Anita Raj
University of California, San Diego
383 Papers
1.1K Citations
Anita Raj is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 327 publications. Previous affiliations of Anita Raj include University of California, Berkeley & Boston University.
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Papers
Help seeking behavior by women experiencing intimate partner violence in india: A machine learning approach to identifying risk factors
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used a previously validated exploratory approach, to examine correlates of help-seeking from anyone (e.g. family, friends, police, doctor etc.), as well as helpseeking from any formal sources.
Public health impact of marital violence against women in India.
TL;DR: Given the pervasiveness of attitudes accepting husbands' marital violence against women, and the fact that these have remained largely unchanged in India for a decade, large scale community and social change efforts are needed.
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Brief report: parent-adolescent child concordance in social norms related to gender equity in marriage - findings from rural India.
Anita Raj,Anita Raj,Mohan Ghule,Madhusudana Battala,Anindita Dasgupta,Julie Ritter,Saritha Nair,Niranjan Saggurti,Jay G. Silverman,Donta Balaiah +9 more
TL;DR: Assessment of parent-adolescent child concordance on social norms related to gender equity in marriage in rural Maharashtra, India indicates same but not opposite sex parent-child concords related to marriage, suggesting same sex transfer of these norms.
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A strengths-based case management intervention to link HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Russia to HIV care.
Jeffrey H. Samet,Elena Blokhina,Debbie M. Cheng,Alexander Y. Walley,Dmitry Lioznov,Natalia Gnatienko,Emily Quinn,Carly Bridden,Christine E. Chaisson,Olga V. Toussova,Allen L. Gifford,Anita Raj,Anita Raj,Evgeny Krupitsky +13 more
TL;DR: Although case management can improve linkage to HIV care, specific approaches to initiate and adhere to ART are needed to improve clinical outcomes (e.g., increased CD4+ cell count) in this population.
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Intimate partner violence among married couples in India and contraceptive use reported by women but not husbands.
Elizabeth Reed,Niranjan Saggurti,Balaiah Donta,Julie Ritter,Anindita Dasgupta,Mohan Ghule,Madhusudana Battala,Saritha Nair,Jay G. Silverman,Arun Jadhav,Prajakta Palaye,Anita Raj,Anita Raj +12 more
TL;DR: To assess whether intimate partner violence is associated with discordant reports of contraceptive use (whereby wives but not husbands report such use) among married couples in Maharashtra, India, a large number of married couples are surveyed.
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