Ankita Shukla

Dados Biográficos

ID7786805
NOMEAnkita Shukla
PRENOMESAnkita
SOBRENOMEShukla
ASSINATURASHUKLA A
AFILIAÇÕESPopulation Council Institute
ORCID0000-0002-9657-3406
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2020
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Pediatric and adolescent cancer disparities in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region

    Open AccessAnkita Shukla, Rouba Karen Zeidan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    These findings highlight the need for evidence-based interventions to reduce cancer-related mortality and disease burden among children and adolescents, particularly in low-income countries within the region and for cancer types with the highest mortality rates. Additionally, efforts should focus on establishing registries to provide up-to-date national data on cancer incidence and mortality in countries within the region

  • An Evaluation of Non-Communicable Diseases and Risk Factors Associated with Covid-19 Disease Severity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Open AccessNajwa Abdulwahed Al Bastaki, Mohamud Sheek‐Hussein et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and their correlation with COVID-19 disease severity among patients infected in Dubai. Clinical and demographic data were extracted from hospital records of 34,687 COVID-19 patients who visited or were admitted into Dubai hospitals between 28 January 2020 and 30 September 2020. Prevalence of co-morbidities in COVID-19 patients were assessed. The main risk factors a…

  • Share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India

    Open AccessAnkita Shukla, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2021

    Despite persistent efforts, unmet need for contraceptives in India has declined only slightly from 14% to 13% between 2005–06 and 2015–16. Many women using a family planning method discontinue it without switching to another method and continue to have unmet need. This study quantified the share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India. Data were drawn from two rounds of the Nationa…

  • 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…

  • Abortion Self-Care

    Lucía Vázquez-Quesada, Vázquez-Quesada Vázquez-Quesada et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2020

    Following the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of self-care, abortion self-care is the ability of pregnant individuals to manage their unwanted pregnancies with or without the support of health care providers-particularly, in the early weeks of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks' gestation). The advent of medication abortion (MA) has made this possible, as early self-managed MA at home is a safe, acceptable and cost-effective method of pregnan…

  • 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

  • Health workers’ outreach and intention to use contraceptives among married women in India

    Open AccessAbhishek Kumar, Anrudh K Jain et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Increased scope of outreach of frontline health workers to provide FP communication and services will not only help in building knowledge of contraceptive methods but will also increase women's intention to use a method. For India, this may be the most promising way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 3.7, which calls for universal access to reproductive health services