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Leveraging human capital to reduce maternal mortality in India: enhanced public health system or public-private partnership?Karl Krupp
Public Health Research Institute, Yadavgiri, Mysore, India
Hum Resour Health 7:18. 2009..This paper focuses on how two large health systems in India--Gujarat and Tamil Nadu--have successfully applied human resources strategies in uniquely different contexts to the challenges of achieving Millennium Development Goal Five...
Alcohol use by men is a risk factor for the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus from female sex workers in Mumbai, IndiaPurnima Madhivanan
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:685-90. 2005..We investigated whether men who were under the influence of alcohol when visiting female sex workers (FSW) were at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
The epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type-2 infection among married women in Mysore, IndiaPurnima Madhivanan
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:935-7. 2007
Prevalence and correlates of bacterial vaginosis among young women of reproductive age in Mysore, IndiaP Madhivanan
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Indian J Med Microbiol 26:132-7. 2008..The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of BV among young women of reproductive age in Mysore, India...
Acceptability of male circumcision among mothers with male children in Mysore, IndiaPurnima Madhivanan
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7350, USA
AIDS 22:983-8. 2008..There is currently little information on the acceptability of male circumcision in India. This study investigated the acceptability of male circumcision among Indian mothers with male children...
Sexual behavior among men who have sex with women, men, and Hijras in Mumbai, India--multiple sexual risksAlexandra L Hernandez
Institute for Global Health, University of California, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 10:S5-16. 2006..A high proportion of men who attend STI clinics in Mumbai are behaviorally bi- or tri-sexual and have multiple partners with whom they engage in risky sex. STI/HIV prevention programs should not assume that men only have sex with women...
Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among young reproductive age women in India: implications for treatment and preventionPurnima Madhivanan
Public Health Research Institute, 89 B, 2nd Cross, 2nd Main, Yadavgiri, Mysore 570020, Karnataka, India
Sex Health 6:339-44. 2009..The present study describes the burden and correlates of T. vaginalis infection among young reproductive age women in Mysore, India...
Determinants of domestic violence among women attending an human immunodeficiency virus voluntary counseling and testing center in Bangalore, IndiaVaralakshmi Chandrasekaran
CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
Indian J Med Sci 61:253-62. 2007..Violence against women is a global phenomenon that cuts across all social and economic classes...
Attitudes toward HPV vaccination among parents of adolescent girls in Mysore, IndiaPurnima Madhivanan
Public Health Research Institute, Mysore, India
Vaccine 27:5203-8. 2009..The results highlight the need for additional education and health promotion regarding HPV and cervical cancer prevention in India...
Epidemiologic features of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis among reproductive-age women in IndiaSujit D Rathod
Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1 7HT, UK
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2012:859071. 2012..Vulvovaginal candidiasis is characterized by curd-like vaginal discharge and itching, and is associated with considerable health and economic costs...
Prevalence & correlates of primary infertility among young women in Mysore, IndiaPaul C Adamson
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Indian J Med Res 134:440-6. 2011..There are sparse data on the prevalence of primary infertility in India and almost none from Southern India. This study describes the correlates and prevalence of primary infertility among young women in Mysore, India...
Factors associated with intention-to-recommend human papillomavirus vaccination among physicians in Mysore, IndiaKarl Krupp
Public Health Research Institute, Mysore, India
J Adolesc Health 46:379-84. 2010..There are currently no data on attitudes to HPV vaccination among healthcare providers in India...
Bacterial vaginosis and risk for Trichomonas vaginalis infection: a longitudinal analysisSujit D Rathod
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:882-6. 2011..Few studies have examined this relationship longitudinally to better understand the direction and temporality of this association...
Are marginalized women being left behind? A population-based study of institutional deliveries in Karnataka, IndiaPaul C Adamson
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
BMC Public Health 12:30. 2012..While India has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality, attaining further declines will require increased skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery among marginalized and difficult to reach populations...
Traditional birth attendants lack basic information on HIV and safe delivery practices in rural Mysore, IndiaPurnima Madhivanan
Public Health Research Institute of India, Yadavgiri, Mysore, 570020, India
BMC Public Health 10:570. 2010....
Technological challenges in diagnosis and management of HIV infection in resource limited settingsPurnima Madhivanan
BMJ 335:165-6. 2007
Clinical manifestations of HIV infected childrenPurnima Madhivanan
YR Gaitonde Centerfor AIDS Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Indian J Pediatr 70:615-20. 2003..Consequently, children in India increasingly getting infected, primarily from vertical transmission. A retrospective review of the profile of HIV infected children attending an HIV clinic in South India is reported...
