Arunika Agarwal

Biographic Data

ID5821633
NAMEArunika Agarwal
GIVEN NAMESArunika
FAMILY NAMEAgarwal
SIGNATUREAGARWAL A
AFFILIATIONSHarvard Global Health Institute
ORCID0000-0003-3936-3258
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Gender Dimensions of Work Participation and Life Satisfaction among Older Adults

    Open AccessAditi B Prasad, Aparajita Chattopadhyay et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2025

    India’s ageing population is raising concerns about well-being, with life satisfaction being a key factor influencing older adults’ quality of life. Understanding the factors affecting life satisfaction and work participation can help shape policies to better support this vulnerable group. This study examines gender differences in labour force participation and life satisfaction among older adults (45+) in four major Indian metropolitan cities—De…

  • Identity and Covid-19 in Canada

    Open AccessRoland Pongou, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, growing evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, and China has demonstrated the unequal social and economic burden of this health crisis. Yet, in Canada, studies assessing the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of COVID-19, and how these determinants vary by gender and ethnic minority status, remain scarce. As new strains of COVID-19 emerge, it is important to understand the disparities…

  • Cohort Profile

    Open AccessJoyita Banerjee, Sarah Petrosyan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The study group will analyse the data collected showing the real-time changes throughout the pandemic and will make the data widely available for researchers to conduct further studies

  • Frailty Among Older Indians

    Open AccessBenjamin Seligman, Arunika Agarwal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Ageing2023References: 1

    Frailty is a common syndrome affecting older adults. While frailty has well-established relationships with multiple adverse health outcomes and death, the role of the social and economic environment in the development of frailty is less clear. We consider this relationship in India, which has a growing population of older adults whose environments have undergone extensive social and economic changes over the last few decades. We compare the distr…

  • Health Equity Implications of the Covid-19 Lockdown and Visitation Strategies in Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario

    Open AccessAmmar Saad, Olivia Magwood et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the lives and well-being of long-term care home residents. This mixed-method study examined the health equity implications of the COVID-19 lockdown and visitation strategies in long-term care homes in Ontario. We recruited long-term care home residents, their family members and designated caregivers, as well as healthcare workers from 235 homes in Ontario, Canada. We used online surveys and virtual in…

  • Long‐term care in India

    Open AccessArunika Agarwal, David E BloomARTICLEInternational Social Security…2022Cited by: 1

    The family is the dominant player in India’s current long‐term care (LTC) system. Yet informal family‐based arrangements will be insufficient to accommodate India’s growing need for LTC due to increasing longevity and geographic mobility, the prevalence of chronic disease and disability among the elderly, and the decline of extended family living arrangements. Addressing the growing need for LTC will require a robust expansion of the current LTC …