Similarities in socioeconomic disparities and inequalities in women’s nutritional status and health care in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria by Tina G. Sanghvi, Edward A. Frongillo

“…Methods We analyzed nationally representative data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Nigeria to calculate Erreygers index. …”
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Medication nonadherence and its associated factors in psychiatric patients in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Arya Jayasree, Susan Solomon, Vishnu V. Rudravaram, Vikas Menon, Pradeep Thilakan

“…The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of MNA among patients with psychiatric disorders in India and to identify the factors associated with MNA. …”
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Social Determinants of Health in India: Reimagining of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision in the Light of Marginalized Communities by Kanhaiya Tripathi, Diksha Kanwat, Shankar Lal Bika, Jaspal Kaur, Neelu Rawat, Ashwani Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Doggala Raju Kumar, Bawa Singh

“…The ongoing existence of health disparities in marginalized communities in India can be attributed to social health determinants such as poverty, caste, gender, and limited access to education and healthcare. …”
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Sex and gender differentials in the prevalence of obesity and its association with multimorbidity among reproductive-aged individuals in India by Jogesh Murmu, Abhinav Sinha, Ritik Agrawal, Bhagyashree Rout, Srikanta Kanungo, Sanghamitra Pati

“…However, males with multimorbidity exhibit a significantly greater likelihood of obesity than males without. …”
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Generational trends in education and marriage norms in rural India: evidence from the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study by Akanksha A. Marphatia, Akanksha A. Marphatia, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Alice M. Reid, Marios Poullas, Aboli Bhalerao, Pallavi Yajnik, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

“…We aimed to investigate changes in social norms across generations in rural Maharashtra, India.MethodsTo understand the status quo, we identified education levels and marriage ages typical of contemporary young adults in rural Maharashtra using the National Family Health Survey. …”
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First-year Students and Organ Donation: A Multidisciplinary Study Conducted in Eastern India Analyzed by Ordinal Regression by Panchali Datta, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee

“…The global organ transplantation demand–supply gap is greater in Southeast Asia and more so, in India. This study aims to uncover the underlying factors contributing to the disparity between the awareness and willingness for organ transplantation. …”
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Prevalence of Oral Manifestations and Their Association with CD4/CD8 Ratio and HIV Viral Load in South India by Sharma Gaurav, Pai M. Keerthilatha, Nagpal Archna

“…The objective of the present research was to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations in an HIV infected population from south India and evaluate their association with HIV viral load and CD4/CD8 ratio. …”
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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India by Rekha Thapar, Meher Singha, Nithin Kumar, Prasanna Mithra, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Ramesh Holla, Vaman Kulkarni, B. B. Darshan, Avinash Kumar

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The role of time spent in unpaid domestic work on educational outcomes among adolescents and young adults: quantitative evidence from India by Anupam Sharma, Ankita Shah

“…Abstract Higher education among youth is crucial for India’s socio-economic development. Despite policy efforts, challenges persist in retaining students beyond elementary school and improving inclusivity and education quality. …”
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Case Control Analyses of Acute Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery in South India Associated with Technique, Patient Care, and Socioeconomic Status by Taraprasad Das, Anjli Hussain, Thomas Naduvilath, Savitri Sharma, Subhadra Jalali, Ajit B. Majji

“…Improved health education could ensure greater safety.…”
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Hydrogeochemical and GIS Analysis of Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes in Kuzhithuraiyar Sub-Basin, Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India by R. Athsha Great Raxana, Venkateswaran Sellamuthu, Muralitharan Jothimani

“…A hydrogeochemical analysis was conducted to find the suitability of the groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes in the Kuzhithuraiyar sub-basin, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. 48 groundwater samples were collected from the different locations of the study area during both the pre- and postmonsoon periods. …”
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Perceptions of climatic variability among millet farmers: insights from tribal communities in the Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India by Rajendra R. Chapke, C. Tara Satyavathi, E. D. Israel Oliver King, Peddiveeti Laxmiprasanna, Vavilala Priyanka

“…In this era, climate-resilient crops such as millet have greater importance and impact on the food security of the nation. …”
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How do age and sex influence pain threshold and tolerance among Santal tribal people living in West Bengal, India? by Arpita Santra, Subrata Kumar Roy, Monali Goswami, Diptendu Chatterjee

“…This study incorporated 484 healthy Santal tribal individuals aged 18–88 years (male 203 and female 281) living in Howrah and Purba Bardhaman Districts of West Bengal State, India, who reported no chronic or significant pain at the time of data collection. …”
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Does climate-smart agriculture technology improve farmers' subjective well-being? Micro-level evidence from Odisha, India by Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Pritisudha Mohanty, Surbhi Mishra, Manash Kumar Behera, Souryabrata Mohapatra

“…This study examines how the use of CSAT affects rural households' subjective well-being in Odisha, India. The result of the study shows that the use of CSAT significantly affects the subjective well-being of the farmers. …”
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Assessing type-2 diabetes risk based on the Indian diabetes risk score among adults aged 45 and above in India by Karthika Maniyara, Prakash Babu Kodali

“…Abstract Millions of Indian adults are pre-diabetic with a greater risk of developing type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Virtual consulting in the times of COVID-19 by Latika Gupta, Supriya Sharma, Rajat Kharbanda, Shelley Aggarwal, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Methods: We conducted a review of records to explore the clinical profile and interventions in rheumatology patients at a tertiary care center in Northern India to identify the potential problems and propose direction for the future. …”
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Pattern of Refractive Error among Patients attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Assam, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Nilanjan Kaushik Thakur, Ruma Das Debsikdar, Srawani Sarkar, Surabhi Prasad, S Lakshmi, Devajit Deka

“…A total of 264 (18.4%) patients had astigmatism greater than 0.5. Anisometropia greater than 1.0 was present in 67 (4.7%). …”
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Retrospective Evaluation of Potassium Hydroxide Mounts and Fungal Cultures in Suspected Mycotic Keratitis at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in South India by Swetha Mallagundla, Samyakta Shetti, Vidhya S Eswaran, Shraddha Sudarshan, Umme Kulsum, Swetha Shubraj, Mohsina Mekhri

“…Fusarium was the most commonly isolated species followed by Aspergillus.Conclusion The KOH wet mount serves as a rapid diagnostic tool for detecting fungal hyphae in mycotic keratitis with a greater likelihood of fungal isolation in KOH-positive cases. …”
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Optimizing nutrient management for Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.) in the Alfisols of Southern India through modeling soil, plant, and fertilizer interactions by Krishna Murthy Rangaiah, Bhavya Nagaraju, Govinda Kasturappa, Basavaraja Pujari Kadappa, Uday Kumar Sugaturu Narayanaswamy, Mohamed Saqeebulla Hussain Sab, Gangamrutha Godekere Veerabadraiah, Sanjay Srivastava, Pradip Dey

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Prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in high-risk Kyrgyzstan population as compared to Indians − An Indo-Kyrgyz cardiometabolic study by Kamal Sharma, Shilpi Mohan, S. A. Hossain, Stuti Shah, Ashwati Konat, Komal Shah, Shubh Mehta, Jonsi Jayantkumar Tavethia, Jeel Narendra Sarvaiya, Saumya Joshi, Karan Shah, Dhruv Rakeshkumar Patel, Shlok Patel

“…Results: A total of 1552 individuals (772 from Kyrgyzstan, 750 from India) were studied. The Kyrgyzstan cohort had a significantly higher mean age and a greater proportion of females compared to the Indian cohort. …”
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