
We measured levels of women's health knowledge and their association with the reporting of maternal health complications and related health care use. We found that women with higher levels of health knowledge reported more pregnancy and postnatal complications, and used more maternal health care services. Education has a positive impact on health, but education alone is not enough to ensure recognizing and reporting of health complications and in…
Determinants of Gender Differences in Self-Rated Health Among Older Population: Evidence From India
The purpose of this study is to examine gender difference in self-rated health among older population in India. Data from the 60th round of National Sample Survey Organization on 34,831 older persons are used. The present study measured self-rated health categorized as "poor" and "good." We used bivariate and binary logistic regression model to investigate differences and factors that best explain and predict the self-rated health among older per…
Neonatal Mortality in the Empowered Action Group States of India: Trends and Determinants
In India, the eight socioeconomically backward states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, lag behind in the demographic transition and have the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Neonatal mortality constitutes about 60% of the total infant mortality in India and is highest in the EAG states. This study assesses the …
Explaining School Enrolment Trends in Kerala, India
An inevitable consequence of demographic transition in the Indian state of Kerala is the rapidly declining school enrolment in government-funded lower primary schools. So far studies dealing with demographic transition and falling school enrolment concluded that fertility decline is the sole reason for this. A major limitation of these studies is that they focused only on students enrolled in schools affiliated to the Directorate of Public Instru…
Les variations regionales de la discrimination et de la surmortalite des petites filles en Inde
A partir des donnees de l’enquete nationale indienne sur la sante familiale (1992-1993), cet article decrit les variations regionales de la discrimination dont sont victimes les petites filles en matiere de soins de sante en Inde, discrimination qui constitue le principal determinant de la surmortalite, de l’ordre de 60-65 %, qui touche les filles dans les Etats du nord et du centre-nord du pays. Il existe un gradient regional d’inegalite entre g…
Why are uneducated women in India using contraception? A multilevel analysis
While women's education continues to be strongly associated with lower fertility in India, an important feature of India's current fertility transition is the spread of contraceptive use among uneducated women. Indeed, changes in their fertility are now making the major contribution to the country's overall fertility decline. We use multilevel statistical procedures to investigate the variation in contraceptive use among uneducated women across I…
Gender preference, contraceptive use and fertility in India: Regional and Development Influences
The low status of women and a strong preference for male children are two patriarchal constraints in the northern states of India. This analysis explores the regional influence of culture and that of development factors on gender preference effects towards contraception and fertility. Gender preference effects on contraception are the strongest in the western region, followed by the northern and north central regions, and lowest in the south foll…
Why are uneducated women in India using contraception? A multilevel analysis
While women's education continues to be strongly associated with lower fertility in India, an important feature of India's current fertility transition is the spread of contraceptive use among uneducated women. Indeed, changes in their fertility are now making the major contribution to the country's overall fertility decline. We use multilevel statistical procedures to investigate the variation in contraceptive use among uneducated women across I…
Gender preference, contraceptive use and fertility in India: Regional and Development Influences
The low status of women and a strong preference for male children are two patriarchal constraints in the northern states of India. This analysis explores the regional influence of culture and that of development factors on gender preference effects towards contraception and fertility. Gender preference effects on contraception are the strongest in the western region, followed by the northern and north central regions, and lowest in the south foll…
Determinants of Gender Differences in Self-Rated Health Among Older Population: Evidence From India
The purpose of this study is to examine gender difference in self-rated health among older population in India. Data from the 60th round of National Sample Survey Organization on 34,831 older persons are used. The present study measured self-rated health categorized as "poor" and "good." We used bivariate and binary logistic regression model to investigate differences and factors that best explain and predict the self-rated health among older per…
Explaining School Enrolment Trends in Kerala, India
An inevitable consequence of demographic transition in the Indian state of Kerala is the rapidly declining school enrolment in government-funded lower primary schools. So far studies dealing with demographic transition and falling school enrolment concluded that fertility decline is the sole reason for this. A major limitation of these studies is that they focused only on students enrolled in schools affiliated to the Directorate of Public Instru…
Les variations regionales de la discrimination et de la surmortalite des petites filles en Inde
A partir des donnees de l’enquete nationale indienne sur la sante familiale (1992-1993), cet article decrit les variations regionales de la discrimination dont sont victimes les petites filles en matiere de soins de sante en Inde, discrimination qui constitue le principal determinant de la surmortalite, de l’ordre de 60-65 %, qui touche les filles dans les Etats du nord et du centre-nord du pays. Il existe un gradient regional d’inegalite entre g…
Household air pollution during Covid ‐19 pandemic: A concern in India
Household air pollution is a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The long periods of lockdown related measures to control COVID-19 pandemic in India further aggravated the adverse health effects of household air pollution as millions Indians were exposed to high level of health-damaging air pollutants inside their homes. This commentary discusses the vulnerability of the s…
Age and Socioeconomic Gradients of Health of Indian Adults: An Assessment of Self-Reported and Biological Measures of Health
Social Network and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Gender preference, contraceptive use and fertility in India: Regional and Development Influences
The low status of women and a strong preference for male children are two patriarchal constraints in the northern states of India. This analysis explores the regional influence of culture and that of development factors on gender preference effects towards contraception and fertility. Gender preference effects on contraception are the strongest in the western region, followed by the northern and north central regions, and lowest in the south foll…
Why are uneducated women in India using contraception? A multilevel analysis
While women's education continues to be strongly associated with lower fertility in India, an important feature of India's current fertility transition is the spread of contraceptive use among uneducated women. Indeed, changes in their fertility are now making the major contribution to the country's overall fertility decline. We use multilevel statistical procedures to investigate the variation in contraceptive use among uneducated women across I…
Les variations regionales de la discrimination et de la surmortalite des petites filles en Inde
A partir des donnees de l’enquete nationale indienne sur la sante familiale (1992-1993), cet article decrit les variations regionales de la discrimination dont sont victimes les petites filles en matiere de soins de sante en Inde, discrimination qui constitue le principal determinant de la surmortalite, de l’ordre de 60-65 %, qui touche les filles dans les Etats du nord et du centre-nord du pays. Il existe un gradient regional d’inegalite entre g…
Explaining School Enrolment Trends in Kerala, India
An inevitable consequence of demographic transition in the Indian state of Kerala is the rapidly declining school enrolment in government-funded lower primary schools. So far studies dealing with demographic transition and falling school enrolment concluded that fertility decline is the sole reason for this. A major limitation of these studies is that they focused only on students enrolled in schools affiliated to the Directorate of Public Instru…
Neonatal Mortality in the Empowered Action Group States of India: Trends and Determinants
In India, the eight socioeconomically backward states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, lag behind in the demographic transition and have the highest infant mortality rates in the country. Neonatal mortality constitutes about 60% of the total infant mortality in India and is highest in the EAG states. This study assesses the …
Determinants of Gender Differences in Self-Rated Health Among Older Population: Evidence From India
The purpose of this study is to examine gender difference in self-rated health among older population in India. Data from the 60th round of National Sample Survey Organization on 34,831 older persons are used. The present study measured self-rated health categorized as "poor" and "good." We used bivariate and binary logistic regression model to investigate differences and factors that best explain and predict the self-rated health among older per…
Changing Age Patterns of Morbidity Vis-À-Vis Mortality in India
The combined effects of decreased fertility and mortality coupled with increasing survivorship across most ages have been upsetting the levels and age patterns of morbidity and mortality in India. This study examined data from the National Sample Survey (NSS) and Sample Registration System (SRS) of India. The results reveal marked structural changes in the age patterns of morbidity and mortality. The analysis also tested whether morbidity contour…
Understanding epidemiological transition in India
BACKGROUND: Omran's theory explains changing disease patterns over time predominantly from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). India's epidemiological transition is characterized by dual burden of diseases. Kumar addressed low mortality and high morbidity in Kerala, which seems also to be true for India as a country in the current demographic scenario. METHODS: NSS data (1986-1987, 1995-1996, 2004) and aggregated data on causes…
Relevance of Health Knowledge in Reporting Maternal Health Complications and Use of Maternal Health Care in India
We measured levels of women's health knowledge and their association with the reporting of maternal health complications and related health care use. We found that women with higher levels of health knowledge reported more pregnancy and postnatal complications, and used more maternal health care services. Education has a positive impact on health, but education alone is not enough to ensure recognizing and reporting of health complications and in…
The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: What does the study on global ageing and adult health (Sage) reveal?
BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases contribute a large share of disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Chronic diseases have a tendency to occur simultaneously and where there are two or more such conditions, this is termed as 'multimorbidity'. Multimorbidity is associated with adverse health outcomes, but limited research has been undertaken in LMICs. Therefore, this study examines the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity as…
Multi-Morbidity, Functional Limitations, and Self-Rated Health Among Older Adults in India: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Lasi Pilot Survey, 2010
This article describes the prevalence of multi-morbidity and its association with self-rated and functional health using Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI), Pilot survey, 2010 data, on 1,683 older adults aged 45+. The prevalence of multi-morbidity is assessed as count of self-reported chronic diseases for an older adult. Limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) are used as a measure of functional health. Zero-inflated Poisson regress…
Age and Socioeconomic Gradients of Health of Indian Adults: An Assessment of Self-Reported and Biological Measures of Health
Social Network and Mental Health Among Older Adults in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Food insecurity partially mediates associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults in india: Results from the study on global AGE ing and adult health ( Sage )
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to test whether food insecurity mediates cross-sectional associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults (aged 50+) in India (n = 6556). METHODS: Adjusting for key sociodemographic and dietary variables, we examined whether markers of social disadvantage (lower educational attainment, lower household wealth, belonging to a disadvantaged caste/tribe, and belonging to a minority religion…
Methodological considerations in designing and implementing the harmonized diagnostic assessment of dementia for longitudinal aging study in India (Lasi-DAD)
The Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI-DAD) is a population-representative, prospective cohort study of late-life cognition and dementia. It is part of an ongoing international research collaboration that aims to measure and understand cognitive impairment and dementia risk by collecting a set of cognitive and neuropsychological assessments and informant reports, referred to as the Harmonized …
Household air pollution during Covid ‐19 pandemic: A concern in India
Household air pollution is a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The long periods of lockdown related measures to control COVID-19 pandemic in India further aggravated the adverse health effects of household air pollution as millions Indians were exposed to high level of health-damaging air pollutants inside their homes. This commentary discusses the vulnerability of the s…
Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines in China and India
INTRODUCTION: Using nationally representative survey data from China and India, this study examined (1) the distribution and patterns of multimorbidity in relation to socioeconomic status and (2) association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for medicines by socioeconomic groups. METHODS: Secondary data analysis of adult population aged 45 years and older from WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) India 2015…
Association between household air pollution due to solid fuel use and sleep problems among older adults in India
Household air pollution (HAP) presents numerous health challenges. The association between HAP and sleep problems has not been extensively studied. This paper examined the effect of HAP due to solid fuel use on sleep problems among older adults in India. Data from the initial phase of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, which included 51,060 individuals aged 50 years and older, was utilised. Sleep problems were defined as experiencing difficul…
Medicine (14 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Population (11 works) · Demography (9 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (5 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works) · Public health (5 works)