Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Mazumder, Sarmila"

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    • Anthropometric Indicators as Predictors of Mortality in Early Life Among Low Birthweight Indian Infants 

      Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Kumar, Mohan; Sinha, Bireshwar; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Low birthweight (LBW) babies (<2.5 kg) are at higher risk of mortality and weight for height z score is currently recommended for identifying infants at risk of mortality. Objective: To compare different ...

    • Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings 

      Mertens, Andrew; Benjamin-Chung, Jade; Colford, John M.; Coyle, Jeremy; van der Laan, Mark J.; Hubbard, Alan E.; Rosete, Sonali; Malenica, Ivana; Hejazi, Nima; Sofrygin, Oleg; Cai, Wilson; Li, Haodong; Nguyen, Anna; Pokpongkiat, Nolan N.; Djajadi, Stephanie; Seth, Anmol; Jung, Esther; Chung, Esther O.; Jilek, Wendy; Subramoney, Vishak; Hafen, Ryan; Häggström, Jonas; Norman, Thea; Brown, Kenneth H.; Christian, Parul; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adair, Linda S.; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ali, Asad; Ali, Hasmot; Ashorn, Per; Bahl, Rajiv; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Becquey, Elodie; Begín, France; Bessong, Pascal Obong; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Bhargava, Santosh K.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Carba, Delia; Checkley, William; Christian, Parul; Crabtree, Jean E.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Duggan, Christopher P.; Fall, Caroline H. D.; Faruque, Abu Syed Golam; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; da Silva Filho, José Quirino; Gilman, Robert H.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Haque, Rashidul; Hasan, S. M. Tafsir; Hess, Sonja Y.; Houpt, Eric R.; Humphrey, Jean H.; Iqbal, Najeeha Talat; Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes; John, Jacob; John, Sushil Matthew; Kang, Gagandeep; Kosek, Margaret; Kramer, Michael S.; Labrique, Alain; Lee, Nanette R.; Lima, Aldo Ângelo Moreira; Mahopo, Tjale Cloupas; Maleta, Kenneth; Manandhar, Dharma S.; Manji, Karim P.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Mazumder, Sarmila; Mduma, Estomih; Mohan, Venkata Raghava; Moore, Sophie E.; Ntozini, Robert; Nyathi, Mzwakhe Emanuel; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes; Ouédraogo, Césaire T.; Petri, William A.; Premkumar, Prasanna Samuel; Prentice, Andrew M.; Rahman, Najeeb; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Sachdev, Harshpal Singh; Sadiq, Kamran; Sarkar, Rajiv; Sarmin, Monira; Saville, Naomi M.; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Shrestha, Bhim P.; Shrestha, Sanjaya; Soares, Alberto Melo; Sonko, Bakary; Stein, Aryeh D.; Svensen, Erling; Syed, Sana; Umrani, Fayaz; Ward, Honorine D.; West, Keith P.; Wu, Lee Shu Fune; Yang, Seungmi; Yori, Pablo Penataro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival1,2. Interventions ...

    • Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India - a randomized controlled trial 

      Taneja, Sunita; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Mazumder, Sarmila; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Martines, Jose Carlos; Dalpath, Suresh Kumar; Gupta, Rakesh; Kariger, Patricia; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita; Dua, Tarun; Abbasi, Farah; Panwar, Vaishali; Nagpal, Sugandhi; Shekhar, Medha; Ghosh, Runa; Kaur, Jasmine; Dube, Brinda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: In a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 8402 stable low birthweight (LBW) infants, majority being late preterm or term small for gestational age, community-initiated KMC (ciKMC) showed a significant improvement ...

    • Early child stimulation, linear growth and neurodevelopment in low birth weight infants 

      Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Strand, Tor Arne; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Hysing, Mari; Mazumder, Sarmila; Bhandari, Nita; Martines, Jose Carlos; Dua, Tarun; Kariger, Patricia; Bahl, Rajiv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Children with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of linear growth faltering and developmental deficits. Evidence suggests that early child stimulation and care reflected as responsive caregiving and opportunities ...

    • Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants: A randomized clinical trial 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Ashorn, Per; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting community-initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on infant breastfeeding performance. It was designed ...

    • Effect of Community-Initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Stress among Mothers of Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Ashorn, Per; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; More, Deepak; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Importance Approximately 1 in 5 women in low- and middle-income countries experience postpartum depression, and the risk is higher among mothers of low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is effective ...

    • Effect of implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme on treatment seeking practices for morbidities in infants: cluster randomised trial 

      Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Mohan, Pavitra; Strand, Tor A.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Kirkwood, Betty; Goyal, Nidhi; Van Den Hombergh, Henri; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhandari, Nita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-29)
      Objective: To determine the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness strategy on treatment seeking practices and on neonatal and infant morbidity. Design: Cluster randomised ...

    • Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households: a randomised controlled trial in Haryana, India 

      Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Mazumder, Sarmila; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahn, Maharaj Kishan; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Johansson, Kjell Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Introduction Many families in low-income and middle-income countries have high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for healthcare, and some face impoverishment. We aimed to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care initiated ...

    • Enteral Calcium or Phosphorus Supplementation in Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infants: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Kumar, Mohan; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Chandola, Temsunaro Rongsen; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      OBJECTIVES To assess effects of calcium or phosphorous supplementation compared with no supplementation in human milk-fed preterm or low birth weight infants. METHODS Data sources include Cochrane Central Register of ...

    • Enteral Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Kumar, Mohan; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Chandola, Temsunaro Rongsen; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Edmond, Karen; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Rivera, Juan A.; Tandon, Sonia; Duggan, Christopher P.; Liu, Enju; Fawzi, Wafaie; Manji, Karim; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      OBJECTIVES To assess effects of supplementation with 3 or more micronutrients (multiple micronutrients; MMN) compared to no MMN in human milk-fed preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants. RESULTS Data on a subgroup ...

    • Enteral Vitamin D Supplementation in Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Kumar, Mohan; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Sinha, Bireshwar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Chandola, Temsunaro Rongsen; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita; Chowdhury, Ranadip (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants have low vitamin D stores. The objective of this study was to assess effects of enteral vitamin D supplementation compared with no vitamin D ...

    • Enteral Zinc Supplementation in Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Dudeja, Nonita; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Rongsen-Chandola, Temsunaro; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evidence on the effect of zinc supplementation on health outcomes in preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants is unclear. We estimated the effect of enteral zinc versus no zinc supplementation ...

    • Factors determining cognitive, motor and language scores in low birth weight infants from North India 

      Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Ranjitkar, Suman; Mazumder, Sarmila; Bhandari, Nita; Dua, Tarun; Shrestha, Laxman; Strand, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Children born with low birth weight (LBW) tend to have lower neurodevelopmental scores compared to term normal birth weight children. It is important to determine factors that influence neurodevelopment in these ...

    • Government-led initiative increased the effective use of Kangaroo Mother Care in a region of North India 

      Jadaun, Arun S.; Dalpath, Suresh K.; Trikha, Sonia; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Bhandari, Nita; Punia, Jaswant Singh; Rawal, Manoj; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahl, Rajiv; Agarwal, Ramesh; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim To learn how to achieve high-quality, effective coverage of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), defined as 8 hours or more of skin-to-skin contact per day and exclusive breastfeeding in district Sonipat in North India, and ...

    • Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial 

      Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Mazumder, Sarmila; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can substantially enhance overall survival of low birthweight babies. In a large randomized controlled trial, we recently showed that supporting mothers to provide community initiated ...

    • Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

      Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Dalpath, Suresh Kumar; Gupta, Rakesh; Dube, Brinda; Sinha, Bireshwar; Bhatia, Kiran; Yoshida, Sachiyo; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Bahl, Rajiv; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Bhandari, Nita; Martines, Jose Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06-07)
      Background: Around 70% neonatal deaths occur in low birth weight (LBW) babies. Globally, 15% of babies are born with LBW. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) appears to be an effective way to reduce mortality and morbidity among ...

    • Interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Sankar, Mari Jeeva; Martines, Jose Carlos; Taneja, Sunita; Mazumder, Sarmila; Rollins, Nigel; Bahl, Rajiv; Bhandari, Nita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)
      Aim. To provide comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and ...

    • Linear Growth Trajectories, Catch-up Growth, and Its Predictors Among North Indian Small-for-Gestational Age Low Birthweight Infants: A Secondary Data Analysis 

      Sinha, Bireshwar; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Nitika, Nitika; Kumar, Mohan; Mazumder, Sarmila; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Low birthweight small-for-gestational-age (SGA-LBW) (birthweight below the 10th percentile for gestational age; SGA-LBW) infants are at an increased risk of poor postnatal growth outcomes. Linear growth ...

    • Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4 

      Kumar, Gunjan; Choudhary, Tarun Shankar; Srivastava, Akanksha; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Taneja, Sunita; Bahl, Rajiv; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-05)
      Objectives: We examined the utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care (ANC), defined as 4 or more antenatal visits, at least one tetanus toxoid (TT) injection and consumption of iron folic acid (IFA) for ...