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Sulochana Abraham
Researcher at Christian Medical College & Hospital
Publications - 27
Citations - 1546
Sulochana Abraham is an academic researcher from Christian Medical College & Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Community health. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1484 citations.
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Post-partum depression in a cohort of women from a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India. Incidence and risk factors
TL;DR: Depression occurred as frequently during late pregnancy and after delivery as in developed countries, but there were cultural differences in risk factors.
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Suicides in young people in rural southern India.
Rita Aaron,Abraham Joseph,Sulochana Abraham,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Kuryan George,Jasmine Prasad,Shantidani Minz,Vinod Joseph Abraham,Anuradha Bose +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the verbal autopsy method to assign cause of death and found that suicide rates of young women are several fold higher than those reported anywhere in the world, especially in young women.
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Evaluation of suicide rates in rural India using verbal autopsies, 1994-9
Abraham Joseph,Sulochana Abraham,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Kelley George,J. Prasad,Shantidani Minz,Vinod Joseph Abraham,K. S. Jacob +7 more
TL;DR: Using verbal autopsies in the 85 villages of the Kaniyambadi region of southern India to calculate mean age and sex specific suicide rates for the period 1994-9, a community health worker, health aide, community nurse, and doctor reached a consensus on the cause of death.
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Solar disinfection of water for diarrhoeal prevention in southern India
Anuradha Rose,Sheela Roy,Vinod Joseph Abraham,Gunnar Holmgren,Kuryan George,Vinohar Balraj,Sulochana Abraham,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Abraham Joseph,Gagandeep Kang +9 more
TL;DR: Solar disinfection of water is an inexpensive, effective, and acceptable method of increasing water safety in a resource limited environment, and can significantly decrease diarrhoeal morbidity in children.
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Reproductive tract infections among young married women in Tamil Nadu, India.
J. Prasad,Sulochana Abraham,Kathleen M Kurz,Valentina George,M. K. Lalitha,Renu John,M N R Jayapaul,Nandini Shetty,Abraham Joseph +8 more
TL;DR: Young married women in this rural Indian community have a high prevalence of RTIs but seldom seek treatment, and the low social status of women especially young women appears to be a significant influence on their low rates of treatment.