Vishal Dev Shastri
FHI 360
5 Papers
5 Citations
Vishal Dev Shastri is an academic researcher from FHI 360. The author has contributed to research in topics: Welfare & Cross-sectional study. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India: a longitudinal community-based study.
Phuong H. Nguyen,Shivani Kachwaha,Anjali Pant,Lan M. Tran,Sebanti Ghosh,Praveen Kumar Sharma,Vishal Dev Shastri,Jessica Escobar-Alegria,Rasmi Avula,Purnima Menon +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed changes in HFI during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined the interlinkages between HFI with child feeding practices and coping strategies.
Malnutrition and poverty in India: does the use of public distribution system matter?
TL;DR: Undernutrition among children from poor households those excluded from PDS is highest, and it warrants inclusion in PDS, and the pattern was similar for underweight and held true in most of the states of India.
Understanding Implementation and Improving Nutrition Interventions: Barriers and Facilitators of Using Data Strategically to Inform the Implementation of Maternal Nutrition in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Melissa F Young,Ahad Bootwala,Shivani Kachwaha,Rasmi Avula,Sebanti Ghosh,Praveen Kumar Sharma,Vishal Dev Shastri,Thomas Forissier,Purnima Menon,Phuong H. Nguyen +9 more
- 29 Jun 2021
TL;DR: The use of data for decision-making is critical for supporting intervention planning and providing targeted supervision and support for FLWs as discussed by the authors, however, despite intensive data-collection efforts, the utilization of data to inform decision making remains limited.
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Errors in age reporting of children in the 2001 Census: a preliminary appraisal.
Srinivasan K,Vishal Dev Shastri +1 more
- 01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the authors attributed the errors to the following factors: an undercount of girls, an over-reporting of girls ages up to age 5, very high preference for digits ending with 0 and 5 in all adult ages; and overreporting of ages for elders over 50.
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Birth Preparedness for Safe Delivery, Readiness Planning and Associated Factors among Mothers in North India: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bihar India
TL;DR: The study reveals that the awareness on danger signs of pregnancy, when to start planning for the delivery is fairly low and program interventions are required to improve awareness about birth preparedness including emergency preparedness, danger signs during pregnancy, across all the mothers, more particularly socially marginalized groups.
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