Nikhila Kalra
Biographic Data
| ID | 739397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikhila Kalra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikhila |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalra |
| SIGNATURE | KALRA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Program for Appropriate Technology in Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1107-9255 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The challenges of confronting racism as a social disease by second-generation Indians in social and professional space in Australia: A qualitative study
This qualitative study investigated the experiences of racism encountered by second-generation Indian Australians in social and professional domains through semi-structured interviews with 30 participants aged 15–25 years living in Melbourne and Sydney. Purposive and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants. Data was analysed thematically using critical race theory. Key findings included experiences of racism in educational settings, w…
Patterns of cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in Ghanaian complementary feeding practices
Designing effective interventions to improve infant and young child (IYC) feeding requires knowledge about determinants of current practices, including cultural factors. Current approaches to obtaining and using research on culture tend to assume cultural homogeneity within a population. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of cultural consensus (homogeneity) in communities where interventions to improve IYC feeding practices are n…
Using cognitive mapping to understand Senegalese infant and young child feeding decisions
Caregivers make decisions about how to feed their infants and young children based on complex interactions of knowledge, beliefs, and values, as well as assessments of situational determinants, including economic and social constraints and opportunities. Because of the relationship of these factors to the adoption of new feeding behaviours, the development of nutrition interventions for this age group must be grounded in knowledge about the targe…
The Search for Order: Understanding Hindu-Muslim Violence in Post-Partition India
One distinguishing feature of mainstream social science is its growing regard for model building and formal hypothesis testing. In South Asian studies this is most evident in accounts of ethnic riots or communal violence. This paper examines a model of votes and violence proposed by Steven Wilkinson. We first examine how well the model performs against a data set that we have assembled on the twenty worst incidents of communal violence in India s…
The Search for Order: Understanding Hindu-Muslim Violence in Post-Partition India
One distinguishing feature of mainstream social science is its growing regard for model building and formal hypothesis testing. In South Asian studies this is most evident in accounts of ethnic riots or communal violence. This paper examines a model of votes and violence proposed by Steven Wilkinson. We first examine how well the model performs against a data set that we have assembled on the twenty worst incidents of communal violence in India s…
The Search for Order: Understanding Hindu-Muslim Violence in Post-Partition India
One distinguishing feature of mainstream social science is its growing regard for model building and formal hypothesis testing. In South Asian studies this is most evident in accounts of ethnic riots or communal violence. This paper examines a model of votes and violence proposed by Steven Wilkinson. We first examine how well the model performs against a data set that we have assembled on the twenty worst incidents of communal violence in India s…
Patterns of cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in Ghanaian complementary feeding practices
Designing effective interventions to improve infant and young child (IYC) feeding requires knowledge about determinants of current practices, including cultural factors. Current approaches to obtaining and using research on culture tend to assume cultural homogeneity within a population. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of cultural consensus (homogeneity) in communities where interventions to improve IYC feeding practices are n…
Using cognitive mapping to understand Senegalese infant and young child feeding decisions
Caregivers make decisions about how to feed their infants and young children based on complex interactions of knowledge, beliefs, and values, as well as assessments of situational determinants, including economic and social constraints and opportunities. Because of the relationship of these factors to the adoption of new feeding behaviours, the development of nutrition interventions for this age group must be grounded in knowledge about the targe…
The challenges of confronting racism as a social disease by second-generation Indians in social and professional space in Australia: A qualitative study
This qualitative study investigated the experiences of racism encountered by second-generation Indian Australians in social and professional domains through semi-structured interviews with 30 participants aged 15–25 years living in Melbourne and Sydney. Purposive and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants. Data was analysed thematically using critical race theory. Key findings included experiences of racism in educational settings, w…
Qualitative research (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)