Publications by authors named "K Raghunathan"
Background: Maternity and neonatal services are rapidly changing in Australia because of evolving needs of the community and patient population. Clinical practice guidelines focused on early interventions and prevention strategies can decrease risk for preventable negative health outcomes in this population. However, despite the existence of several clinical practice guidelines, their translation into practice remains problematic for healthcare services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In 2021, a spike in Asian American hate crimes resurged discussion on Asian health disparities. This study describes the association between education and assault among Asian Americans and their subgroups.
Methods: This cross-sectional study used individual-level data from the mortality multiple cause-of-death data from the National Center for Health Statistics from 2009 to 2021.
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- Women's self-help groups (SHGs) in India aim to improve the nutrition of poor women through integrated agriculture-nutrition interventions but show limited impact on nutrition outcomes like BMI and dietary diversity.
- The study analyzes data from nearly 2,700 rural women across five states, finding that, while certain positive changes occurred (like increased consumption of animal foods and fruits), they were insufficient to enhance overall dietary practices or women's empowerment.
- Factors hindering success included low program implementation intensity, inadequate facilitator skills, and irrelevant nutrition topics, alongside challenges in adopting recommended practices due to resource limitations.
Background: Social constructs like race can affect how patients are perceived and impact care. This study investigated whether mentions of race in notes for critically ill patients differed according to patients' race.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included intensive care unit notes for adults (≥18 years old) admitted to any of 6 intensive care units at University of California, San Francisco, from 2012 through 2020.
Background: Various social determinants of health have been established as significant risk factors for COVID-19 transmission, prevalence, incidence, and mortality. Area deprivation index (ADI, a composite score made up of educational, housing, and poverty markers) is an accepted multidimensional social determinants of health measure. Little is known about how structural social determinants of health before hospitalization, including ADI, may affect mortality related to COVID-19 in critically ill patients.
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