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Maternal and Child Health

Introduction

This is a public health research initiative that focuses on Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent (MaNeCA) Health Research in St. John's Research Institute. This is in response to the persisting burden of maternal and child health problems in India and similar settings. The focus is on:

  • undertaking and interpreting research
  • providing consultancy and support
  • contributing to targeted policy development and
  • being involved in continuing education

The perspective is at a broad public health and population level with an inclusive approach to the social and medical aspects of health and care aimed at reducing health inequities. The emphasis is on research, service development, evaluation and policy to be linked. We design and implement descriptive epidemiologic investigations, cohorts, physiological studies, support testing interventions in randomized trials, translate research into practice and evaluate implementation of interventions.

Sl No. Title Authors Journal Name Publication Year
46 Improving the knowledge of labour and delivery nurses in India: a randomized controlled trial of mentoring and case sheets in primary care centres Bradley J, Jayanna K, Shaw S, Cunningham T, Fischer E, Mony P, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Avery L, Crockett M, Blanchard JF BMC Health Serv Res 2017
47 Influence of gestational weight gain on low birth weight in short-statured South Indian pregnant women Shivakumar N, Dwarkanath P, Bosch R, Duggan C, Kurpad AV, Thomas T Eur J Clin Nutr 2017
48 Vitamin B12 status in pregnant women and their infants in South India Finkelstein JL, Kurpad AV, Thomas T, Srinivasan K, Duggan C Eur J Clin Nutr 2017
49 Effects of maternal vitamin B12 supplementation on early infant neurocognitive outcomes: a randomized controlled clinical trial Srinivasan K, Thomas T, Kapanee AR, Ramthal A, Bellinger DC, Bosch RJ, Kurpad AV, Duggan C Matern Child Nutr 2017
50 Maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycemia and insulin (MAASTHI): a prospective cohort study : Protocol of birth cohort at Bangalore, India Babu GR, Murthy G, Deepa R, Yamuna, Prafulla, Kumar HK, Karthik M, Deshpande K, Benjamin Neelon SE, Prabhakaran D, Kurpad A, Kinra S BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2016
51 Energy and Protein Supplementation Does Not Affect Protein and Amino Acid Kinetics or Pregnancy Outcomes in Underweight Indian Women Dwarkanath P, Hsu JW, Tang GJ, Anand P, Thomas T, Thomas A, Sheela CN, Kurpad AV, Jahoor F J Nutr 2016
52 Association between maternal nutritional status in pregnancy and offspring cognitive function during childhood and adolescence; a systematic review Veena SR, Gale CR, Krishnaveni GV, Kehoe SH, Srinivasan K, Fall CH BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2016
53 Body composition of term healthy Indian newborns Jain V, Kurpad AV, Kumar B, Devi S, Sreenivas V, Paul VK Eur J Clin Nutr 2016
54 Nurse mentor training program to improve quality of maternal and newborn care at primary health centres: process evaluation Washington M, Jayanna K, Bhat S, Thomas A, Rao S, Perumal G, Cunningham T, Bradley J, Avery L, Fisher E, Mony PK Open Journal of Nursing 2016
55 Adoption and Completeness of Documentation Using a Structured Delivery Record in Secondary Care, Subdistrict Government Hospitals of Karnataka State, India Mony PK, Jayanna K, Varghese B, Washington M, Vinotha P, Thomas T Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol 2016
56 Limited Effectiveness of a Skills and Drills Intervention to Improve Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Karnataka, India: A Proof-of-Concept Study Varghese B, Krishnamurthy J, Correia B, Panigrahi R, Washington M, Ponnuswamy V, Mony P Global Health, Science and Practice 2016
57 Are low birth weight neonates at risk for suboptimal renal growth and function during infancy? Iyengar A, Nesargi 2, George 3, Sinha 3, Selvam S, Luyckx VA BMC Nephrol 2016
58 B-vitamin interventions for women and children in low-income populations Swaminathan S, Thomas T, Kurpad AV Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2015
59 What accounts for ethnic differences in newborn skinfold thickness comparing South Asians and white Caucasians? Findings from the START and FAMILY birth cohorts Anand SS, Gupta MK, Schulze KM, Desai D, Abdalla N, Wahi G, Wade C, Scheufler P, McDonald SD, Morrison KM, Vasudevan A, Dwarakanath P, Srinivasan K, Kurpad A, Gerstein HC, Teo KK Int J Obes (Lond) 2015
60 Availability and distribution of emergency obstetric care services in Karnataka state, South India: access and equity considerations Mony PK, Krishnamurthy J, Thomas A, Sankar K, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Blanchard J, Avery L PLoS One 2013