Sushil John

Biographic Data

ID5487585
NAMESushil John
GIVEN NAMESSushil
FAMILY NAMEJohn
SIGNATUREJOHN S
AFFILIATIONSchristian medical college, vellore
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Primary care for the urban poor in India during the pandemic

    Open AccessSunil Abraham, Sushil John et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Problem The two waves of COVID-19 severely affected the healthcare system in India. The government responded to the first wave with a strict nationwide lockdown which disrupted primary care, including the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second wave overwhelmed healthcare facilities leading to inadequate access to hospital services. Collectively, these issues required urgent responses, including the adaptation of primary care. …

  • Early Childhood Stimulating Environment Predicts Later Childhood Resilience in an Indian Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

    Open AccessBeena Koshy, Manikandan Srinivasan et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    Follow-up of an Indian birth cohort showed that in addition to concurrent cognitive abilities, childhood resilience was related to early childhood stimulating home environment. Promoting optimal stimulating home environments in low-resource settings to nurture holistic childhood development including mental health is essential

  • Developmental trends in early childhood and their predictors from an Indian birth cohort

    Open AccessBeena Koshy, Manikandan Srinivasan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    A triple intervention plan to enhance home environment and nurturance, early childhood nutrient supplementation, and maternal education and well-being might prevent child developmental decline in high risk settings

  • Influences on catch-up growth using relative versus absolute metrics

    Open AccessStephanie A Richard, Benjamin J J Mccormick et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The study children demonstrated improved growth from 24 to 60 months of age, but only a subset had positive changes in HAD and WAD. The same environmental factors were associated with growth from 24 to 60 months regardless of metric used (change in HAZ or HAD, or WAZ and WAD)

  • Body iron and lead status in early childhood and its effects on development and cognition

    Open AccessBeena Koshy, Manikandan Srinivasan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: Early childhood factors can have persisting effects on development and cognition in children. We propose to explore the trends of Fe deficiency and Pb toxicity in early childhood and their association with child development at 2 years of age and cognition at 5 years. Design: Longitudinal birth cohort study. Setting: Urban slum, Vellore, India. Participants: Children enrolled at birth were followed up regularly in the first 2 years with…