S. Padmadas

Most-cited papers

1. Community factors affecting rising caesarean section rates in developing countries: an analysis of six countries.

   Tiziana Leone, S. Padmadas, Z. Matthews

   2008Social Science & Medicine (1967)198 citations

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2. Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Use of Postnatal Care in India

   Abhishek Singh, S. Padmadas, U. Mishra, S. Pallikadavath +2 more

   2012PLoS ONE118 citations Open access

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3. Spatiotemporal Variations in Rainfall and Temperature in Ghana Over the Twentieth Century, 1900–2014

   Tawia Abbam, F. Johnson, J. Dash, S. Padmadas

   201891 citations Open access

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4. Dominance of Sterilization and Alternative Choices of Contraception in India: An Appraisal of the Socioeconomic Impact

   Isabel Tiago de Oliveira, José G. Dias, S. Padmadas

   2014PLoS ONE82 citations Open access

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5. Interventions to improve immigrant health. A scoping review

   E. Diaz, Gaby Ortiz-Barreda, Y. Ben-Shlomo, M. Holdsworth +5 more

   2017European Journal of Public Health75 citations Open access

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6. Why do some health care providers disrespect and abuse women during childbirth in India?

   Kaveri Mayra, Z. Matthews, S. Padmadas

   2021Women and Birth72 citations Open access

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7. The Burden of Maternal Health Care Expenditure in India: Multilevel Analysis of National Data

   Tiziana Leone, K. S. James, S. Padmadas

   2013Maternal and Child Health Journal63 citations Open access

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8. Mapping road traffic crash hotspots using GIS-based methods: A case study of Muscat Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman

   Amira K. Al-Aamri, G. Hornby, Li-Chun Zhang, A. Al-Maniri +1 more

   202161 citations Open access

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9. Measuring Birth Weight in Developing Countries: Does the Method of Reporting in Retrospective Surveys Matter?

   A. R. Channon, S. Padmadas, J. McDonald

   2009Maternal and Child Health Journal58 citations

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10. Global funding trends for malaria research in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic analysis

    M. Head, S. Goss, Y. Gelister, V. Alegana +8 more

    2017Lancet Global Health52 citations Open access

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11. Challenges and needed reforms in midwifery and nursing regulatory systems in India: Implications for education and practice

    Kaveri Mayra, S. Padmadas, Z. Matthews

    2021PLoS ONE48 citations Open access

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12. Does early childbearing and a sterilization-focused family planning programme in India fuel population growth?

    Z. Matthews, S. Padmadas, I. Hutter, J. McEachran +1 more

    200948 citations Open access

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13. How important are community characteristics in influencing children׳s nutritional status? Evidence from Malawi population-based household and community surveys.

    L. Chikhungu, N. Madise, S. Padmadas

    2014Health and Place45 citations Open access

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14. Breaking the silence about obstetric violence: Body mapping women’s narratives of respect, disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Bihar, India

    Kaveri Mayra, J. Sandall, Z. Matthews, S. Padmadas

    2022BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth44 citations Open access

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15. The perils of COVID-19 in Nepal: Implications for population health and nutritional status

    D. Singh, D. Sunuwar, B. Adhikari, Sylvia Szabo +1 more

    2020Journal of Global Health43 citations Open access

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16. Two decades of maternity care fee exemption policies in Ghana: have they benefited the poor?

    F. Johnson, Faustina Frempong-Ainguah, S. Padmadas

    2016Health Policy and Planning43 citations Open access

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17. Antenatal care use in Brazil and India: scale, outreach and socioeconomic inequality.

    Mônica Viegas Andrade, K. Noronha, Abhishek Singh, Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues +1 more

    2012Health and Place40 citations Open access

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18. Are Women Deciding against Home Births in Low and Middle Income Countries?

    F. Johnson, S. Padmadas, Z. Matthews

    2013PLoS ONE38 citations Open access

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19. On the Spatial Inequalities of Institutional Versus Home Births in Ghana: A Multilevel Analysis

    Fiifi Amoako Johnson, S. Padmadas, James J. Brown

    2008Journal of community health37 citations

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20. Climatic influence on the magnitude of COVID-19 outbreak: a stochastic model-based global analysis

    M. Pramanik, Koushik Chowdhury, M. J. Rana, Praffulit Bisht +7 more

    2020medRxiv35 citations Open access

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21. District-level Estimates of Institutional Births in Ghana: Application of Small Area Estimation Technique Using Census and DHS Data

    F. Johnson, Hukum Chandra, James J. Brown, S. Padmadas

    201035 citations

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22. Power relations and negotiations in contraceptive decision-making when husbands oppose family planning: analysis of ethnographic vignette couple data in Southwest Nigeria

    A. Adanikin, N. Mcgrath, S. Padmadas

    2019Culture, Health and Sexuality32 citations Open access

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23. Disentangling age–gender interactions associated with risks of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries in the Sultanate of Oman

    Amira K. Al-Aamri, S. Padmadas, Li-Chun Zhang, A. Al-Maniri

    2017BMJ Global Health28 citations Open access

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24. Orphanhood and vulnerability: a conduit to poor child health outcomes in Rwanda

    Fiifi Amoako Johnson, S. Padmadas, Peter W. F. Smith

    2010AIDS Care28 citations Open access

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25. Postabortion contraceptive use and method continuation in India

    A. J. Zavier, S. Padmadas

    2012International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics27 citations Open access

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26. The increase of sexually transmitted infections calls for simultaneous preventive intervention for more effectively containing HIV epidemics in China

    N. Zheng, Yan Guo, S. Padmadas, B. Wang +1 more

    2014BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology26 citations Open access

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27. Estimating unmet need for contraception by district within Ghana: An application of small-area estimation techniques

    Fiifi Amoako Johnson, S. Padmadas, Hukum Chandra, Z. Matthews +1 more

    2012Population studies25 citations

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28. High fertility regions in Bangladesh: a marriage cohort analysis.

    S. Islam, Mohammad Amirul Islam, S. Padmadas

    2010Journal of Biosocial Science24 citations Open access

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29. DISENTANGLING THE COMPLEX ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING AND HIV AMONG KENYAN WOMEN

    O. Maslovskaya, James J. Brown, S. Padmadas

    2009Journal of Biosocial Science24 citations

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30. Maternal socioeconomic status and infant feeding practices underlying pathways to child stunting in Cambodia: structural path analysis using cross-sectional population data

    C. Harvey, M. Newell, S. Padmadas

    2022BMJ Open23 citations Open access

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31. Women's economic empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from cross-national population data

    Eunice Williams, S. Padmadas, Heini Vaisanen

    2022Demographic Research23 citations Open access

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32. Contraceptive behavior among women after abortion in Nepal

    S. Padmadas, Mark Lyons-Amos, S. Thapa

    2014International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics23 citations

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33. MATERNAL SMOKING AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION SYMPTOMS AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN IN NEPAL: MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

    Govinda P. Dahal, F. Johnson, S. Padmadas

    2009Journal of Biosocial Science22 citations

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34. Socio-economic differentials in minimum dietary diversity among young children in South-East Asia: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys

    C. Harvey, M. Newell, S. Padmadas

    2018Public Health Nutrition21 citations Open access

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35. Impact of men's perception on family planning demand and uptake in Nigeria.

    A. Adanikin, N. Mcgrath, S. Padmadas

    2017Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare21 citations Open access

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36. Employment conditions and mental health of overseas female migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong: a parallel mediation analysis

    T. Sumerlin, Jean H. Kim, Alvin Yik-Kiu Hui, Dicken Chan +4 more

    2024International Journal for Equity in Health19 citations Open access

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37. Gender Inequalities in Employment and Wage-earning among Economic Migrants in Chinese Cities

    Qin Min, James J. Brown, S. Padmadas, Bo-Hua Li +2 more

    201619 citations Open access

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38. Social inequalities in low birthweight outcomes in Sri Lanka: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey 2016

    G. Abeywickrama, S. Padmadas, A. Hinde

    2020BMJ Open16 citations Open access

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39. Understanding family planning communication between husbands and wives: a multilevel analysis of wives’ responses from the Bangladesh DHS

    Islam, S. Padmadas, Peter W. F. Smith

    201016 citations

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40. The unexpected rise of cohabitation in the Philippines: evidence of socioeconomic disadvantage or a second demographic transition?

    Bernice Kuang, Brienna Perelli-Harris, S. Padmadas

    2019Asian Population Studies14 citations Open access

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41. Gender Inequalities in Employment and Wage-earning among Internal Labour Migrants in Chinese Cities

    Min Qin, James J. Brown, S. Padmadas, Bo-Hua Li +2 more

    201614 citations

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42. UNPACKING THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING POLICIES IN CHINA: ANALYSIS OF PARITY PROGRESSION RATIOS FROM RETROSPECTIVE BIRTH HISTORY DATA, 1971-2005.

    Min Qin, J. Falkingham, S. Padmadas

    2018Journal of Biosocial Science13 citations Open access

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43. A health promotion logic model to review progress in HIV prevention in China.

    D. Nutbeam, S. Padmadas, O. Maslovskaya, Zhi-Wei Wu

    2015Health Promotion International12 citations Open access

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44. Do mobile family planning clinics facilitate vasectomy use in Nepal?

    S. Padmadas, Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Tiziana Leone, Govinda P. Dahal

    2014Contraception12 citations

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45. Two-child policy in China: Rhetoric versus reality

    S. Padmadas

    2017Annals of Human Biology11 citations Open access

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46. Is Rapid Urbanisation Exacerbating Wealth-Related Urban Inequalities in Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Least Developed Countries

    Sylvia Szabo, S. Padmadas, J. Falkingham

    2017European Journal of Development Research10 citations Open access

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47. Spatial heterogeneity in son preference across India’s 640 districts: An application of small-area estimation

    Abhishek Singh, A. Upadhyay, Kaushalendra Kumar, Ashish Singh +2 more

    2022Demographic Research9 citations Open access

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48. A multilevel analysis of the effects of a reproductive health programme that encouraged informed choice of contraceptive method rather than use of officially preferred methods, China 2003–2005

    James J. Brown, Bo-Hua Li, S. Padmadas

    2010Population studies9 citations

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49. “I have to listen to them or they might harm me” and other narratives of why women endure obstetric violence in Bihar, India

    Kaveri Mayra, Z. Matthews, Jane Sandall, S. Padmadas

    2024Birth7 citations Open access

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50. Forecasting the SARS COVID-19 pandemic and critical care resources threshold in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: population analysis of aggregate data

    Amira K. Al-Aamri, Ayaman Al-Harrasi, Abdurahman K AAl-Abdulsalam, A. Al-Maniri +1 more

    2021BMJ Open7 citations Open access

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