Ganga Mahat

Biographic Data

ID8948458
NAMEGanga Mahat
GIVEN NAMESGanga
FAMILY NAMEMahat
SIGNATUREMAHAT G
AFFILIATIONSRutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
ORCID0000-0002-6552-8223
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Utilising a WeChat intervention to improve HIV and Aids education among college students in China

    Open AccessPeijia Zha, Ganga Mahat et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2021

    Objective: To evaluate a WeChat-based HIV and AIDS educational intervention to enhance knowledge, improve attitudes and reduce stigma among college students in China. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Public research university in China. Method: A total of 111 college students were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group received an enhanced HIV and AIDS education co…

  • Social Support, Acculturation, and Optimism

    Open AccessCynthia G Ayres, Ganga MahatARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2012

    PURPOSE: This study developed and tested a theory to better understand positive health practices (PHP) among Asian Americans aged 18 to 21 years. It tested theoretical relationships postulated between PHP and (a) social support (SS), (b) optimism, and (c) acculturation, and between SS and optimism and acculturation. Optimism and acculturation were also tested as possible mediators in the relationship between SS and PHP. DESIGN: A correlational st…