Pavani K. Ram - Publications

Affiliations: 
Epidemiology State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States 
Area:
Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Public Health

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2020 Ram PK, Begum F, Crabtree-Ide C, Uddin MR, Weaver AM, Dostogir Harun MG, Allen JV, Kumar S, Nasreen S, Luby SP, El Arifeen S. Waterless Hand Cleansing with Chlorhexidine during the Neonatal Period by Mothers and Other Household Members: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 32959761 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.19-0773  0.665
2020 Ban B, Hodgins S, Thapa P, Thapa S, Joshi D, Dhungana A, Kc A, Guenther T, Adhikari S, Scudder E, Ram PK. A national survey of private-sector outpatient care of sick infants and young children in Nepal. Bmc Health Services Research. 20: 545. PMID 32546276 DOI: 10.1186/S12913-020-05393-1  0.369
2020 Swarthout J, Ram PK, Arnold CD, Dentz HN, Arnold BF, Kalungu S, Lin A, Njenga SM, Stewart CP, Colford JM, Null C, Pickering AJ. Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 32228789 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.19-0779  0.434
2020 Ashraf S, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Arnold BF, Benjamin Chung J, Ram PK, Colford JM, Luby SP. Effect of Improved Water Quality, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition Interventions on Respiratory Illness in Young Children in Rural Bangladesh: A Multi-Arm Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 32100681 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.19-0769  0.448
2019 Blum LS, Yemweni A, Trinies V, Kambere M, Tolani F, Allen JV, Handzel T, Cookson S, Ram PK. Programmatic implications for promotion of handwashing behavior in an internally displaced persons camp in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Conflict and Health. 13: 54. PMID 31832088 DOI: 10.1186/S13031-019-0225-X  0.365
2019 Moxon SG, Blencowe H, Bailey P, Bradley J, Day LT, Ram PK, Monet JP, Moran AC, Zeck W, Lawn JE. Categorising interventions to levels of inpatient care for small and sick newborns: Findings from a global survey. Plos One. 14: e0218748. PMID 31295262 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0218748  0.342
2019 Najnin N, Leder K, Forbes A, Unicomb L, Qadri F, Ram PK, Winch PJ, Begum F, Biswas S, Parvin T, Yeasmin F, Cravioto A, Luby SP. Inconsistency in Diarrhea Measurements when Assessing Intervention Impact in a Non-Blinded Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 31162005 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.18-0872  0.39
2019 Wichaidit W, Steinacher R, Okal JA, Whinnery J, Null C, Kordas K, Yu J, Pickering AJ, Ram PK. Effect of an equipment-behavior change intervention on handwashing behavior among primary school children in Kenya: the Povu Poa school pilot study. Bmc Public Health. 19: 647. PMID 31138168 DOI: 10.1186/S12889-019-6902-2  0.344
2019 Weaver AM, Gurley ES, Crabtree-Ide C, Salje H, Yoo EH, Mu L, Akter N, Ram PK. Air pollution dispersion from biomass stoves to neighboring homes in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bmc Public Health. 19: 425. PMID 31014315 DOI: 10.1186/S12889-019-6751-Z  0.559
2019 Najnin N, Leder K, Forbes A, Unicomb L, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Nizame FA, Arman S, Begum F, Biswas S, Cravioto A, Luby SP. Impact of a Large-Scale Handwashing Intervention on Reported Respiratory Illness: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 30608050 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.18-0644  0.423
2019 Amin N, Sagerman DD, Nizame FA, Das KK, Nuruzzaman M, Yu J, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Ram PK. Effects of complexity of handwashing instructions on handwashing procedure replication in low-income urban slums in Bangladesh: a randomized non-inferiority field trial Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For Development. 9: 416-428. DOI: 10.2166/Washdev.2019.131  0.377
2018 Ercumen A, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, Ahmed MA, Kabir MH, Khalil MMR, Kumar A, Rahman MS, Parvez SM, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Ram P, Clasen TF, et al. Effects of single and combined water, sanitation and handwashing interventions on fecal contamination in the domestic environment: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 30256102 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.8B05153  0.396
2018 Ercumen A, Pickering A, Kwong LH, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, Alam M, Sen D, Islam S, Khalil MMR, Kullmann C, Chase C, Ahmed R, Parvez SM, ... ... Ram P, et al. Do sanitation improvements reduce fecal contamination of water, hands, food, soil and flies? Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 30256095 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.8B02988  0.4
2018 Gadgil MA, Sharker Y, Unicomb L, Ram PK, Luby SP. Serial Measurements of Soap Weights and Soap Availability to Describe Handwashing Behavior. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 30141393 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.17-0583  0.342
2018 Jannat K, Stephen LP, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Sarker PM, Das KK, Leontsini E, Ram PK, Stewart CP. Complementary feeding practices among rural Bangladeshi mothers: Results from WASH Benefits study. Maternal & Child Nutrition. e12654. PMID 30101576 DOI: 10.1111/Mcn.12654  0.43
2018 Grover E, Hossain MK, Uddin S, Venkatesh M, Ram PK, Dreibelbis R. Social Influence on Handwashing with Soap: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 30062982 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.17-0903  0.301
2018 Parvez SM, Azad R, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ram PK, Naser AM, Stewart CP, Jannat K, Rahman MJ, Leontsini E, Winch PJ, Luby SP. Achieving optimal technology and behavioral uptake of single and combined interventions of water, sanitation hygiene and nutrition, in an efficacy trial (WASH benefits) in rural Bangladesh. Trials. 19: 358. PMID 29976251 DOI: 10.1186/S13063-018-2710-8  0.391
2018 Sultana F, Unicomb LE, Nizame FA, Dutta NC, Ram PK, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Acceptability and Feasibility of Sharing a Soapy Water System for Handwashing in a Low-Income Urban Community in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 29893204 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.17-0672  0.339
2018 Parveen S, Nasreen S, Allen JV, Kamm KB, Khan S, Akter S, Lopa TM, Zaman K, El Arifeen S, Luby SP, Ram PK. Barriers to and motivators of handwashing behavior among mothers of neonates in rural Bangladesh. Bmc Public Health. 18: 483. PMID 29642885 DOI: 10.1186/S12889-018-5365-1  0.731
2018 Luby SP, Rahman M, Arnold BF, Unicomb L, Ashraf S, Winch PJ, Stewart CP, Begum F, Hussain F, Benjamin-Chung J, Leontsini E, Naser AM, Parvez SM, Hubbard AE, Lin A, ... ... Ram PK, et al. Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Global Health. PMID 29396217 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30490-4  0.382
2018 Zaka N, Alexander EC, Manikam L, Norman ICF, Akhbari M, Moxon S, Ram PK, Murphy G, English M, Niermeyer S, Pearson L. Quality improvement initiatives for hospitalised small and sick newborns in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Implementation Science : Is. 13: 20. PMID 29370845 DOI: 10.1186/S13012-018-0712-2  0.327
2017 Grover E, Hossain MK, Uddin S, Venkatesh M, Ram PK, Dreibelbis R. Comparing the behavioral impact of a nudge-based handwashing intervention to high-intensity hygiene education: a cluster-randomized trial in rural Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. PMID 29124826 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12999  0.393
2017 Najnin N, Leder K, Qadri F, Forbes A, Unicomb L, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Leontsini E, Nizame FA, Arman S, Begum F, Biswas SK, Clemens JD, Ali M, Cravioto A, et al. Impact of adding hand-washing and water disinfection promotion to oral cholera vaccination on diarrhoea-associated hospitalization in Dhaka, Bangladesh: evidence from a cluster randomized control trial. International Journal of Epidemiology. PMID 29025064 DOI: 10.1093/Ije/Dyx187  0.348
2017 Weaver AM, Parveen S, Goswami D, Crabtree-Ide C, Rudra C, Yu J, Mu L, Fry AM, Sharmin I, Luby SP, Ram PK. Pilot Intervention Study of Household Ventilation and Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in a Low-Income Urban Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 28722632 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.16-0326  0.61
2017 Kumar S, Loughnan L, Luyendijk R, Hernandez O, Weinger M, Arnold F, Ram PK. Handwashing in 51 Countries: Analysis of Proxy Measures of Handwashing Behavior in Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys, 2010-2013. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 28722572 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.16-0445  0.368
2017 Ram PK, Nasreen S, Kamm K, Allen J, Kumar S, Rahman MA, Zaman K, El Arifeen S, Luby SP. Impact of an Intensive Perinatal Handwashing Promotion Intervention on Maternal Handwashing Behavior in the Neonatal Period: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh. Biomed Research International. 2017: 6081470. PMID 28497058 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6081470  0.743
2016 Ashraf S, Nizame FA, Islam M, Dutta NC, Yeasmin D, Akhter S, Abedin J, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Unicomb L, Leontsini E, Luby SP. Nonrandomized Trial of Feasibility and Acceptability of Strategies for Promotion of Soapy Water as a Handwashing Agent in Rural Bangladesh. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. PMID 28025233 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.16-0304  0.332
2016 Weaver AM, Khatun-E-Jannat K, Cercone E, Krytus K, Sohel BM, Ahmed M, Rahman M, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Yu J, Fry AM, Luby SP, Ram PK. Household-level risk factors for secondary influenza-like illness in a rural area of Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. PMID 27889937 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12820  0.561
2016 Kamm KB, Vujcic J, Nasreen S, Luby SP, Zaman K, Al Arifeen S, Ram PK. Is pregnancy a teachable moment to promote handwashing with soap among primiparous women in rural Bangladesh? Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. PMID 27644068 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12782  0.745
2016 Dreibelbis R, Kroeger A, Hossain K, Venkatesh M, Ram PK. Behavior Change without Behavior Change Communication: Nudging Handwashing among Primary School Students in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13. PMID 26784210 DOI: 10.3390/Ijerph13010129  0.387
2015 Ram PK, DiVita MA, Khatun-E-Jannat K, Islam M, Krytus K, Cercone E, Sohel BM, Ahmed M, Rahman AM, Rahman M, Yu J, Brooks WA, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Fry AM, Luby SP. Impact of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Secondary Household Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Plos One. 10: e0125200. PMID 26066651 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0125200  0.32
2015 Doshi S, Silk BJ, Dutt D, Ahmed M, Cohen AL, Taylor TH, Brooks WA, Goswami D, Luby SP, Fry AM, Ram PK. Household-level risk factors for influenza among young children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a case-control study. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. 20: 719-29. PMID 25682788 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12475  0.333
2015 Vujcic J, Ram PK, Blum LS. Handwashing promotion in humanitarian emergencies: Strategies and challenges according to experts Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene For Development. 5: 574-585. DOI: 10.2166/Washdev.2015.009  0.338
2014 Pickering AJ, Blum AG, Breiman RF, Ram PK, Davis J. Video surveillance captures student hand hygiene behavior, reactivity to observation, and peer influence in Kenyan primary schools. Plos One. 9: e92571. PMID 24676389 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0092571  0.313
2014 Ram PK, Dutt D, Silk BJ, Doshi S, Rudra CB, Abedin J, Goswami D, Fry AM, Brooks WA, Luby SP, Cohen AL. Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90: 968-75. PMID 24664785 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.13-0532  0.411
2014 Vujcic J, Ram PK, Hussain F, Unicomb L, Gope PS, Abedin J, Mahmud ZH, Islam MS, Luby SP. Toys and toilets: cross-sectional study using children's toys to evaluate environmental faecal contamination in rural Bangladeshi households with different sanitation facilities and practices. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. 19: 528-36. PMID 24645919 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12292  0.313
2014 Gurley ES, Salje H, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri WA, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Luby SP, Breysse P, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Indoor exposure to particulate matter and age at first acute lower respiratory infection in a low-income urban community in Bangladesh. American Journal of Epidemiology. 179: 967-73. PMID 24607596 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kwu002  0.371
2014 Kamm KB, Feikin DR, Bigogo GM, Aol G, Audi A, Cohen AL, Shah MM, Yu J, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Associations between presence of handwashing stations and soap in the home and diarrhoea and respiratory illness, in children less than five years old in rural western Kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih. 19: 398-406. PMID 24405627 DOI: 10.1111/Tmi.12263  0.709
2014 Salje H, Gurley ES, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri W, Moss WJ, Luby SP, Breysse P, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Impact of neighborhood biomass cooking patterns on episodic high indoor particulate matter concentrations in clean fuel homes in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Indoor Air. 24: 213-20. PMID 24033488 DOI: 10.1111/Ina.12065  0.317
2013 Dreibelbis R, Winch PJ, Leontsini E, Hulland KR, Ram PK, Unicomb L, Luby SP. The Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in infrastructure-restricted settings. Bmc Public Health. 13: 1015. PMID 24160869 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1015  0.341
2013 Hulland KR, Leontsini E, Dreibelbis R, Unicomb L, Afroz A, Dutta NC, Nizame FA, Luby SP, Ram PK, Winch PJ. Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in Bangladesh using the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (IBM-WASH). Bmc Public Health. 13: 877. PMID 24060247 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-877  0.384
2013 Arnold BF, Null C, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Ahmed T, Ashraf S, Christensen G, Clasen T, Dentz HN, Fernald LC, Haque R, Hubbard AE, Kariger P, ... ... Ram PK, et al. Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale. Bmj Open. 3: e003476. PMID 23996605 DOI: 10.1136/Bmjopen-2013-003476  0.457
2013 Gurley ES, Homaira N, Salje H, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri W, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Breysse P, Luby SP, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Indoor exposure to particulate matter and the incidence of acute lower respiratory infections among children: a birth cohort study in urban Bangladesh. Indoor Air. 23: 379-86. PMID 23906055 DOI: 10.1111/Ina.12038  0.383
2013 Pickering AJ, Davis J, Blum AG, Scalmanini J, Oyier B, Okoth G, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Access to waterless hand sanitizer improves student hand hygiene behavior in primary schools in Nairobi, Kenya. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89: 411-8. PMID 23836575 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.13-0008  0.307
2013 Arnold BF, Galiani S, Ram PK, Hubbard AE, Briceño B, Gertler PJ, Colford JM. Optimal recall period for caregiver-reported illness in risk factor and intervention studies: a multicountry study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 177: 361-70. PMID 23364878 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kws281  0.332
2013 Gurley ES, Salje H, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri WA, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Luby SP, Breysse P, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Seasonal concentrations and determinants of indoor particulate matter in a low-income community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environmental Research. 121: 11-6. PMID 23127494 DOI: 10.1016/J.Envres.2012.10.004  0.334
2011 Olson CK, Blum LS, Patel KN, Oria PA, Feikin DR, Laserson KF, Wamae AW, Bartlett AV, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Community case management of childhood diarrhea in a setting with declining use of oral rehydration therapy: findings from cross-sectional studies among primary household caregivers, Kenya, 2007. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 85: 1134-40. PMID 22144458 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2011.11-0178  0.339
2011 Blum LS, Oria PA, Olson CK, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Examining the use of oral rehydration salts and other oral rehydration therapy for childhood diarrhea in Kenya. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 85: 1126-33. PMID 22144457 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2011.11-0171  0.345
2011 Ram PK, Jahid I, Halder AK, Nygren B, Islam MS, Granger SP, Molyneaux JW, Luby SP. Variability in hand contamination based on serial measurements: implications for assessment of hand-cleansing behavior and disease risk. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 84: 510-6. PMID 21460002 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.2011.10-0299  0.329
2011 Kiviniemi MT, Ram PK, Kozlowski LT, Smith KM. Perceptions of and willingness to engage in public health precautions to prevent 2009 H1N1 influenza transmission. Bmc Public Health. 11: 152. PMID 21385436 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-152  0.306
2010 Naheed A, Ram PK, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Parsons MB, Talukder KA, Mintz E, Luby S, Breiman RF. Burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in a densely populated urban community, Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Infectious Diseases : Ijid : Official Publication of the International Society For Infectious Diseases. 14: e93-9. PMID 20236850 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijid.2009.11.023  0.333
2008 Ram PK, Choi M, Blum LS, Wamae AW, Mintz ED, Bartlett AV. Declines in case management of diarrhoea among children less than five years old Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86. PMID 18368194 DOI: 10.2471/Blt.07.041384  0.3
2008 Gupta SK, Keck J, Ram PK, Crump JA, Miller MA, Mintz ED. Part III. Analysis of data gaps pertaining to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infections in low and medium human development index countries, 1984-2005. Epidemiology and Infection. 136: 721-38. PMID 17686197 DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700934X  0.314
2008 Crump JA, Ram PK, Gupta SK, Miller MA, Mintz ED. Part I. Analysis of data gaps pertaining to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi infections in low and medium human development index countries, 1984-2005 Epidemiology and Infection. 136: 436-448. PMID 17686194 DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009338  0.307
2007 Ram PK, Kelsey E, Rasoatiana, Miarintsoa RR, Rakotomalala O, Dunston C, Quick RE. Bringing safe water to remote populations: An evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar American Journal of Public Health. 97: 398-400. PMID 17267727 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2005.073460  0.359
2007 Ram PK, Naheed A, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Luby SP. Risk factors for typhoid fever in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection. 135: 458-65. PMID 16893490 DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007114  0.343
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