Santanu Pramanik
Biographic Data
| ID | 5804653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Santanu Pramanik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Santanu |
| FAMILY NAME | Pramanik |
| SIGNATURE | PRAMANIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health Foundation of India |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8147-3835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of financial stress, food insecurity, and Covid-19-related illness concerns shaping mental health in five South Asian countries during the pandemic (2020–2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted mental health worldwide, yet little attention has been given to its acute and long-term effects on mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigates how a triad of pandemic-related worries—financial stress, food insecurity, and COVID-19-related illness concerns—are associated with depression and anxiety across five South Asian LMICs: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakist…
Women’s Employment, Well-being, and Safety in SEZs
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are often seen as drivers of economic growth, yet their impact on workers, particularly women, remains uneven. This study examines women's employment conditions in Sri City SEZ, exploring their implications for empowerment and well-being. Using a mixed-methods approach, we conducted a structured quantitative survey alongside qualitative interviews to capture nuanced experiences. The survey, covering 434 women from An…
The paradox of declining fertility and declining contraceptive use in India
Ensuring data quality in large scale surveys is challenging.•The trend and pattern of declining fertility and declining contraceptive use in India is puzzling.•Interview privacy setting and interviewer effect can partially explain the anomaly.•Large scale surveys impose severe demands on survey supervision and ability to ensure privacy.•Innovative ways of data collection for sensitive issues can be explored for proper reporting
Precarity in a Time of Uncertainty
India implemented one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This paper examines whether the impacts of the lockdown on employment differed by gender in areas surrounding Delhi. An ongoing monthly employment survey between March 2019 and May 2020 allows for comparison in employment before and after the lockdown. Estimates based on random-effects logistic regression models show that for men, the predicted proba…
Impact evaluation of a community engagement intervention in improving childhood immunization coverage
The trial has been registered on 7th February, 2017 under the Clinical Trials Registry- India (CTRI), hosted at the ICMR's National Institute of Medical Statistics, having registration number CTRI/2017/02/007792 . This is the original study protocol
Neighborhood heterogeneity in health and well-being among the elderly in India – Evidence from Study on global AGEing and adult health (Sage)
Precarity in a Time of Uncertainty
India implemented one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This paper examines whether the impacts of the lockdown on employment differed by gender in areas surrounding Delhi. An ongoing monthly employment survey between March 2019 and May 2020 allows for comparison in employment before and after the lockdown. Estimates based on random-effects logistic regression models show that for men, the predicted proba…
Neighborhood heterogeneity in health and well-being among the elderly in India – Evidence from Study on global AGEing and adult health (Sage)
Impact evaluation of a community engagement intervention in improving childhood immunization coverage
The trial has been registered on 7th February, 2017 under the Clinical Trials Registry- India (CTRI), hosted at the ICMR's National Institute of Medical Statistics, having registration number CTRI/2017/02/007792 . This is the original study protocol
Precarity in a Time of Uncertainty
India implemented one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This paper examines whether the impacts of the lockdown on employment differed by gender in areas surrounding Delhi. An ongoing monthly employment survey between March 2019 and May 2020 allows for comparison in employment before and after the lockdown. Estimates based on random-effects logistic regression models show that for men, the predicted proba…
The paradox of declining fertility and declining contraceptive use in India
Ensuring data quality in large scale surveys is challenging.•The trend and pattern of declining fertility and declining contraceptive use in India is puzzling.•Interview privacy setting and interviewer effect can partially explain the anomaly.•Large scale surveys impose severe demands on survey supervision and ability to ensure privacy.•Innovative ways of data collection for sensitive issues can be explored for proper reporting
The role of financial stress, food insecurity, and Covid-19-related illness concerns shaping mental health in five South Asian countries during the pandemic (2020–2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted mental health worldwide, yet little attention has been given to its acute and long-term effects on mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigates how a triad of pandemic-related worries—financial stress, food insecurity, and COVID-19-related illness concerns—are associated with depression and anxiety across five South Asian LMICs: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakist…
Women’s Employment, Well-being, and Safety in SEZs
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are often seen as drivers of economic growth, yet their impact on workers, particularly women, remains uneven. This study examines women's employment conditions in Sri City SEZ, exploring their implications for empowerment and well-being. Using a mixed-methods approach, we conducted a structured quantitative survey alongside qualitative interviews to capture nuanced experiences. The survey, covering 434 women from An…
Demography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)