Namratha R Kandula
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 206827 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Namratha R Kandula |
| PRENOMES | Namratha R |
| SOBRENOME | Kandula |
| ASSINATURA | KANDULA N R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2570-3426 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 157 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Design and implementation of a drug revolving fund for hypertension treatment in primary care setting of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Expanding treatment for hypertension requires ensuring access to affordable, high-quality blood pressure (BP) lowering medications. We describe the design, implementation and evaluation of a BP-lowering medication drug revolving fund (DRF) embedded in the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria (HTN) Programme in 60 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. METHODS: We used the exploration, preparation, im…
Immigration, acculturation, and diabetes
Despite evidence that Indian immigrants in high-income countries have higher diabetes risk, few studies have directly compared Indian immigrants to both Indians in India and the general population. We compared diabetes prevalence in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study (Indian immigrants) (N = 686), the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) (Indians in India) (N = 40,496), and the Health and Retirem…
Racial/ethnic differences in the associations between social support and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (Mesa)
Despite racial/ethnic differences in perceptions of support, perceived informational support was protective against CVD for participants of all racial/ethnic backgrounds
Profiles of cardiometabolic risk and acculturation indicators among South Asians in the US
Background: South Asians (SA) represent the fastest growing US immigrant group, and previous studies have indicated that they face disproportionately high burden of cardiometabolic disease. Cardiometabolic disease manifests as a syndemic or synergistic epidemic encompassing multiple disease clusters influenced by biological, social, and psychological factors stemming from the acculturative process. This process may exacerbate morbidity within imm…
The Role of Family Social Networks in Cardiovascular Health Behaviors Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
Physical activity and TV viewing parenting practices for toddlers among South Asian and white families in the UK
This study demonstrated that SAB parents, particularly those who are foreign-born, apply parenting practices for their young children that are less supportive of PA and more supportive of TV viewing, and their children have lower PA and higher TV viewing time, compared with their WB counterparts
Social support, psychosocial risks, and cardiovascular health
Overall, we observed no strong evidence for an association between social support and CVH. However, some psychosocial risks may be modifiers. Prospective studies are needed to assess the social support-CVH relationship by psychosocial risks in racially/ethnically diverse populations
Examining relationships between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and ideal cardiovascular health and whether psychosocial stressors modify observed relationships among JHS, Mesa, and Masala part…
We did not find much support for an association between neighborhood social cohesion and LS7, but did find evidence of effect modification. Some of the effect modification results operated in unexpected directions. Future studies should examine neighborhood social cohesion more comprehensively and assess for effect modification by psychosocial stressors
Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Convenience Food Consumption among Asian American Youth
The primary purpose of this study was to describe obesity, body composition, convenience food consumption, physical activity, and muscle strength among Asian American youth compared to other racial/ethnic groups. The secondary purpose was to examine whether obesity, body composition, convenience food consumption, physical activity, and muscle strength differed by acculturation levels among Asian American youth. A secondary analysis was conducted …
Acculturation is Associated with Dietary Patterns in South Asians in America
Associations of Neighborhood Factors and Activity Behaviors
Social influence of adult children on parental health behavior among South Asian immigrants
Objectives: Examine the social influence of adult children on the cardiovascular-related health behaviors of older South Asian (SA) immigrants to inform lifestyle interventions. Design: This mixed-methods study used data from an ancillary study of social networks (2014-2018) in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America cohort. Phase 1 was a quantitative analysis of self-reported diet and physical activity among SA adults …
Addressing Asian American Misrepresentation and Underrepresentation in Research
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic minority group in the United States and have unique, heterogenous health status and outcomes across a range of conditions between disaggregated Asian subgroups. Despite the rapid growth of this group, clinical and epidemiologic research lags considerably in adequately and appropriately representing Asian Americans. Too often, Asian American participants and populations are inappropriately aggr…
Private religion/spirituality, self-rated health, and mental health among US South Asians
Vegetarian diet is inversely associated with prevalence of depression in middle-older aged South Asians in the United States
Objective: To investigate associations between a vegetarian diet and depression among South Asians in the United States. Design: Data from 892 South Asians (age range 40-83 y , 47% women) enrolled in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study were included. A vegetarian diet was defined as no intake of meat, poultry or fish in the previous year as reported on a validated food frequency questionnaire. Depress…
Mental health and self-rated health among U.S. South Asians
Objectives: Only one community-based study has assessed religious group involvement and health outcomes among South Asians in the U.S., with mixed results. Here, using a large, South Asian community-based sample, the effects of six religious group involvement predictors - religious tradition, attendance, group prayer, giving/receiving congregational emotional support, congregational neglect, and congregational criticism - were examined in relatio…
The Association of Religious Affiliation with Overweight/Obesity Among South Asians
Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02268513
Associations Between Television Viewing and Adiposity Among South Asians
Are Experiences of Discrimination Related to Poorer Dietary Intakes Among South Asians in the Masala Study
Acculturation Strategies and Symptoms of Depression
Psychosocial Factors Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in South Asians
Dietary intakes among South Asian adults differ by length of residence in the USA
Objective To examine whether nutrient and food intakes among South Asian adult immigrants differ by length of residence in the USA. Design Cross-sectional analysis to examine differences in nutrient and food intakes by length of residence in the USA. Dietary data were collected using an interviewer-administered, culturally appropriate FFQ, while self-reported length of residence was assessed using a questionnaire and modelled as tertiles. Setting…
The relationship between anthropometry and body composition from computed tomography
In MASALA participants, the relationships of anthropometric measures with visceral and subcutaneous fat appear similar to other race/ethnic groups, but with weaker non-linearity and heterogeneity by sex. Given these results, researchers should consider separate models by sex for US South Asians when approximating subcutaneous fat or when using waist circumference to approximate visceral fat
Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Self-reported discrimination and mental health among Asian Indians
The South Asian (SA) population has been underrepresented in research linking discrimination with health indicators; studies that focus on the unique cultural and psychosocial experiences of different SA subgroups are needed. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between self-reported discrimination and mental health among Asian Indians (AIs), and whether traditional cultural beliefs (believing that South Asian cultural traditions…
Association Between Neighborhood Context and Smoking Prevalence Among Asian Americans
Objectives. To study neighborhood-level determinants of smoking among Asian Americans, we examined 3 neighborhood factors (ethnic enclave, socioeconomics, and perceived social cohesion) and smoking prevalence in a population-based sample. Methods. We linked data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey to tract-level data from the 2000 Census. We used multivariate logistic regression models to estimate the associations between smoking and…
Addressing Asian American Misrepresentation and Underrepresentation in Research
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic minority group in the United States and have unique, heterogenous health status and outcomes across a range of conditions between disaggregated Asian subgroups. Despite the rapid growth of this group, clinical and epidemiologic research lags considerably in adequately and appropriately representing Asian Americans. Too often, Asian American participants and populations are inappropriately aggr…
Are Experiences of Discrimination Related to Poorer Dietary Intakes Among South Asians in the Masala Study
Acculturation Strategies Among South Asian Immigrants
Mental health and self-rated health among U.S. South Asians
Objectives: Only one community-based study has assessed religious group involvement and health outcomes among South Asians in the U.S., with mixed results. Here, using a large, South Asian community-based sample, the effects of six religious group involvement predictors - religious tradition, attendance, group prayer, giving/receiving congregational emotional support, congregational neglect, and congregational criticism - were examined in relatio…
Social influence of adult children on parental health behavior among South Asian immigrants
Objectives: Examine the social influence of adult children on the cardiovascular-related health behaviors of older South Asian (SA) immigrants to inform lifestyle interventions. Design: This mixed-methods study used data from an ancillary study of social networks (2014-2018) in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America cohort. Phase 1 was a quantitative analysis of self-reported diet and physical activity among SA adults …
Associations Between Discrimination and Cardiovascular Health Among Asian Indians in the United States
Acculturation Strategies and Symptoms of Depression
Assuring the Health of Immigrants
Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outli…
Immigrant Perceptions of Discrimination in Health Care
BACKGROUND: U.S. healthcare disparities may be in part the result of differential experiences of discrimination in health care. Previous research about discrimination has focused on race/ethnicity. Because immigrants are clustered in certain racial and ethnic groups, failure to consider immigration status could distort race/ethnicity effects. OBJECTIVES: We examined whether foreign-born persons are more likely to report discrimination in healthca…
Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers, Collecting Information About Patients' Race, Ethnicity, and Language
BACKGROUND: Experts recommend that health care providers (HCPs) collect patients' race/ethnicity and language, but we know little about public attitudes towards this. OBJECTIVES: To determine attitudes towards HCPs collecting race/ethnicity and language data. PARTICIPANTS: A telephone survey was held with 563 Californians, including 105 whites, 97 blacks, 199 Hispanics (162 Spanish-speaking), 129 Asians (73 Chinese-speaking), and 33 multiracial i…
Association Between Neighborhood Context and Smoking Prevalence Among Asian Americans
Objectives. To study neighborhood-level determinants of smoking among Asian Americans, we examined 3 neighborhood factors (ethnic enclave, socioeconomics, and perceived social cohesion) and smoking prevalence in a population-based sample. Methods. We linked data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey to tract-level data from the 2000 Census. We used multivariate logistic regression models to estimate the associations between smoking and…
Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Explanatory Models of Health and Disease Among South Asian Immigrants in Chicago
P2-6 Influence of the neighbourhood environment on waist size over time among immigrants to the USA
Introduction Greater time in the USA has been associated with a higher risk of obesity among immigrants. Few studies have examined this pattern longitudinally or considered measures of the neighbourhood environment in evaluating weight-related change among immigrants the longer they live in the USA. Methods Using prospective data from 883 Hispanic and 688 Chinese foreign-born subjects aged 45–84 in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, we us…
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population
Translating a heart disease lifestyle intervention into the community
NCT01647438, Date of Trial Registration: July 19, 2012
Psychosocial Factors Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in South Asians
Dietary intakes among South Asian adults differ by length of residence in the USA
Objective To examine whether nutrient and food intakes among South Asian adult immigrants differ by length of residence in the USA. Design Cross-sectional analysis to examine differences in nutrient and food intakes by length of residence in the USA. Dietary data were collected using an interviewer-administered, culturally appropriate FFQ, while self-reported length of residence was assessed using a questionnaire and modelled as tertiles. Setting…
The relationship between anthropometry and body composition from computed tomography
In MASALA participants, the relationships of anthropometric measures with visceral and subcutaneous fat appear similar to other race/ethnic groups, but with weaker non-linearity and heterogeneity by sex. Given these results, researchers should consider separate models by sex for US South Asians when approximating subcutaneous fat or when using waist circumference to approximate visceral fat
Acculturation Strategies Among South Asian Immigrants
Associations Between Discrimination and Cardiovascular Health Among Asian Indians in the United States
Self-reported discrimination and mental health among Asian Indians
The South Asian (SA) population has been underrepresented in research linking discrimination with health indicators; studies that focus on the unique cultural and psychosocial experiences of different SA subgroups are needed. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between self-reported discrimination and mental health among Asian Indians (AIs), and whether traditional cultural beliefs (believing that South Asian cultural traditions…
Are Experiences of Discrimination Related to Poorer Dietary Intakes Among South Asians in the Masala Study
Acculturation Strategies and Symptoms of Depression
The Association of Religious Affiliation with Overweight/Obesity Among South Asians
Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02268513
Associations Between Television Viewing and Adiposity Among South Asians
Private religion/spirituality, self-rated health, and mental health among US South Asians
Vegetarian diet is inversely associated with prevalence of depression in middle-older aged South Asians in the United States
Objective: To investigate associations between a vegetarian diet and depression among South Asians in the United States. Design: Data from 892 South Asians (age range 40-83 y , 47% women) enrolled in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study were included. A vegetarian diet was defined as no intake of meat, poultry or fish in the previous year as reported on a validated food frequency questionnaire. Depress…
Mental health and self-rated health among U.S. South Asians
Objectives: Only one community-based study has assessed religious group involvement and health outcomes among South Asians in the U.S., with mixed results. Here, using a large, South Asian community-based sample, the effects of six religious group involvement predictors - religious tradition, attendance, group prayer, giving/receiving congregational emotional support, congregational neglect, and congregational criticism - were examined in relatio…
Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Convenience Food Consumption among Asian American Youth
The primary purpose of this study was to describe obesity, body composition, convenience food consumption, physical activity, and muscle strength among Asian American youth compared to other racial/ethnic groups. The secondary purpose was to examine whether obesity, body composition, convenience food consumption, physical activity, and muscle strength differed by acculturation levels among Asian American youth. A secondary analysis was conducted …
Acculturation is Associated with Dietary Patterns in South Asians in America
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