Sindhu K Srinivas

Biographic Data

ID5537772
NAMESindhu K Srinivas
GIVEN NAMESSindhu K
FAMILY NAMESrinivas
SIGNATURESRINIVAS S K
AFFILIATIONSShayna D. Cunningham is with the Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT. Valerie Riis, Melissa Bucher, Celeste Durnwald, and Sindhu K. Srinivas are with the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Laura Line and Melissa Patti are with Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, PA.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • First and Second Stage Risk Factors Associated with Perineal Lacerations

    Open AccessAlexander M Saucedo, Methodius G Tuuli et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

  • Safe Start Community Health Worker Program

    Shayna D Cunningham, Valerie Riis et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020References: 3

    Safe Start is a community health worker program representing a partnership between a high-volume, inner-city, hospital-based prenatal clinic; a community-based organization; a large Medicaid insurer; and a community behavioral health organization to improve perinatal outcomes among publicly insured pregnant women with chronic health conditions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of June 2019, 291 women participated in the program. Relative to a com…

  • Understanding High Utilization of Unscheduled Care in Pregnant Women of Low Socioeconomic Status

    Open AccessPooja Mehta, Pooja K Mehta et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • Concordance between Women's Self-Reported Reasons for Cesarean Delivery and Hospital Discharge Records

    Open AccessLaura B Attanasio, Katy B Kozhimannil et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • Deaths From Unintentional Injury, Homicide, and Suicide During or Within 1 Year of Pregnancy in Philadelphia

    Pooja Mehta, Pooja K Mehta et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 3References: 10

    Objectives. To understand the effect of unintentional injuries (e.g., drug overdose), suicide, and homicide on pregnancy-associated death (death during or within 1 year of pregnancy). Methods. We analyzed all cases of pregnancy-associated death among Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, residents from 2010 to 2014, examining cause of death, contributing factors, and history of health care use. Results. Approximately half (49%; 42 of 85) of pregnancy-assoc…

  • Lifetime racism and blood pressure changes during pregnancy

    Clayton J Hilmert, Tyan Parker Dominguez et al.ARTICLEHealth Psychology2013Cited by: 17References: 18

    Increases in diastolic blood pressure between the second and third trimesters predicted lower birth weight, but only when racism exposure in childhood (direct or indirect) was relatively high. Understanding pregnant African American women's lifetime direct and indirect experiences with racism in combination with prenatal blood pressure may improve identification of highest risk subgroups within this population

  • Trends in Prematurity

    Open AccessJamie Bastek, Jamie A Bastek et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2011

  • Improvements in US Maternal Obstetrical Outcomes From 1992 to 2006

    Sindhu K Sriniva, Sindhu K Srinivas et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2010References: 18

    BACKGROUND: Over 4 million women give birth annually in the United States, making delivery one of the most common reasons for hospital care. OBJECTIVE: We examined 15-year trends in risk-adjusted maternal complications following childbirth. RESEARCH DESIGN: We examined maternal obstetrical outcomes from 1992-2006 among women undergoing cesarean delivery (CD) and vaginal delivery (VD). A composite measure of major maternal complications including …