K G Santhya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3093055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K G Santhya |
| GIVEN NAMES | K G |
| FAMILY NAME | Santhya |
| SIGNATURE | SANTHYA K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Population Council Institute |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5339-4314 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Abortion among married young women
Abortion service provision has changed noticeably in the recent past and medication abortion currently accounts for four-fifths of all induced abortions taking place in India. How these changes have modified abortion experiences among young women – a group known to be more disadvantaged than adult women – remains unanswered. This paper fills this gap and examines the experiences of married young abortion seekers, including pre-abortion decision-m…
Transforming the attitudes of young men about gender roles and the acceptability of violence against women, Bihar
Although the importance of working with young men to transform traditional gender norms has been widely acknowledged, programmes for young men remain sparse in highly gender stratified settings such as India, and those that have been implemented have not reached those in rural areas and those out-of-school. Drawing on data from a cluster randomised controlled trial with panel surveys, of a gender-transformative life skills education and sports-co…
Preventing violence against women and girls in Bihar
While there are a growing number of interventions and evaluations of programmes aimed at changing gender norms and violence against women and girls, there remains a dearth of documentation outlining the challenges faced in conducting these interventions and evaluations, particularly in traditional and low literacy settings. The Do Kadam Barabari Ki Ore (Two Steps Towards Equality) programme sought to understand what works to prevent violence agai…
Sibship Size and Young Women’s Transitions to Adulthood in India
In India, a substantial proportion of young people are growing up in smaller families with fewer siblings than earlier generations of young people. Studies exploring the associations between declines in sibship size and young people’s life experiences are limited. Drawing on data from a sub-nationally representative study conducted in 2006–08 of over 50,000 youths in India, this paper examines the associations between surviving sibship size and y…
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls
This paper reviews the evidence on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) in light of the policy and programme commitments made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), analyses progress since 1994, and maps challenges in and opportunities for protecting their health and human rights. Findings indicate that many countries have yet to make s…
School quality and its association with agency and academic achievements in girls and boys in secondary schools
Postpartum and Post‐Abortion Contraception
Contraception following delivery or an induced abortion reduces the risk of an early unintended pregnancy and its associated adverse health consequences. Unmet need for contraception during the postpartum period and contraceptive counseling and services following abortion have been the focus of efforts for the last several decades. This article provides an introduction to the more focused contributions that follow in this special issue. We discus…
Violence against women in South Asia
Intimate partner violence is pervasive in South Asia, yet married women's experiences regarding seeking help when faced with intimate partner violence and the health sector response remain largely unexplored. This commentary reviews the available published and unpublished literature and summarises what is known about the prevalence of marital violence against women and violence-related care-seeking experienced by women in this region. The comment…
Non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships
In India, little is known about the prevalence of non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships and factors correlated with such experience, although a sizeable proportion of young people engage in pre-marital relationships. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data from a representative study of youth in six Indian states, this paper examines the extent to which young women who had had pre-marital sex had experienced non-consensual sex,…
Demand for Contraception to Delay First Pregnancy among Young Married Women in India
In India, evidence is sparse regarding the demand for contraception to delay first pregnancy among married young people. Using data drawn from a study conducted in six Indian states among 9,572 women aged 15–24 who were married for five or fewer years, we explore the scope of this demand, the extent to which it has been satisfied, and, using logistic regression analyses, the factors correlated with contraceptive use to delay first pregnancy among…
Physical and sexual violence and symptoms of gynaecological morbidity among married young women in India
Evidence from India about young women's experience of physical and sexual violence within marriage and its sexual and reproductive health consequences is limited. Data, drawn from 12,220 married women ages 15-24 years old from six Indian states, were used to identify associations between the experience of violence and recent symptoms of gynaecological morbidity, using logistic regression analysis. Young women who had experienced physical, sexual,…
Meeting the commitments of the ICPD Programme of Action to young people
Some of the commitments nations have made in international agreements, notably in the ICPD Programme of Action (1994) and the resolution of the UN Committee on Population & Development (2012), to young people include: realisation of the right to education and attainment of a secondary school education; delaying marriage beyond childhood and ensuring free and full choice in marriage-related decisions; exercise of the right to health, including acc…
Exploring Associations between Mobility and Sexual Experiences among Unmarried Young People
This study examines mobility (short-term movement involving stays away from home) among unmarried youths in India and its association with their sexual experiences. We look at unmarried young women and men aged 15 to 24 from rural and urban areas in six states in India-Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Data are drawn from a subnationally representative study of Indian youths, in which 11,522 young men and 1…
Treatment-Seeking for Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections Among Young Women in India
CONTEXT: Small proportions of Indian women report seeking treatment for symptoms suggestive of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). Most studies on treatment-seeking have focused broadly on women of reproductive age, and little is known about the experiences of adolescent girls and young women, particularly the unmarried. METHODS: Data from 2,742 married and 2,108 unmarried women aged 15-24 who reported at least one symptom of an RTI in the past…
Marriage-Related Decision-Making and Young Women's Marital Relations and Agency
There is little research that has explored how marriage arrangements, i.e., family-arranged, semi-arranged marriages with some say in spouse selection and self-arranged marriages, affect young women's married life in settings traditionally characterised by arranged marriage. Using data from 13,912 married young women aged 15–24 in India, we explore associations between marriage arrangements and young women's marital relations and agency. Logistic…
Early marriage and sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of young women
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review current evidence on the links between early marriage and health-related outcomes for young women and their children. RECENT FINDINGS: Every third young woman in the developing countries excluding China continues to marry as a child, that is before age 18. Recent studies reiterate the adverse health consequences of early marriage among young women and their children even after a host of confounding factors are controll…
Condom Use Before Marriage and Its Correlates
CONTEXT: Little evidence is available from India concerning young people's use of condoms in premarital relationships. METHODS: Data from a subnationally representative study of Indian youth conducted in 2006-2008 were used to assess condom use in premarital relationships. Analyses used survey data from 2,408 married or unmarried youth aged 15-24 who had had premarital sex, and qualitative data from 271 such youth who completed in-depth interview…
Timing of first sex before marriage and its correlates
While several studies have documented the extent of pre-marital sexual experience among young people in India, little work has been done to explore the factors that are correlated with the timing of pre-marital sexual initiation. This paper examines age at initiation of pre-marital sex, circumstances in which first sex was experienced, nature of first sexual experience and correlates of age at initiation of pre-marital sex. Life table estimates s…
Associations Between Early Marriage and Young Women’s Marital and Reproductive Health Outcomes
Spousal communication on reproductive illness among rural women in southern India
Successful inter-spousal communication is promoted as a key strategy to fostering shared decision making and responsibilities on reproductive health matters. With data from a large-scale study examining the risk factors of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in married women, we investigated the extent of inter-spousal communication about reproductive illnesses and its influence on preventive and curative behaviours among 432 symptomatic women a…
Marriage-Related Decision-Making and Young Women's Marital Relations and Agency
There is little research that has explored how marriage arrangements, i.e., family-arranged, semi-arranged marriages with some say in spouse selection and self-arranged marriages, affect young women's married life in settings traditionally characterised by arranged marriage. Using data from 13,912 married young women aged 15–24 in India, we explore associations between marriage arrangements and young women's marital relations and agency. Logistic…
Demand for Contraception to Delay First Pregnancy among Young Married Women in India
In India, evidence is sparse regarding the demand for contraception to delay first pregnancy among married young people. Using data drawn from a study conducted in six Indian states among 9,572 women aged 15–24 who were married for five or fewer years, we explore the scope of this demand, the extent to which it has been satisfied, and, using logistic regression analyses, the factors correlated with contraceptive use to delay first pregnancy among…
Preventing violence against women and girls in Bihar
While there are a growing number of interventions and evaluations of programmes aimed at changing gender norms and violence against women and girls, there remains a dearth of documentation outlining the challenges faced in conducting these interventions and evaluations, particularly in traditional and low literacy settings. The Do Kadam Barabari Ki Ore (Two Steps Towards Equality) programme sought to understand what works to prevent violence agai…
School quality and its association with agency and academic achievements in girls and boys in secondary schools
Exploring Associations between Mobility and Sexual Experiences among Unmarried Young People
This study examines mobility (short-term movement involving stays away from home) among unmarried youths in India and its association with their sexual experiences. We look at unmarried young women and men aged 15 to 24 from rural and urban areas in six states in India-Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Data are drawn from a subnationally representative study of Indian youths, in which 11,522 young men and 1…
Spousal communication on reproductive illness among rural women in southern India
Successful inter-spousal communication is promoted as a key strategy to fostering shared decision making and responsibilities on reproductive health matters. With data from a large-scale study examining the risk factors of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in married women, we investigated the extent of inter-spousal communication about reproductive illnesses and its influence on preventive and curative behaviours among 432 symptomatic women a…
Associations Between Early Marriage and Young Women’s Marital and Reproductive Health Outcomes
Early marriage and sexual and reproductive health vulnerabilities of young women
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review current evidence on the links between early marriage and health-related outcomes for young women and their children. RECENT FINDINGS: Every third young woman in the developing countries excluding China continues to marry as a child, that is before age 18. Recent studies reiterate the adverse health consequences of early marriage among young women and their children even after a host of confounding factors are controll…
Condom Use Before Marriage and Its Correlates
CONTEXT: Little evidence is available from India concerning young people's use of condoms in premarital relationships. METHODS: Data from a subnationally representative study of Indian youth conducted in 2006-2008 were used to assess condom use in premarital relationships. Analyses used survey data from 2,408 married or unmarried youth aged 15-24 who had had premarital sex, and qualitative data from 271 such youth who completed in-depth interview…
Timing of first sex before marriage and its correlates
While several studies have documented the extent of pre-marital sexual experience among young people in India, little work has been done to explore the factors that are correlated with the timing of pre-marital sexual initiation. This paper examines age at initiation of pre-marital sex, circumstances in which first sex was experienced, nature of first sexual experience and correlates of age at initiation of pre-marital sex. Life table estimates s…
Treatment-Seeking for Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections Among Young Women in India
CONTEXT: Small proportions of Indian women report seeking treatment for symptoms suggestive of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). Most studies on treatment-seeking have focused broadly on women of reproductive age, and little is known about the experiences of adolescent girls and young women, particularly the unmarried. METHODS: Data from 2,742 married and 2,108 unmarried women aged 15-24 who reported at least one symptom of an RTI in the past…
Marriage-Related Decision-Making and Young Women's Marital Relations and Agency
There is little research that has explored how marriage arrangements, i.e., family-arranged, semi-arranged marriages with some say in spouse selection and self-arranged marriages, affect young women's married life in settings traditionally characterised by arranged marriage. Using data from 13,912 married young women aged 15–24 in India, we explore associations between marriage arrangements and young women's marital relations and agency. Logistic…
Physical and sexual violence and symptoms of gynaecological morbidity among married young women in India
Evidence from India about young women's experience of physical and sexual violence within marriage and its sexual and reproductive health consequences is limited. Data, drawn from 12,220 married women ages 15-24 years old from six Indian states, were used to identify associations between the experience of violence and recent symptoms of gynaecological morbidity, using logistic regression analysis. Young women who had experienced physical, sexual,…
Meeting the commitments of the ICPD Programme of Action to young people
Some of the commitments nations have made in international agreements, notably in the ICPD Programme of Action (1994) and the resolution of the UN Committee on Population & Development (2012), to young people include: realisation of the right to education and attainment of a secondary school education; delaying marriage beyond childhood and ensuring free and full choice in marriage-related decisions; exercise of the right to health, including acc…
Exploring Associations between Mobility and Sexual Experiences among Unmarried Young People
This study examines mobility (short-term movement involving stays away from home) among unmarried youths in India and its association with their sexual experiences. We look at unmarried young women and men aged 15 to 24 from rural and urban areas in six states in India-Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Data are drawn from a subnationally representative study of Indian youths, in which 11,522 young men and 1…
Violence against women in South Asia
Intimate partner violence is pervasive in South Asia, yet married women's experiences regarding seeking help when faced with intimate partner violence and the health sector response remain largely unexplored. This commentary reviews the available published and unpublished literature and summarises what is known about the prevalence of marital violence against women and violence-related care-seeking experienced by women in this region. The comment…
Non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships
In India, little is known about the prevalence of non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships and factors correlated with such experience, although a sizeable proportion of young people engage in pre-marital relationships. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data from a representative study of youth in six Indian states, this paper examines the extent to which young women who had had pre-marital sex had experienced non-consensual sex,…
Demand for Contraception to Delay First Pregnancy among Young Married Women in India
In India, evidence is sparse regarding the demand for contraception to delay first pregnancy among married young people. Using data drawn from a study conducted in six Indian states among 9,572 women aged 15–24 who were married for five or fewer years, we explore the scope of this demand, the extent to which it has been satisfied, and, using logistic regression analyses, the factors correlated with contraceptive use to delay first pregnancy among…
Sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls
This paper reviews the evidence on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) in light of the policy and programme commitments made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), analyses progress since 1994, and maps challenges in and opportunities for protecting their health and human rights. Findings indicate that many countries have yet to make s…
School quality and its association with agency and academic achievements in girls and boys in secondary schools
Postpartum and Post‐Abortion Contraception
Contraception following delivery or an induced abortion reduces the risk of an early unintended pregnancy and its associated adverse health consequences. Unmet need for contraception during the postpartum period and contraceptive counseling and services following abortion have been the focus of efforts for the last several decades. This article provides an introduction to the more focused contributions that follow in this special issue. We discus…
Sibship Size and Young Women’s Transitions to Adulthood in India
In India, a substantial proportion of young people are growing up in smaller families with fewer siblings than earlier generations of young people. Studies exploring the associations between declines in sibship size and young people’s life experiences are limited. Drawing on data from a sub-nationally representative study conducted in 2006–08 of over 50,000 youths in India, this paper examines the associations between surviving sibship size and y…
Preventing violence against women and girls in Bihar
While there are a growing number of interventions and evaluations of programmes aimed at changing gender norms and violence against women and girls, there remains a dearth of documentation outlining the challenges faced in conducting these interventions and evaluations, particularly in traditional and low literacy settings. The Do Kadam Barabari Ki Ore (Two Steps Towards Equality) programme sought to understand what works to prevent violence agai…
Transforming the attitudes of young men about gender roles and the acceptability of violence against women, Bihar
Although the importance of working with young men to transform traditional gender norms has been widely acknowledged, programmes for young men remain sparse in highly gender stratified settings such as India, and those that have been implemented have not reached those in rural areas and those out-of-school. Drawing on data from a cluster randomised controlled trial with panel surveys, of a gender-transformative life skills education and sports-co…
Abortion among married young women
Abortion service provision has changed noticeably in the recent past and medication abortion currently accounts for four-fifths of all induced abortions taking place in India. How these changes have modified abortion experiences among young women – a group known to be more disadvantaged than adult women – remains unanswered. This paper fills this gap and examines the experiences of married young abortion seekers, including pre-abortion decision-m…
Demography (14 works) · Population (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (13 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (11 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Reproductive health (7 works)