Saumya RamaRao
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5990950 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Saumya RamaRao |
| PRENOMES | Saumya |
| SOBRENOME | RamaRao |
| ASSINATURA | RAMARAO S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Population Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2971-3648 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Moving self-care from concept to practice
box Evidence on the feasibility, acceptability and the ‘how to’ of implementing self-care is increasing, as momentum around self-care is increasing
People, Rights, and Choices
Big Data and AI in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to transform sexual and reproductive health (SRH), offering new avenues to enhance access, efficiency, and personalization in healthcare. AI‐driven tools can provide opportunities to improve service delivery and optimize resource allocation. Through data‐driven insights, healthcare providers can better understand population trends, predict health risks, and tailor interventions for dive…
Feasibility and Acceptability of LNG 1.5 mg as an On‐Demand Pericoital Contraceptive in Ghana
Globally, there is a need for more family planning method options as currently, available options do not adequately meet the needs of women, specifically those who have infrequent sex. Levonorgestrel (LNG) 1.5 mg is widely available as emergency contraception pills (ECP), and recent research has shown that certain women take it as their main form of contraception. Furthermore, limited studies have found repeat, on‐demand use safe and efficacious.…
Abortion Self-Care
Following the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of self-care, abortion self-care is the ability of pregnant individuals to manage their unwanted pregnancies with or without the support of health care providers-particularly, in the early weeks of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks' gestation). The advent of medication abortion (MA) has made this possible, as early self-managed MA at home is a safe, acceptable and cost-effective method of pregnan…
Do Women Find the Progesterone Vaginal Ring Acceptable? Findings from Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal
The progesterone vaginal ring (PVR) is a contraceptive designed for use by breastfeeding women in the first year postpartum. This Report presents results of an acceptability study of the PVR in Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. Women seeking postpartum family planning services were offered various contraceptive options including the PVR. Of the 174 participating women, 110 (63 percent) used one ring and 94 (54 percent) completed the study by using two…
Assessing the validity of indicators of the quality of maternal and newborn health care in Kenya
BACKGROUND: The measurement of progress in maternal and newborn health often relies on data provided by women in surveys on the quality of care they received. The majority of these indicators, however, including the widely tracked "skilled attendance at birth" indicator, have not been validated. We assess the validity of a large set of maternal and newborn health indicators that are included or have the potential to be included in population-base…
Aligning Goals, Intents, and Performance Indicators in Family Planning Service Delivery
A flurry of policy initiatives in the fields of both population and development and reproductive health, many addressing the provision of family planning services, are currently underway: FP2020, the ICPD Beyond 2014, and the post‐2015 development agenda, among others. This is an opportune time, therefore, to reflect upon and take into consideration what five decades of family planning programs can teach us about ensuring that policies and progra…
New Dialogue for the Way Forward in Maternal Health
Reducing Unmet Need by Supporting Women with Met Need
CONTEXT: The 2012 London Summit on family planning set a goal of providing modern contraceptives to 120 million women with unmet need by 2020. Reducing the high rate of contraceptive discontinuation by facilitating switching among methods will play a critical role in meeting that goal. METHODS: Data collected from married women in Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 34 countries between 2005 and 2010 were used to estimate the potential co…
Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve Quality of Care in Family Planning Programme in the Philippines
This paper presents the results of a longitudinal intervention study carried out in the Davao del Norte province of the Philippines. The intervention, tested through a quasi-experimental design, consisted of training of family planning service providers in information exchange and training of their supervisors in facilitative supervision. The training intervention significantly improved providers' knowledge and quality of care received by clients…
Motivations for Entry Into Sex Work and Hiv Risk Among Mobile Female Sex Workers in India
This paper assesses the reasons for entry into sex work and its association with HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers (FSWs) in India. Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 22 districts across four high HIV prevalence states in India during 2007–2008. Analyses were limited to 5498 eligible mobile FSWs. The reasons given by FSWs for entering sex work and associations with socio-demographic characteristics we…
Postabortion Care
This commentary discusses the complementary efforts required to ensure that research findings associated with designing and delivering postabortion care services are utilized and scaled up. It describes the complementary efforts as ranging from identifying champions and advocates for postabortion care to providing technical assistance for replication and scale-up. It draws on specific country program experiences in sub-Saharan Africa Latin Americ…
New vistas in contraceptive technology
Population forecasts predict that by 2050, about 150 million women (and couples) of child-bearing age will need contraception, and many of them are likely to find their needs unmet, due to problems of access, availability, and acceptability of the contraceptive options for one or both partners. Current contraceptive options are largely intended for use by women (pills, intrauterine devices [IUDs], injectables, and implants), with condoms and vase…
A Question of Ethics
The intent of the ethical guidelines and regulations, developed over time, that govern research on human subjects is to ensure that research participants are well‐informed volunteers, protected from harm, ensured potential benefit, and enrolled in an egalitarian fashion. This study discusses ethical issues that researchers and program planners grapple with in the area of sexual and reproductive health. We illustrate the dilemmas that arise in the…
Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process
The Quality of Family Planning Programs
This study reviews the major research and interventions concerning readiness and quality of care in family planning programs. It has three aims: to identify and describe the principal methodological research including conceptual frameworks, perspectives, and tools for measuring and improving quality; to describe the results from various intervention studies; and to assess what is known about the effect of such interventions. The review suggests t…
Safer maternal health in rural Uttar Pradesh
India accounts for about one-quarter of maternal deaths world wide, with the most recent statistics showing an average maternal mortality ratio of 407 per 100 000 live births at the national level. The government had hoped to reduce maternal mortality to 200 by 2000, but it is clear that this was not achieved. This paper explores the reasons why the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh continues to have one of the highest reported maternal mortal…
A Client‐centered Approach to Family Planning
The reproductive health approach to family planning shifts the focus of service provision from macro‐level demographic objectives to meeting clients' needs. Little field experience exists to date, however, to indicate how to implement this approach. This study describes afield project in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces in the Philippines that implemented the reproductive health approach on a quasi‐experimental basis. The intervent…
The Quality of Family Planning Programs
This study reviews the major research and interventions concerning readiness and quality of care in family planning programs. It has three aims: to identify and describe the principal methodological research including conceptual frameworks, perspectives, and tools for measuring and improving quality; to describe the results from various intervention studies; and to assess what is known about the effect of such interventions. The review suggests t…
A Client‐centered Approach to Family Planning
The reproductive health approach to family planning shifts the focus of service provision from macro‐level demographic objectives to meeting clients' needs. Little field experience exists to date, however, to indicate how to implement this approach. This study describes afield project in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces in the Philippines that implemented the reproductive health approach on a quasi‐experimental basis. The intervent…
Aligning Goals, Intents, and Performance Indicators in Family Planning Service Delivery
A flurry of policy initiatives in the fields of both population and development and reproductive health, many addressing the provision of family planning services, are currently underway: FP2020, the ICPD Beyond 2014, and the post‐2015 development agenda, among others. This is an opportune time, therefore, to reflect upon and take into consideration what five decades of family planning programs can teach us about ensuring that policies and progra…
Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process
A Question of Ethics
The intent of the ethical guidelines and regulations, developed over time, that govern research on human subjects is to ensure that research participants are well‐informed volunteers, protected from harm, ensured potential benefit, and enrolled in an egalitarian fashion. This study discusses ethical issues that researchers and program planners grapple with in the area of sexual and reproductive health. We illustrate the dilemmas that arise in the…
Safer maternal health in rural Uttar Pradesh
India accounts for about one-quarter of maternal deaths world wide, with the most recent statistics showing an average maternal mortality ratio of 407 per 100 000 live births at the national level. The government had hoped to reduce maternal mortality to 200 by 2000, but it is clear that this was not achieved. This paper explores the reasons why the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh continues to have one of the highest reported maternal mortal…
A Client‐centered Approach to Family Planning
The reproductive health approach to family planning shifts the focus of service provision from macro‐level demographic objectives to meeting clients' needs. Little field experience exists to date, however, to indicate how to implement this approach. This study describes afield project in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces in the Philippines that implemented the reproductive health approach on a quasi‐experimental basis. The intervent…
The Quality of Family Planning Programs
This study reviews the major research and interventions concerning readiness and quality of care in family planning programs. It has three aims: to identify and describe the principal methodological research including conceptual frameworks, perspectives, and tools for measuring and improving quality; to describe the results from various intervention studies; and to assess what is known about the effect of such interventions. The review suggests t…
Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process
A Question of Ethics
The intent of the ethical guidelines and regulations, developed over time, that govern research on human subjects is to ensure that research participants are well‐informed volunteers, protected from harm, ensured potential benefit, and enrolled in an egalitarian fashion. This study discusses ethical issues that researchers and program planners grapple with in the area of sexual and reproductive health. We illustrate the dilemmas that arise in the…
New vistas in contraceptive technology
Population forecasts predict that by 2050, about 150 million women (and couples) of child-bearing age will need contraception, and many of them are likely to find their needs unmet, due to problems of access, availability, and acceptability of the contraceptive options for one or both partners. Current contraceptive options are largely intended for use by women (pills, intrauterine devices [IUDs], injectables, and implants), with condoms and vase…
Motivations for Entry Into Sex Work and Hiv Risk Among Mobile Female Sex Workers in India
This paper assesses the reasons for entry into sex work and its association with HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers (FSWs) in India. Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 22 districts across four high HIV prevalence states in India during 2007–2008. Analyses were limited to 5498 eligible mobile FSWs. The reasons given by FSWs for entering sex work and associations with socio-demographic characteristics we…
Postabortion Care
This commentary discusses the complementary efforts required to ensure that research findings associated with designing and delivering postabortion care services are utilized and scaled up. It describes the complementary efforts as ranging from identifying champions and advocates for postabortion care to providing technical assistance for replication and scale-up. It draws on specific country program experiences in sub-Saharan Africa Latin Americ…
Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve Quality of Care in Family Planning Programme in the Philippines
This paper presents the results of a longitudinal intervention study carried out in the Davao del Norte province of the Philippines. The intervention, tested through a quasi-experimental design, consisted of training of family planning service providers in information exchange and training of their supervisors in facilitative supervision. The training intervention significantly improved providers' knowledge and quality of care received by clients…
Reducing Unmet Need by Supporting Women with Met Need
CONTEXT: The 2012 London Summit on family planning set a goal of providing modern contraceptives to 120 million women with unmet need by 2020. Reducing the high rate of contraceptive discontinuation by facilitating switching among methods will play a critical role in meeting that goal. METHODS: Data collected from married women in Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 34 countries between 2005 and 2010 were used to estimate the potential co…
New Dialogue for the Way Forward in Maternal Health
Aligning Goals, Intents, and Performance Indicators in Family Planning Service Delivery
A flurry of policy initiatives in the fields of both population and development and reproductive health, many addressing the provision of family planning services, are currently underway: FP2020, the ICPD Beyond 2014, and the post‐2015 development agenda, among others. This is an opportune time, therefore, to reflect upon and take into consideration what five decades of family planning programs can teach us about ensuring that policies and progra…
Assessing the validity of indicators of the quality of maternal and newborn health care in Kenya
BACKGROUND: The measurement of progress in maternal and newborn health often relies on data provided by women in surveys on the quality of care they received. The majority of these indicators, however, including the widely tracked "skilled attendance at birth" indicator, have not been validated. We assess the validity of a large set of maternal and newborn health indicators that are included or have the potential to be included in population-base…
Do Women Find the Progesterone Vaginal Ring Acceptable? Findings from Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal
The progesterone vaginal ring (PVR) is a contraceptive designed for use by breastfeeding women in the first year postpartum. This Report presents results of an acceptability study of the PVR in Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. Women seeking postpartum family planning services were offered various contraceptive options including the PVR. Of the 174 participating women, 110 (63 percent) used one ring and 94 (54 percent) completed the study by using two…
Abortion Self-Care
Following the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of self-care, abortion self-care is the ability of pregnant individuals to manage their unwanted pregnancies with or without the support of health care providers-particularly, in the early weeks of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks' gestation). The advent of medication abortion (MA) has made this possible, as early self-managed MA at home is a safe, acceptable and cost-effective method of pregnan…
Feasibility and Acceptability of LNG 1.5 mg as an On‐Demand Pericoital Contraceptive in Ghana
Globally, there is a need for more family planning method options as currently, available options do not adequately meet the needs of women, specifically those who have infrequent sex. Levonorgestrel (LNG) 1.5 mg is widely available as emergency contraception pills (ECP), and recent research has shown that certain women take it as their main form of contraception. Furthermore, limited studies have found repeat, on‐demand use safe and efficacious.…
Moving self-care from concept to practice
box Evidence on the feasibility, acceptability and the ‘how to’ of implementing self-care is increasing, as momentum around self-care is increasing
People, Rights, and Choices
Big Data and AI in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to transform sexual and reproductive health (SRH), offering new avenues to enhance access, efficiency, and personalization in healthcare. AI‐driven tools can provide opportunities to improve service delivery and optimize resource allocation. Through data‐driven insights, healthcare providers can better understand population trends, predict health risks, and tailor interventions for dive…
Medicine (17 obras) · Environmental health (16 obras) · Population (16 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (13 obras) · Family planning (9 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Research methodology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras)