Marian Abraham

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Application of Chi Square test for Homogeneity for two periods?

Hi, If I have survey data of a population and I want to report the status of a nominal variable (Eg: adolescent girls with BMI

28 August 2023 4,758 0 View

How to do a meta analysis--defining a model?

Hi, I wanted to know the fundamental basics of a meta analysis. I have read up and found many diff methods being applied to answer a given research question. I want to understand the below: 1....

21 July 2020 4,742 5 View

Charts that capture difference in progress on health indicators?

Hi, I have some hospital data that I want to plot the progress of treatment between baseline and endline. For eg: BMI of a child according to age..I want to capture when the progress was most...

27 June 2020 6,267 0 View

Advanced analysis of summary data of 2 different surveys?

Hi, I am doing a state wise comparison of nutrition related data of 2 different surveys and I am using their state wise estimates. I have raw data for only 1 data set and I understand that I...

21 January 2020 8,754 3 View

Recommendation on research on Bangladesh/South Asian programs on breastfeeding/nutrition <1 year child?

Hi, I am looking for references on nutrition interventions in south asian nations like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (mostly nutrition sensitive/preventive approach) to reduce growth...

06 January 2020 7,775 8 View

Literature on relations between Rations and Health Status improvement?

Hi, I am looking for any studies done in India, elsewhere that have specifically studied the impact of any food or oil as household supplementation (eg ration, food coupon like system) on health...

18 July 2019 4,233 0 View

Suitability of Poisson Regression?

Hi, I am looking at dietary diversity (7 food group score data) as a dependent variable and with 2 continous and 2 categorical variables as independent variables.. Is poisson regression okay for...

15 May 2019 7,102 5 View

When to use Nominal Variable in linear regression?

Hi, I want to use a nominal variable with 4 categories (who accompanied the mother in hospital) in a multivariate linear regression model that uses 3 other continuous IV. Please let me know if...

11 April 2019 3,169 2 View

Types of appropriate non-monetary incentives for behavioural change ?

Hi, I need to suggestions on non-monetary incentives ( eg- Agri) that can be used to improve both nutrition related behaviours among tribal parents as well as serve to increase duration (days) in...

05 February 2019 8,742 4 View

Interpretation of Dummy Variable ?

Hi, I have done a linear model with 3 IV including female dummy on weight for height Z score.. I need help with understanding the effect of coeff value (positive value) with regards to intercept...

07 November 2018 7,753 3 View

Type of forecasting method?

Hi, I have 3 years hospital data for two types of hospital (X and Y).. X has a higher percentage of monthly target weight gain but the duration of stay in each is different (X is 2- 3 weeks...

24 October 2018 6,355 7 View

Qualitative Vulnerability Assement of SAM households?

Hi, I am planning to do indepth community profiling of certain regions that have the highest and least incidence of malnutrition in a particular district. Please provide some...

06 March 2018 7,219 3 View

Health Facility Scoring?

Hi, I am looking to develop an index or score for facilities on different indicators: access, cleanliness.. Does anyone know of any present scales or index?

11 November 2017 4,628 4 View

Suggestions on Stimulation & Preschool Malnutrition?

Hi, I want to conduct a mental development test on Indian tribal SAM/MAM children (7 months-5 yrs) who visit a facility for inpatient care .. The objective is to link level of nutritional...

13 October 2017 830 1 View

Parental Attitude Survey_Nutrition ??

Hi, I am looking to administer a nutritional attitudinal survey to parents (mostly uneducated) regarding their knowledge of diet and nutrition.. My main objective to examine faults in attitudes...

13 October 2017 1,437 5 View

Social Causes for Sickle cell Anemia in Tribals?

Hi, I am interested in understanding why children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and other socially backward communities ( apart from genetic, lack of awareness, medical reach) tend to have higher...

29 August 2017 3,716 3 View

Sociology of medicine_Social Constructionism

Hi, I am looking for some basic readings so that I could develop a questionnaire to understand social meanings, dynamics and notions of health conditions in tribal community. If there any readings...

07 August 2017 8,210 3 View

Theorising inclusivity in education system ?

Hi, I am trying to explore theoretical concepts to assess whether the education system accommodates the situations of learners from different ethnic backgrounds. For example, use a lens to analyse...

29 April 2017 154 5 View

Number of Observations for each category of independent variable for logistic regression?

Hi, If there is a binary/nominal dependent variable and one wants to do a logistic regression analysis. In that case, for a given categorical predictor, how many minimum observations are...

01 January 1970 6,120 3 View