Age, gender and socioeconomic patterns of awareness and usage of e-cigarettes across selected WHO region countries: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey.

Objectives: The study explores the awareness and e-cigarette use by demographic and socio-economic characteristics of selected 14 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) countries.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: 14 countries.

Changes in socio-economic inequality in nutritional status among children in EAG states, India.

Objective: The primary purpose of this study is to examine changes in socio-economic inequality in nutritional status (stunting and underweight) among children in Empowered Action Group (EAG) states.

Design: The study is based on the most recent two wave's cross-sectional data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2005-2006 (NFHS-3) and 2015-2016 (NFHS-4). The study used height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-age (underweight) of children as anthropometric indicators.

Deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium: Exploring causes, context and evidence from Eastern India.

Aim: The study was aimed to identify the specific reasons and circumstances of maternal deaths in West Bengal.

Methods: The present study is a retrospective study of 317 maternal deaths, conducted between November 2013 and October 2015 at two major referral hospitals of eastern India, West Bengal. The frequencies, proportions, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used to describe the data.

Spatial modeling of child malnutrition attributable to drought in India.

Objectives: Indian agriculture is mostly dependent on monsoon. Poor and irregular rainfall may result in crop failure and food shortage among the vulnerable population. This study examined the variations in drought condition and its association with under age 5 child malnutrition across the districts of India.

Supported motherhood? An examination of the cultural context of male participation in maternal health care among tribal communities in India.

In many cultural settings worldwide, within families, men tend to be responsible for important choices relating to the allocation of household resources and care-seeking behaviour that directly impact on the health of women and newborns. This study examines the extent of male participation in antenatal care (ANC), delivery, postnatal care (PNC), household chores and providing food to wives among tribal communities in India. In addition, health care providers' views on male participation in maternal health were examined.

Praying until death: revisiting three delays model to contextualize the socio-cultural factors associated with maternal deaths in a region with high prevalence of eclampsia in India.

Background: A disproportionately high proportion of maternal deaths (99 percent) in the world occur in low and middle income countries, of which 90 percent is contributed by Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This study uses the effective "Three Delays" model to assess the socio-cultural barriers associated with maternal mortality in West Bengal, India.

Methods: It was a retrospective mixed methods study, which used facility-based as well as community-based approaches to explore factors associated with maternal deaths.

Prevalence, sociodemographic determinants and self-reported reasons for hysterectomy in India.

Background: Evidence of hysterectomy in India is limited mainly due to lack of information in large-scale nationally representative health surveys. In 2015-16, the fourth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) - a cross-sectional survey - collected for the first time direct information on hysterectomy and self-reported reasons for undergoing the procedure among women in the reproductive age group. This paper examines the prevalence and determinants of hysterectomy in India among women aged 30-49 years in 29 states and seven union territories (UTs) of India using the NFHS-4 dataset.

What he knows about her and how it affects her? Husband's knowledge of pregnancy complications and maternal health care utilization among tribal population in Maharashtra, India.

Background: Husbands' knowledge and awareness of pregnancy complications have a positive impact on their wives' utilization of maternal health care services. In this study, we examined whether husbands' knowledge and awareness of pregnancy complications can serve as determinants of maternal health service utilization among wives from the tribal population.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural Gadchrioli district of Maharashtra, India, during November 2014-March 2015.