Neha Shah
Biographic Data
| ID | 3862509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neha Shah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neha |
| FAMILY NAME | Shah |
| SIGNATURE | SHAH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7540-3179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Food Insecurity and Cognitive Performance Among Young People Living With and Without HIV
Cognitive development in young adulthood among people living with HIV (PLWH) is not well understood, especially in the context of food insecurity (FI). Nutrient-based interventions may have unique cognitive benefits dependent on age and HIV status. Our analysis included participants enrolled in the African Cohort Study (AFRICOS). AFRICOS enrolls PLWH and without HIV (PLWoH) across 12 PEPFAR-supported facilities in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ug…
Be a buddy
Implementation of a near-peer mentorship program for trainees interested in subspecialty careers provided an added layer of support in this single-center Pediatric training program. Fellows may be an underutilized resource for near-peer mentorship of trainees
Differences in Clinical Profiles of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents Compared to Cis-gender Adolescents Attending a Tertiary Mental Health Clinic
Gaps in hypertension and diabetes treatment among people living with and without HIV
Hypertension and diabetes are increasingly important contributors to morbidity and mortality in African countries, including among people living with HIV (PLWH) who are on lifelong antiretroviral therapy. However, local HIV care programs have historically not included management of noncommunicable diseases. The African Cohort Study enrolls PLWH and people living without HIV (PLWoH) aged 15 years and older who are receiving clinical care at 12 PEP…
Re-imagining crisis care
We conducted a feasibility study of the Assured intervention in four EDs in Southeast England. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 practitioners and 27 patients. Interviews were transcribed, coded line-by-line in Nvivo and thematically analysed using an inductive approach. Inter-rater reliability was calculated with a kappa coefficient of 0.744
Cost-effectiveness of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication programme in improving reproductive and child health outcomes in India
INTRODUCTION: Kilkari is the largest maternal messaging programme of its kind globally. Between its initiation in 2012 in Bihar and its transition to the government in 2019, Kilkari was scaled to 13 states across India and reached over 10 million new and expectant mothers and their families. This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of exposure to Kilkari as compared with no exposure across 13 states in India. METHODS: The study was con…
Family–Educator Partnership in the Development of Entrustable Professional Activities in Complex Care
Early warning indicators of HIV drug resistance in the southern highlands region of Tanzania
The World Health Organization early warning indicators (EWIs) permit surveillance of factors associated with the emergence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR). We examined cross- and within-region performance on HIVDR EWIs for selected HIV care and treatment clinics (CTCs) in five regions of southern Tanzania. We retrospectively abstracted EWI data from 50 CTCs for the January to December 2013 period. EWIs included the following: on time ART pick-up, …
The impact of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication program on reproductive and child health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Direct-to-beneficiary communication mobile programmes are among the few examples of digital health programmes to have scaled widely in low-resource settings. Yet, evidence on their impact at scale is limited. This study aims to assess whether exposure to mobile health information calls during pregnancy and postpartum improved infant feeding and family planning practices. METHODS: We conducted an individually randomised controlled tria…
Does exposure to health information through mobile phones increase immunisation knowledge, completeness and timeliness in rural India
INTRODUCTION: Immunisation plays a vital role in reducing child mortality and morbidity against preventable diseases. As part of a randomised controlled trial in rural Madhya Pradesh, India to assess the impact of Kilkari, a maternal messaging programme, we explored determinants of parental immunisation knowledge and immunisation practice (completeness and timeliness) for children 0-12 months of age from four districts in Madhya Pradesh. METHODS:…
SMS feedback system as a quality assurance mechanism
The increasing use of digital health solutions to support data capture both as part of routine delivery of health services and through special surveys presents unique opportunities to enhance quality assurance measures. This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of using back-end data analytics and machine learning to identify impediments in data quality and feedback issues requiring follow-up to field teams using automated …
Examining the reach and exposure of a mobile phone-based training programme for frontline health workers (Ashas) in 13 states across India
Mobile phones are increasingly used to facilitate in-service training for frontline health workers (FLHWs). Mobile learning (mLearning) programmes have the potential to provide FLHWs with high quality, inexpensive, standardised learning at scale, and at the time and location of their choosing. However, further research is needed into FLHW engagement with mLearning content at scale, a factor which could influence knowledge and service delivery. Mo…
Another voice in the crowd
INTRODUCTION: Kilkari is one of the world's largest mobile phone-based health messaging programmes. Developed by BBC Media Action, it provides weekly stage-based information to pregnant and postpartum women and their families, including on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and family planning, to compliment the efforts of frontline health workers. The quantitative component of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the Indian state of Madhya …
Assessing exposure to Kilkari
The Kilkari programme is being implemented by the Government of India in 13 states. Designed by BBC Media Action and scaled in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from January 2016, Kilkari had provided mobile health information to over 10 million subscribers by the time BBC Media Action transitioned the service to the government in April 2019. Despite the reach of Kilkari in terms of the absolute number of subscribers, n…
Can health information through mobile phones close the divide in health behaviours among the marginalised? An equity analysis of Kilkari in Madhya Pradesh, India
Kilkari is one of the largest maternal mobile messaging programmes in the world. It makes weekly prerecorded calls to new and expectant mothers and their families from the fourth month of pregnancy until 1-year post partum. The programme delivers reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health information directly to subscribers’ phones. However, little is known about the reach of Kilkari among different subgroups in the population, or the diff…
Author Correction
The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers
Does women’s mobile phone ownership matter for health? Evidence from 15 countries
Mobile phones have the potential to increase access to health information, improve patient–provider communication, and influence the content and quality of health services received. Evidence on the gender gap in ownership of mobile phones is limited, and efforts to link phone ownership among women to care-seeking and practices for reproductive maternal newborn and child health (RMNCH) have yet to be made. This analysis aims to assess household an…
Tuberculosis Transmission or Mortality Among Persons Living with HIV, USA, 2011-2016
Evaluation of a treatment protocol for anaemia in pregnancy nested in routine antenatal care in a limited-resource setting
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is typically due to iron deficiency (IDA) but remains a complex and pervasive problem, particularly in low resource settings. At clinics on the Myanmar–Thailand border, a protocol was developed to guide treatment by health workers in antenatal care (ANC).Objective: To evaluate the clinical use of a protocol to treat anaemia in pregnancy.Methods: The design was a descriptive retrospective analysis of antenatal data…
Secondhand social capital
Impact of Port of Entry Referrals on Initiation of Follow-Up Evaluations for Immigrants with Suspected Tuberculosis
Correlates of Bisexual Behaviors Among Men who have Sex with Men in El Salvador
Bridging Populations—Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Prevalence in Clients and Partners of Female Sex Workers, Bangkok, Thailand 2007
Clinical Issues in Caring for Former Chattel Slaves
Clinical Issues in Caring for Former Chattel Slaves
Bridging Populations—Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Prevalence in Clients and Partners of Female Sex Workers, Bangkok, Thailand 2007
Correlates of Bisexual Behaviors Among Men who have Sex with Men in El Salvador
Impact of Port of Entry Referrals on Initiation of Follow-Up Evaluations for Immigrants with Suspected Tuberculosis
Secondhand social capital
Evaluation of a treatment protocol for anaemia in pregnancy nested in routine antenatal care in a limited-resource setting
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is typically due to iron deficiency (IDA) but remains a complex and pervasive problem, particularly in low resource settings. At clinics on the Myanmar–Thailand border, a protocol was developed to guide treatment by health workers in antenatal care (ANC).Objective: To evaluate the clinical use of a protocol to treat anaemia in pregnancy.Methods: The design was a descriptive retrospective analysis of antenatal data…
Does women’s mobile phone ownership matter for health? Evidence from 15 countries
Mobile phones have the potential to increase access to health information, improve patient–provider communication, and influence the content and quality of health services received. Evidence on the gender gap in ownership of mobile phones is limited, and efforts to link phone ownership among women to care-seeking and practices for reproductive maternal newborn and child health (RMNCH) have yet to be made. This analysis aims to assess household an…
Tuberculosis Transmission or Mortality Among Persons Living with HIV, USA, 2011-2016
Does exposure to health information through mobile phones increase immunisation knowledge, completeness and timeliness in rural India
INTRODUCTION: Immunisation plays a vital role in reducing child mortality and morbidity against preventable diseases. As part of a randomised controlled trial in rural Madhya Pradesh, India to assess the impact of Kilkari, a maternal messaging programme, we explored determinants of parental immunisation knowledge and immunisation practice (completeness and timeliness) for children 0-12 months of age from four districts in Madhya Pradesh. METHODS:…
SMS feedback system as a quality assurance mechanism
The increasing use of digital health solutions to support data capture both as part of routine delivery of health services and through special surveys presents unique opportunities to enhance quality assurance measures. This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of using back-end data analytics and machine learning to identify impediments in data quality and feedback issues requiring follow-up to field teams using automated …
Examining the reach and exposure of a mobile phone-based training programme for frontline health workers (Ashas) in 13 states across India
Mobile phones are increasingly used to facilitate in-service training for frontline health workers (FLHWs). Mobile learning (mLearning) programmes have the potential to provide FLHWs with high quality, inexpensive, standardised learning at scale, and at the time and location of their choosing. However, further research is needed into FLHW engagement with mLearning content at scale, a factor which could influence knowledge and service delivery. Mo…
Another voice in the crowd
INTRODUCTION: Kilkari is one of the world's largest mobile phone-based health messaging programmes. Developed by BBC Media Action, it provides weekly stage-based information to pregnant and postpartum women and their families, including on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and family planning, to compliment the efforts of frontline health workers. The quantitative component of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the Indian state of Madhya …
Assessing exposure to Kilkari
The Kilkari programme is being implemented by the Government of India in 13 states. Designed by BBC Media Action and scaled in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from January 2016, Kilkari had provided mobile health information to over 10 million subscribers by the time BBC Media Action transitioned the service to the government in April 2019. Despite the reach of Kilkari in terms of the absolute number of subscribers, n…
Can health information through mobile phones close the divide in health behaviours among the marginalised? An equity analysis of Kilkari in Madhya Pradesh, India
Kilkari is one of the largest maternal mobile messaging programmes in the world. It makes weekly prerecorded calls to new and expectant mothers and their families from the fourth month of pregnancy until 1-year post partum. The programme delivers reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health information directly to subscribers’ phones. However, little is known about the reach of Kilkari among different subgroups in the population, or the diff…
Author Correction
The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers
The impact of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication program on reproductive and child health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Direct-to-beneficiary communication mobile programmes are among the few examples of digital health programmes to have scaled widely in low-resource settings. Yet, evidence on their impact at scale is limited. This study aims to assess whether exposure to mobile health information calls during pregnancy and postpartum improved infant feeding and family planning practices. METHODS: We conducted an individually randomised controlled tria…
Cost-effectiveness of a direct to beneficiary mobile communication programme in improving reproductive and child health outcomes in India
INTRODUCTION: Kilkari is the largest maternal messaging programme of its kind globally. Between its initiation in 2012 in Bihar and its transition to the government in 2019, Kilkari was scaled to 13 states across India and reached over 10 million new and expectant mothers and their families. This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of exposure to Kilkari as compared with no exposure across 13 states in India. METHODS: The study was con…
Family–Educator Partnership in the Development of Entrustable Professional Activities in Complex Care
Early warning indicators of HIV drug resistance in the southern highlands region of Tanzania
The World Health Organization early warning indicators (EWIs) permit surveillance of factors associated with the emergence of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR). We examined cross- and within-region performance on HIVDR EWIs for selected HIV care and treatment clinics (CTCs) in five regions of southern Tanzania. We retrospectively abstracted EWI data from 50 CTCs for the January to December 2013 period. EWIs included the following: on time ART pick-up, …
Re-imagining crisis care
We conducted a feasibility study of the Assured intervention in four EDs in Southeast England. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 practitioners and 27 patients. Interviews were transcribed, coded line-by-line in Nvivo and thematically analysed using an inductive approach. Inter-rater reliability was calculated with a kappa coefficient of 0.744
Gaps in hypertension and diabetes treatment among people living with and without HIV
Hypertension and diabetes are increasingly important contributors to morbidity and mortality in African countries, including among people living with HIV (PLWH) who are on lifelong antiretroviral therapy. However, local HIV care programs have historically not included management of noncommunicable diseases. The African Cohort Study enrolls PLWH and people living without HIV (PLWoH) aged 15 years and older who are receiving clinical care at 12 PEP…
Food Insecurity and Cognitive Performance Among Young People Living With and Without HIV
Cognitive development in young adulthood among people living with HIV (PLWH) is not well understood, especially in the context of food insecurity (FI). Nutrient-based interventions may have unique cognitive benefits dependent on age and HIV status. Our analysis included participants enrolled in the African Cohort Study (AFRICOS). AFRICOS enrolls PLWH and without HIV (PLWoH) across 12 PEPFAR-supported facilities in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Ug…
Be a buddy
Implementation of a near-peer mentorship program for trainees interested in subspecialty careers provided an added layer of support in this single-center Pediatric training program. Fellows may be an underutilized resource for near-peer mentorship of trainees
Differences in Clinical Profiles of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents Compared to Cis-gender Adolescents Attending a Tertiary Mental Health Clinic
Medicine (20 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (9 works) · Population (9 works) · ICT in Developing Communities (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Nursing (6 works)