Publications by authors named "Sakshi Dudeja"
Background: Food policies and environment (availability, accessibility, affordability, marketing) in and around educational institutes can influence food choices and behaviours of children and adolescents.
Methods: Cross-sectional, mixed-methods study was implemented in schools (n = 9; Private = 6, Public = 3) and colleges (n = 4) from Delhi and National Capital Region (India). The data was collected from students of schools (n = 253) and colleges (n = 57), parents of school students (n = 190), teachers (n = 12, schools = 9, colleges = 3) and canteen operators of Private schools and colleges (n = 10; schools = 6, and colleges = 4).
Background: The global burden of child undernutrition is concentrated in South Asia, where gender inequality and female educational disadvantage are important factors. Maternal health literacy is linked to women's education and empowerment, can influence multiple malnutrition determinants, and is rapidly modifiable.
Objective: This study investigated whether maternal health literacy is associated with child undernutrition in 2 resource-poor Indian populations.
Objective: With the aim of conducting a future cluster randomised trial to assess intervention impact on child vaccination coverage, we designed a pilot study to assess feasibility and aid in refining methods for the larger study.
Trial Design: Cluster-randomised design with a 1:1 allocation ratio.
Methods: Clusters were 12 villages in rural Uttar Pradesh.
Association between maternal health literacy and child vaccination in India: a cross-sectional study.
J Epidemiol Community Health
September 2015
Background: Education of mothers may improve child health. We investigated whether maternal health literacy, a rapidly modifiable factor related to mother's education, was associated with children's receipt of vaccines in two underserved Indian communities.
Methods: Cross-sectional surveys in an urban and a rural site.