Thankam Sunil
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 139561 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Thankam Sunil |
| PRENOMES | Thankam |
| SOBRENOME | Sunil |
| ASSINATURA | SUNIL T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5652-1994 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The Effect of Migration on Perceived Safety and Sleep Quality
Worker health and well-being in Ontario’s electrical sector
Introduction: In Canada, Ontario's shortage of electricians is linked to high physical demands and psychosocial stressors that may undermine worker well-being. Methods: = 188), assessing musculoskeletal symptoms (12-month), sleep quality, psychological distress, burnout (personal, work-related), and job satisfaction. Results: Overall, 90.2% reported at least one musculoskeletal symptom in the past 12 months. Regression analyses revealed that slee…
God Knows Best
Predictors of High Obesity in Rural Nicaragua
Chronic disease prevalence continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries, and the countries in the Central American region are no exception. Recent reports have shown that women are particularly at higher risk for being obese or overweight in several countries in Central America, including Nicaragua. In the present study, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a sample of respondents ( n = 200) who were aged 30 years and over and …
A latent profile analysis of the link between sociocultural factors and health-related risk-taking among U.S. adults
By examining potentially modifiable factors related to individuals' inclinations to engage in health protective behaviors, this study is an important step toward improving current health behavior interventions among U.S. adults
Can Nepal achieve nutritional targets by 2030? A trend analysis of childhood undernutrition in Nepal from 2001 to 2016
Objective: This study assesses the prevalence of childhood undernutrition from 2001 to 2016 and estimate projections of undernutrition for 2016–2030 in Nepal. Design: The study used data from four rounds of a cross-sectional survey of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) conducted in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. Descriptive analyses were conducted to calculate prevalence, binary logistic regression was used to test the significance of trends …
Effects of social vulnerability and heat index on emergency medical service incidents in San Antonio, Texas, in 2018
Background Excessive heat is a leading weather-related cause of fatalities in the USA. Vulnerable populations can face greater exposure to health risks during extreme heat events. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of excessive heat and community-level social vulnerability on morbidity in San Antonio, Texas, in 2018. Methods Heat Index (HI) data are from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Social vulnerability is mea…
Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the Covid-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (Reprogram) International Consortium (Part 1)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine globally. The current consortium critically examines the telemedicine frameworks, identifies gaps in its implementation and investigates the changes in telemedicine framework/s during COVID-19 across the globe. Streamlining of global public health preparedness framework that is interoperable and allow for collaboration and sharing of resources, in which telemedicine …
Lack of virologic suppression is associated with lower HIV-related disclosure stigma in people living with HIV
Stigma remains a leading barrier to HIV care. To determine the influence of disclosure stigma (DS), fear of disclosing one's serostatus, on virologic suppression, a cross-sectional study was performed at the largest publicly-funded HIV clinic in South Texas. A survey was administered to participants who were: ≥18 years old, living with HIV, and receiving antiretroviral therapy. Surveys included demographics, adherence questionnaire, and a validat…
Buddhism and Depressive Symptoms among Married Women in Urban Thailand
A growing body of research has documented salutary associations between religious involvement and poor mental health outcomes, such as depressive symptoms and psychological distress. However, little scholarly attention has been given to the association between Buddhism, a non-Western religious faith, and depressive symptomatology in Thailand. Using random survey data collected from urban Thailand, this study examines the association between relig…
Relationship between depression and risk behaviors in a US Military population with HIV infection
This study evaluated the relationships between depression trajectories, depression diagnosis and sexual risk behaviors in the US Military HIV Natural History Study. Risk behavior survey data, a coded diagnosis of depression, available Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression measures, and self-reported depressive symptoms (n = 662) were utilized. Latent class analysis created 3 classes of depression trajectories, namely, low depression (LD, …
Substance abuse and HIV/STD prevention at a Hispanic-serving institution in South Texas
The purpose of this study is to examine racial/ethnic and gender variations and intersectionality in the knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors pertaining to substance abuse (SA) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention among racial/ethnic minority college students (ages 18-24) in South Texas. A total of 535 minority students completed a baseline survey between 2014 and 2016 ( N = 535). Results…
Intergenerational Transmission of Family Violence and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Thailand
ObjectiveThis study examines linkages between childhood exposure to family violence (FV) and adulthood depressive symptoms, directly and indirectly, through adulthood experience of FV among ever-married Thai women.BackgroundA growing body of research has shown that childhood experience of FV is not only intergenerationally transmitted but also significantly associated with negative mental health outcomes in adulthood. However, prior research is l…
Religion, Combat Casualty Exposure, and Sleep Disturbance in the US Military
Perceived Social Norms About Oral PrEP Use
The Latina Birth Weight Paradox
Stress, Pregnancy, and Motherhood
We argue that changes over time in how ideas of stress are incorporated into understandings of pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican immigrant women living in the United States may affect the documented increase of low birth weight infants born to those women. Stress has consistently been linked to low birth weight, and pregnant Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women differ in levels of perceived social stress. What is lacking is an explan…
Subjective Social Status, Mental and Psychosocial Health, and Birth Weight Differences in Mexican–American and Mexican Immigrant Women
Reproductive habitus, psychosocial health, and birth weight variation in Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in south Texas
US Retirement Migration to Mexico
Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in C ambodia
Childhood malnutrition is a major problem in developing countries, and in Cambodia, it is estimated that approximately 42% of the children are stunted, which is considered to be very high. In the present study, we examined the effects of proximate and socio-economic determinants on childhood malnutrition in Cambodia. In addition, we examined the effects of the changes in these proximate determinants on childhood malnutrition between 2000 and 2005…
Effects of individual and neighborhood factors on maternal care in Cambodia
Religious Influences on Teenage Childbearing Among Brazilian Female Adolescents
Scholars have shown increasing interest in the social implications of Protestant and, specifically, Pentecostal expansion in Latin America over the past several decades. This study uses data from the National Demographic and Health Survey in Brazil to explore the influence of religious affiliation and attendance on the reproductive behavior of unmarried female adolescents (ages 15–19). Results demonstrate that religiously affiliated female adoles…
An Assessment of Fetal Loss Among Currently Married Women in India
The present paper assesses fetal loss among currently married women in India. In addition, the effects of social, economic, demographic and health factors on fetal loss are studied. The study uses data from the second National Family Health Survey conducted in India during 1998–2000. The results show wide variations in fetal loss (induced abortion, spontaneous abortion and still-birth) measures across the country. The importance of mother’s nutri…
Effects of socio‐economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen
This study examined the effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen. The three anthropometric indicators such as height-for-age, weight-for-height and weight-for-age are used to examine the nutritional status of children aged less 5 years in Yemen. The independent variables include background characteristics, behavioural risk factors and illness characteristics. Data for the study come the most recent Yeme…
United States' international retirement migration
Most studies of retirement migration in the United States focus at the national level, and there is comparatively little information about the retirees who cross international borders in their search for new homes. Retirement migrants are unusual in that many select destinations in less-developed countries, contrary to the general pattern of migration from poor to rich countries in search of jobs, higher incomes and a better standard of life. Thi…
Reproductive habitus, psychosocial health, and birth weight variation in Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in south Texas
US Retirement Migration to Mexico
Do individual and program factors matter in the utilization of maternal care services in rural India? A theoretical approach
Stress, Pregnancy, and Motherhood
We argue that changes over time in how ideas of stress are incorporated into understandings of pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican immigrant women living in the United States may affect the documented increase of low birth weight infants born to those women. Stress has consistently been linked to low birth weight, and pregnant Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women differ in levels of perceived social stress. What is lacking is an explan…
The Latina Birth Weight Paradox
Effects of individual and neighborhood factors on maternal care in Cambodia
Aids Prevention in Zambia
Religious Influences on Teenage Childbearing Among Brazilian Female Adolescents
Scholars have shown increasing interest in the social implications of Protestant and, specifically, Pentecostal expansion in Latin America over the past several decades. This study uses data from the National Demographic and Health Survey in Brazil to explore the influence of religious affiliation and attendance on the reproductive behavior of unmarried female adolescents (ages 15–19). Results demonstrate that religiously affiliated female adoles…
Demographic significance of sterilization in three Indian states
Female sterilization has become one of the most widely used contraceptive methods in India since the introduction of family planning program. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the demographic significance of sterilization in three Indian states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Kerala, using the National Family Health Survey, 1992–1993 (NFHS-I). The timing of sterilization and the impact of sterilization on fertility are discussed in this…
Do incentives matter? – Evaluation of a family planning program in India
Do incentives matter? – Evaluation of a family planning program in India
Breast-feeding programs and lactational amenorrhea
The purpose of this paper is to present an approach toward evaluating the effectiveness of breast feeding programs in relation to their impact on the duration of post partum amenorrhea. The current emphasis on improving reproductive health through family planning services is likely to increase the use of LAM as a birth spacing method. As a result, evaluation of the net impact of breast feeding duration on the length of post partum amenorrhea is e…
Sterility in Zambia
The findings of the study support the importance of developing social policies for eradicating sterility. The argument that sterility is biological and that it is not amenable to social interventions perhaps needs revision in the light of the findings of this study
Aids Prevention in Zambia
An Analysis of Childhood Malnutrition in Kerala and Goa
Improved child health and survival are considered universal humanitarian goals. In this respect, understanding the nutritional status of children has far-reaching implications for the better development of future generations. The present study assessed, first, the nutritional status of children below 5 years using the three anthropometric measures weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height in two states of India, Kerala and Goa. Secondl…
Demographic significance of sterilization in three Indian states
Female sterilization has become one of the most widely used contraceptive methods in India since the introduction of family planning program. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the demographic significance of sterilization in three Indian states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Kerala, using the National Family Health Survey, 1992–1993 (NFHS-I). The timing of sterilization and the impact of sterilization on fertility are discussed in this…
Toward Smaller Family Size in Yemen
Broad-based social changes such as fertility decline partly result from modernization in developing countries such as Yemen. The transition to small family norms are often spearheaded by a small group of innovators or change agents called demographic innovators. Demographic innovators often sharply differ from the rest in terms of a number of demographic characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to identify the presence and magnitude of the s…
Do individual and program factors matter in the utilization of maternal care services in rural India? A theoretical approach
Individual, household, programme and community effects on childhood malnutrition in rural India
The children living in rural areas of India disproportionately suffer from malnutrition compared with their urban counterparts. The present article analyses the individual, household, community and programme factors on nutritional status of children in rural India. Additionally, we consider the random variances at village and state levels after introducing various observed individual-, household- and programme-level characteristics in the model. …
United States' international retirement migration
Most studies of retirement migration in the United States focus at the national level, and there is comparatively little information about the retirees who cross international borders in their search for new homes. Retirement migrants are unusual in that many select destinations in less-developed countries, contrary to the general pattern of migration from poor to rich countries in search of jobs, higher incomes and a better standard of life. Thi…
Initiation of and Barriers to Prenatal Care Use Among Low-Income Women in San Antonio, Texas
An Assessment of Fetal Loss Among Currently Married Women in India
The present paper assesses fetal loss among currently married women in India. In addition, the effects of social, economic, demographic and health factors on fetal loss are studied. The study uses data from the second National Family Health Survey conducted in India during 1998–2000. The results show wide variations in fetal loss (induced abortion, spontaneous abortion and still-birth) measures across the country. The importance of mother’s nutri…
Effects of socio‐economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen
This study examined the effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors on childhood malnutrition in Yemen. The three anthropometric indicators such as height-for-age, weight-for-height and weight-for-age are used to examine the nutritional status of children aged less 5 years in Yemen. The independent variables include background characteristics, behavioural risk factors and illness characteristics. Data for the study come the most recent Yeme…
Religious Influences on Teenage Childbearing Among Brazilian Female Adolescents
Scholars have shown increasing interest in the social implications of Protestant and, specifically, Pentecostal expansion in Latin America over the past several decades. This study uses data from the National Demographic and Health Survey in Brazil to explore the influence of religious affiliation and attendance on the reproductive behavior of unmarried female adolescents (ages 15–19). Results demonstrate that religiously affiliated female adoles…
Effects of individual and neighborhood factors on maternal care in Cambodia
Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in C ambodia
Childhood malnutrition is a major problem in developing countries, and in Cambodia, it is estimated that approximately 42% of the children are stunted, which is considered to be very high. In the present study, we examined the effects of proximate and socio-economic determinants on childhood malnutrition in Cambodia. In addition, we examined the effects of the changes in these proximate determinants on childhood malnutrition between 2000 and 2005…
US Retirement Migration to Mexico
Subjective Social Status, Mental and Psychosocial Health, and Birth Weight Differences in Mexican–American and Mexican Immigrant Women
Reproductive habitus, psychosocial health, and birth weight variation in Mexican immigrant and Mexican American women in south Texas
Stress, Pregnancy, and Motherhood
We argue that changes over time in how ideas of stress are incorporated into understandings of pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican immigrant women living in the United States may affect the documented increase of low birth weight infants born to those women. Stress has consistently been linked to low birth weight, and pregnant Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women differ in levels of perceived social stress. What is lacking is an explan…
Religion, Combat Casualty Exposure, and Sleep Disturbance in the US Military
Perceived Social Norms About Oral PrEP Use
The Latina Birth Weight Paradox
Relationship between depression and risk behaviors in a US Military population with HIV infection
This study evaluated the relationships between depression trajectories, depression diagnosis and sexual risk behaviors in the US Military HIV Natural History Study. Risk behavior survey data, a coded diagnosis of depression, available Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression measures, and self-reported depressive symptoms (n = 662) were utilized. Latent class analysis created 3 classes of depression trajectories, namely, low depression (LD, …
Substance abuse and HIV/STD prevention at a Hispanic-serving institution in South Texas
The purpose of this study is to examine racial/ethnic and gender variations and intersectionality in the knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors pertaining to substance abuse (SA) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention among racial/ethnic minority college students (ages 18-24) in South Texas. A total of 535 minority students completed a baseline survey between 2014 and 2016 ( N = 535). Results…
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