Akhil Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3931843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akhil Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akhil |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8346-8634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trends in socioeconomic inequality in mortality during childhood between 1993 and 2021 in India
INTRODUCTION: In India, most child deaths now occur within the first 28 days of birth. Trends in socioeconomic disparities in death during these early and late neonatal stages over the past few decades have been understudied. This paper elucidates these trends in early neonatal and late neonatal mortality by household wealth and maternal education. We also examined these trends for post neonatal and child mortality, thereby examining the risk of …
Trends in low birth weight across 36 states and union territories in India, 1993-2021
INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight is an important measure of the health of pregnant women and newborns. We investigated the prevalence of low birth weights in India over nearly three decades to assess trends and convergence across states. METHODS: Data came from five waves of the National Family Health Survey (1992-93 to 2019-21). The prevalence of low birth weight was estimated. To explore the sensitivity of our results to missing birth weight data…
Prevalence and burden of no-toilet households in India
India's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was a nation-wide program aimed at providing households with toilets to eliminate open defecation. Between 2016 and 2021, millions of households gained access to a toilet. However, as of 2021, over 238 million people still did not have a toilet, and there was considerable variation in this outcome between India's states and Union Territories. We update the estimates on the number of no-toilet households in India usin…
Blockchain as a trust machine
Patterns of change in the association between socioeconomic status and body mass index distribution in India, 1999–2021
Background: Body mass index (BMI) is an important indicator of human health. However, trends in socioeconomic inequalities in BMI over time throughout India are understudied. Filling this gap will elucidate which socioeconomic groups are still at risk for adverse BMI values. Methods: ). We examined the prevalence, standardised absolute change, and odds ratios estimated by multivariable regression models by household wealth and levels of education…
Trends in the quality of antenatal care in India
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) quality is important to maternal and neonatal mortality. However, trends in the quality of ANC received by pregnant women in India have been understudied. This paper seeks to fill this gap by examining the long-term patterns nationwide and the state-specific prevalence of inadequate ANC quality received by pregnant women in India. Methods: We utilised data from four National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) conducted …
Prevalence of severe and moderate anthropometric failure among children in India, 1993–2021
Though child anthropometric failure (CAF) is a persistent problem in India, previous studies have often neglected state-level variance and aggregated moderate and severe CAF categories. This study addresses this gap by examining moderate and severe malnutrition across India's states and union territories (UTs) from 1993 to 2021. Data of children under 2 years old from five waves of National Family Health Surveys, a representative cross-sectional …
Temporal change in prevalence of BMI categories in India
We found persistent interstate inequalities of undernutrition. Tailored efforts at state levels are required to further strengthen existing policies and develop new interventions to target both forms of malnutrition
Prevalence of zero-sanitation in India
Background: Ensuring universal access to safe sanitation by 2030 is a development priority for India. Doing so can help ensure improved physical and mental health outcomes. While the proportion of people in India with safe sanitation has risen dramatically over the past thirty years, much less is known about who has been most at risk for not having access to safe sanitation across India's states and Union Territories (UT) over this time period. W…
Small area variation in severe, moderate, and mild anemia among women and children
India is home to the highest global number of women and children suffering from anemia, with one in every two women impacted. India's current strategy for targeting areas with a high anemia burden is based on district-level averages, yet this fails to capture the substantial small area variation in micro-geographical (small area) units such as villages. We conducted statistical and econometric analyses to quantify the extent of small area variati…
Life expectancies across congressional districts in the United States
Small area variation in severe, moderate, and mild anemia among women and children
India is home to the highest global number of women and children suffering from anemia, with one in every two women impacted. India's current strategy for targeting areas with a high anemia burden is based on district-level averages, yet this fails to capture the substantial small area variation in micro-geographical (small area) units such as villages. We conducted statistical and econometric analyses to quantify the extent of small area variati…
Life expectancies across congressional districts in the United States
Prevalence of zero-sanitation in India
Background: Ensuring universal access to safe sanitation by 2030 is a development priority for India. Doing so can help ensure improved physical and mental health outcomes. While the proportion of people in India with safe sanitation has risen dramatically over the past thirty years, much less is known about who has been most at risk for not having access to safe sanitation across India's states and Union Territories (UT) over this time period. W…
Blockchain as a trust machine
Patterns of change in the association between socioeconomic status and body mass index distribution in India, 1999–2021
Background: Body mass index (BMI) is an important indicator of human health. However, trends in socioeconomic inequalities in BMI over time throughout India are understudied. Filling this gap will elucidate which socioeconomic groups are still at risk for adverse BMI values. Methods: ). We examined the prevalence, standardised absolute change, and odds ratios estimated by multivariable regression models by household wealth and levels of education…
Trends in the quality of antenatal care in India
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) quality is important to maternal and neonatal mortality. However, trends in the quality of ANC received by pregnant women in India have been understudied. This paper seeks to fill this gap by examining the long-term patterns nationwide and the state-specific prevalence of inadequate ANC quality received by pregnant women in India. Methods: We utilised data from four National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) conducted …
Prevalence of severe and moderate anthropometric failure among children in India, 1993–2021
Though child anthropometric failure (CAF) is a persistent problem in India, previous studies have often neglected state-level variance and aggregated moderate and severe CAF categories. This study addresses this gap by examining moderate and severe malnutrition across India's states and union territories (UTs) from 1993 to 2021. Data of children under 2 years old from five waves of National Family Health Surveys, a representative cross-sectional …
Temporal change in prevalence of BMI categories in India
We found persistent interstate inequalities of undernutrition. Tailored efforts at state levels are required to further strengthen existing policies and develop new interventions to target both forms of malnutrition
Trends in socioeconomic inequality in mortality during childhood between 1993 and 2021 in India
INTRODUCTION: In India, most child deaths now occur within the first 28 days of birth. Trends in socioeconomic disparities in death during these early and late neonatal stages over the past few decades have been understudied. This paper elucidates these trends in early neonatal and late neonatal mortality by household wealth and maternal education. We also examined these trends for post neonatal and child mortality, thereby examining the risk of …
Trends in low birth weight across 36 states and union territories in India, 1993-2021
INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight is an important measure of the health of pregnant women and newborns. We investigated the prevalence of low birth weights in India over nearly three decades to assess trends and convergence across states. METHODS: Data came from five waves of the National Family Health Survey (1992-93 to 2019-21). The prevalence of low birth weight was estimated. To explore the sensitivity of our results to missing birth weight data…
Prevalence and burden of no-toilet households in India
India's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was a nation-wide program aimed at providing households with toilets to eliminate open defecation. Between 2016 and 2021, millions of households gained access to a toilet. However, as of 2021, over 238 million people still did not have a toilet, and there was considerable variation in this outcome between India's states and Union Territories. We update the estimates on the number of no-toilet households in India usin…
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Socioeconomic status (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works)