Kumudha Aruldas

Dados Biográficos

ID5992268
NOMEKumudha Aruldas
PRENOMESKumudha
SOBRENOMEAruldas
ASSINATURAARULDAS K
AFILIAÇÕESchristian medical college, vellore
ORCID0000-0002-0298-3624
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES8
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2019
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Disparities in deworming coverage between children with and without disabilities

    Open AccessShanquan Chen, Rohan Michael Ramesh et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Children with disabilities experience lower school enrolment rates and may be systematically excluded from school-based deworming programmes. The DeWorm3 trial provided an opportunity to evaluate whether community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA) could reduce these disparities by reaching children outside the education system. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of the data from the DeWorm3 trial in Tamil Nadu, India. Child…

  • School-based deworming programmes

    Open AccessKumudha Aruldas, Rohan Michael Ramesh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    In accordance with World Health Organization guidelines, the school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is being implemented in India since 2015 through teachers on National Deworming Day (NDD). This study aimed to assess teachers’ knowledge levels and perception of STH and NDD programmes in southern India using a cross-sectional study design with purposive sampling of teachers involved in the NDD programme. Data from 402 teacher…

  • Community Drug Distributor Knowledge, Attitudes, and Motivation Surrounding Mass Drug Administration for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in India

    Open AccessKumudha Aruldas, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: DeWorm3 is an ongoing multi-country community-based cluster-randomized trial assessing the feasibility of interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) with community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA). In Tamil Nadu, India, community drug distributors (CDDs) worked with DeWorm3 field staff to counsel community members and deliver door-to-door deworming treatment. As CDDs were likely to influence successful delivery …

  • Is economic inequality in family planning in India associated with the private sector?

    Open AccessAbhishek Kumar, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2020

    This study examined the pattern of economic disparity in the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) among women receiving contraceptives from the public and private health sectors in India, using data from all four rounds of the National Family Health Survey conducted between 1992–93 and 2015–16. The mCPR was measured for currently married women aged 15–49 years. A concentration index was calculated and a pooled binary logistic regression an…

  • Association between modern contraceptive use and child mortality in India

    Open AccessAnkita Shukla, Abhishek Kumar et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020

    This study provides evidence of dual benefit of contraceptive use. Such information is important for promoting evidence-based advocacy to expand use of family planning services. This will help the country to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 which calls for end of preventable deaths during childhood

  • Validation of Two Quality of Care Measures

    Open AccessAparna Jain, Kumudha Aruldas et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2019Citada por: 8Referências: 19

    Bruce's quality of care framework, developed nearly three decades ago, brought needed international attention to family planning services. Various data collection efforts exist to measure the quality of contraceptive services. Our study validates two process quality measures and tests their predictive validity related to contraceptive continuation among 2,699 married women who started to use a reversible contraceptive method in India. We assessed…