Atheendar S Venkataramani
Biographic Data
| ID | 341855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Atheendar S Venkataramani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Atheendar S |
| FAMILY NAME | Venkataramani |
| SIGNATURE | VENKATARAMANI A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Prediction with Differential Covariate Classification
A common practice in evidence-based decision-making uses estimates of conditional probabilities P(y|x) obtained from research studies to predict outcomes y based on observed covariates x. Given this information, decisions are then based on the predicted outcomes. Researchers commonly assume that the predictors used in the generation of the evidence are the same as those used in applying the evidence: i.e., the meaning of x in the two circumstance…
‘We would look at the chickens as a source of security’
Background: Development interventions may promote sustainable livelihoods among participants via improved income generation, health, education, and quality of life. Within the development literature, microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide individuals with funds and/or start-up capital to develop small businesses. However, the evidence on whether MFIs are successful in ensuring sustainable livelihoods is mixed. In this study, we assessed partici…
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Food Insecurity
In this cross-sectional study, adoption of state-level policies associated with higher SNAP participation was also associated with lower county-level FI rates. Policies that lower barriers to SNAP participation may help address rising FI rates observed in 2022 and 2023
Heterogeneous and racialized impacts of state incarceration policies on birth outcomes in the United States
While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. Merging data on state incarceration policies to vital statistics birth records from 1984 to 2004, we examine the impacts of two signature state incarceration policies adopted during the "tough on crime" era of the 1990s-three st…
Mortality Before and After Border Wall Construction Along the US–Mexico Border, 1990–2017
Objectives. To evaluate changes in mortality in US counties along the US–Mexico border in which there was substantial new border wall construction after the Secure Fence Act of 2006 relative to border counties in which there was no such border wall construction. Methods. Using complete 1990 to 2017 mortality microdata and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design, we evaluated changes in overall (all-cause) mortality, mortality from d…
Economic Vulnerability Among US Female Health Care Workers
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and gender inequities in the compensation and benefits of US health care workers and assess the potential impact of a $15-per-hour minimum wage on their economic well-being. Methods. Using the 2017 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, we compared earnings, insurance coverage, public benefits usage, and occupational distribution of male and female health care workers of di…
Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans
Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) immigration programme
BACKGROUND: The effects of changes in immigration policy on health outcomes among undocumented immigrants are not well known. We aimed to examine the physical and mental health effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, a 2012 US immigration policy that provided renewable work permits and freedom from deportation for a large number of undocumented immigrants. METHODS: We did a retrospective, quasi-experimental study u…
Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States
Objectives. We assessed whether economic opportunity was independently associated with health behaviors and outcomes in the United States. Methods. Using newly available, cross-sectional, county-level data from the Equality of Opportunity Project Database and vital statistics, we estimated associations between all-cause mortality rates (averaged over 2000-2012) and economic opportunity, adjusting for socioeconomic, demographic, and health system …
A livelihood intervention to improve economic and psychosocial well-being in rural Uganda
HIV and poverty are inextricably intertwined in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic and livelihood intervention strategies have been suggested to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of HIV, but few intervention studies have focused specifically on HIV-positive persons. We conducted three pilot studies to assess a livelihood intervention consisting of an initial orientation and loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry m…
The causal effect of education on HIV stigma in Uganda
Communal bereavement and resilience in the aftermath of a terrorist event
Effect of Worldwide Oil Price Fluctuations on Biomass Fuel Use and Child Respiratory Health
Objectives. We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. Methods. We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices over the 6-month period of the survey to identify associations between fuel prices, fuel choice, and child respiratory outcomes. R…
Effect of Worldwide Oil Price Fluctuations on Biomass Fuel Use and Child Respiratory Health
Objectives. We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. Methods. We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices over the 6-month period of the survey to identify associations between fuel prices, fuel choice, and child respiratory outcomes. R…
Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States
Objectives. We assessed whether economic opportunity was independently associated with health behaviors and outcomes in the United States. Methods. Using newly available, cross-sectional, county-level data from the Equality of Opportunity Project Database and vital statistics, we estimated associations between all-cause mortality rates (averaged over 2000-2012) and economic opportunity, adjusting for socioeconomic, demographic, and health system …
The causal effect of education on HIV stigma in Uganda
Communal bereavement and resilience in the aftermath of a terrorist event
Economic Vulnerability Among US Female Health Care Workers
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and gender inequities in the compensation and benefits of US health care workers and assess the potential impact of a $15-per-hour minimum wage on their economic well-being. Methods. Using the 2017 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, we compared earnings, insurance coverage, public benefits usage, and occupational distribution of male and female health care workers of di…
Mortality Before and After Border Wall Construction Along the US–Mexico Border, 1990–2017
Objectives. To evaluate changes in mortality in US counties along the US–Mexico border in which there was substantial new border wall construction after the Secure Fence Act of 2006 relative to border counties in which there was no such border wall construction. Methods. Using complete 1990 to 2017 mortality microdata and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design, we evaluated changes in overall (all-cause) mortality, mortality from d…
Effect of Worldwide Oil Price Fluctuations on Biomass Fuel Use and Child Respiratory Health
Objectives. We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. Methods. We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices over the 6-month period of the survey to identify associations between fuel prices, fuel choice, and child respiratory outcomes. R…
Heterogeneous and racialized impacts of state incarceration policies on birth outcomes in the United States
While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. Merging data on state incarceration policies to vital statistics birth records from 1984 to 2004, we examine the impacts of two signature state incarceration policies adopted during the "tough on crime" era of the 1990s-three st…
Effect of Worldwide Oil Price Fluctuations on Biomass Fuel Use and Child Respiratory Health
Objectives. We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. Methods. We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices over the 6-month period of the survey to identify associations between fuel prices, fuel choice, and child respiratory outcomes. R…
Effect of Worldwide Oil Price Fluctuations on Biomass Fuel Use and Child Respiratory Health
Objectives. We examined the effect of worldwide oil price fluctuations on household fuel use and child respiratory health in Guatemala. Methods. We regressed measures of household fuel use and child respiratory health on the average worldwide oil price and a rich set of covariates. We leveraged variation in oil prices over the 6-month period of the survey to identify associations between fuel prices, fuel choice, and child respiratory outcomes. R…
The causal effect of education on HIV stigma in Uganda
Communal bereavement and resilience in the aftermath of a terrorist event
Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States
Objectives. We assessed whether economic opportunity was independently associated with health behaviors and outcomes in the United States. Methods. Using newly available, cross-sectional, county-level data from the Equality of Opportunity Project Database and vital statistics, we estimated associations between all-cause mortality rates (averaged over 2000-2012) and economic opportunity, adjusting for socioeconomic, demographic, and health system …
A livelihood intervention to improve economic and psychosocial well-being in rural Uganda
HIV and poverty are inextricably intertwined in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic and livelihood intervention strategies have been suggested to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of HIV, but few intervention studies have focused specifically on HIV-positive persons. We conducted three pilot studies to assess a livelihood intervention consisting of an initial orientation and loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry m…
Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) immigration programme
BACKGROUND: The effects of changes in immigration policy on health outcomes among undocumented immigrants are not well known. We aimed to examine the physical and mental health effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, a 2012 US immigration policy that provided renewable work permits and freedom from deportation for a large number of undocumented immigrants. METHODS: We did a retrospective, quasi-experimental study u…
Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans
Economic Vulnerability Among US Female Health Care Workers
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and gender inequities in the compensation and benefits of US health care workers and assess the potential impact of a $15-per-hour minimum wage on their economic well-being. Methods. Using the 2017 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, we compared earnings, insurance coverage, public benefits usage, and occupational distribution of male and female health care workers of di…
Mortality Before and After Border Wall Construction Along the US–Mexico Border, 1990–2017
Objectives. To evaluate changes in mortality in US counties along the US–Mexico border in which there was substantial new border wall construction after the Secure Fence Act of 2006 relative to border counties in which there was no such border wall construction. Methods. Using complete 1990 to 2017 mortality microdata and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design, we evaluated changes in overall (all-cause) mortality, mortality from d…
‘We would look at the chickens as a source of security’
Background: Development interventions may promote sustainable livelihoods among participants via improved income generation, health, education, and quality of life. Within the development literature, microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide individuals with funds and/or start-up capital to develop small businesses. However, the evidence on whether MFIs are successful in ensuring sustainable livelihoods is mixed. In this study, we assessed partici…
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Food Insecurity
In this cross-sectional study, adoption of state-level policies associated with higher SNAP participation was also associated with lower county-level FI rates. Policies that lower barriers to SNAP participation may help address rising FI rates observed in 2022 and 2023
Heterogeneous and racialized impacts of state incarceration policies on birth outcomes in the United States
While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. Merging data on state incarceration policies to vital statistics birth records from 1984 to 2004, we examine the impacts of two signature state incarceration policies adopted during the "tough on crime" era of the 1990s-three st…
Prediction with Differential Covariate Classification
A common practice in evidence-based decision-making uses estimates of conditional probabilities P(y|x) obtained from research studies to predict outcomes y based on observed covariates x. Given this information, decisions are then based on the predicted outcomes. Researchers commonly assume that the predictors used in the generation of the evidence are the same as those used in applying the evidence: i.e., the meaning of x in the two circumstance…
Medicine (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Political science (4 works)