Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, PhD, MPH
@lakshmigop
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Postdoc @UCSF | @UCBerkeleySPH @UNC @LSE alum | Gender + SRH + Community health workers | Lover of nature | Wanderlust | Views my own
Berkeley, CA
Joined January 2021
*New* May was mental health awareness month in the US. But every day is mental health awareness day. My article in @PLOSMentalHlth emphasizes addressing the missing "m" in MCH: maternal mental health. Read here:
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Taking a shot here, but does anyone have access to Ovid database? I’m working on a systematic review and need to run a search. Thanks.
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#NewArticleAlert 🚨 @lakshmigop @UCSF sheds light on global disparities in the prevalence and management of perinatal depression and makes recommendations for the way forward #perinataldepression #perinatalmentalhealth
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Do you know a PhD graduate who wants to build a career in health research in Nepal? Please share this exciting job posting with @possiblehealth (link in the next tweet).
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For integration of Mental Health into routine Maternity Care, Awareness is the first step. @NIMHANS_BLR and @UNICEFIndia collaborate to produce this short film on maternal mental health. #maternalMHmatters
https://t.co/m6uDvlN4Sa
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The first step for the integration of mental health into routine maternity care is increased awareness. NIMHANS and UNICEF India collaborate to produce this ...
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Accepted at @JPopEcon! The first paper to examine the relationship between SHG membership & FLFP at the national level over time. It was so much fun to work with my amazing co-authors, @Shantanu__K & @dakshwl 😊 cc @bijurao @N_Kabeer @soumya_kmehta
#EconTwitter #econtwitter
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Journal: "Suggesting at least 6 peer-reviewers is required for submission" and then after a day, you get a desk reject from the journal. Ugh
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What truly sets TARANG apart is its holistic approach, involving not just the women but also their husbands and mothers-in-law. It recognizes the pivotal role of family dynamics in decision-making processes related to family planning and dismantling gender norms.
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The intervention TARANG (Transforming Actions for Reaching and Nurturing Gender Equity and Empowerment), named for its Hindi symbolism of 'cascading waves,' equips women with critical life skills such as decision-making, negotiation & communication, and SRH knowledge.
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Primary outcomes are: unintended pregnancy and modern contraceptive use, adding to the evidence on the impact of empowerment interventions on health outcomes.
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📗New protocol paper: describes the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to study the impact of six-month life skills and reproductive health empowerment group-based intervention for newly married women in Rajasthan.
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Is it me, or are people generally having more trouble with #Zotero
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For better or for worse? Change in social norms across states in India over 3 decades thru 12 graphs👇🏽But wait, how is this related to the movies? 🤔 Pics say it better than words 😁 @N_Kabeer @Ravinder_IITD @BMGFIndia @official_udaiti @CedaAshoka
https://t.co/ScLlp4nOPs
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On a range of issues, there has been improvement, but the heavy burden of domestic chores and care work on women needs to change.
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It is important to have essential stakeholders such as husbands and mothers-in-law engage in interventions.
"Neglecting to incorporate the family into our analytical frameworks & data collection can result in, at best, an incomplete understanding of economic behaviors & outcomes, and at worst, erroneous conclusions." See my new blog on Dev Impact.
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1.6 billion people use Microsoft Excel. But Excel + ChatGPT works like magic. Here's how you can use it to save hours every week: 🔖10/10 Would Bookmark:
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