Nikita Rao

ORCID: 0000-0003-0369-3650
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Research Areas
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Nursing Roles and Practices
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
  • Language Acquisition and Education

Georgia State University
2021-2023

National Institute of Nutrition
2016

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The HIV epidemic is a national focus within the United States (U.S.), Ending Epidemic (EHE) Initiative aiming to reduce new infections by 90% 2023 through scaling of prevention and treatment strategies. Data are crucial understanding HIV-related needs, barriers care, effectiveness interventions. While several publicly available datasets exist, few integrate multiple topic domains such as outcomes, social determinants health (SDOH), community-level factors....

10.2196/preprints.72088 preprint EN cc-by 2025-02-03

The transmission of health information from in-person communication to web-based sources has changed over time. Patients can find, understand, and use their without meeting a care provider are able participate more in management. In recent years, the internet emerged as primary source information, although clinical providers remain most credible source. ease access, anonymity, busy schedules may be motivating factors seek on web. Social media surfaced popular it provide news real increase...

10.2196/34708 article EN cc-by JMIR Formative Research 2022-04-13

Abstract Background Delivering evidence-based interventions to refugee and immigrant families is difficult for several reasons, including language cultural issues, access trust issues that can lead an unwillingness engage with the typical intervention delivery systems. Adapting both system make those more appropriate palatable targeted population, increasing uptake effectiveness. This study focuses on adaptation of SafeCare© parenting model, its through either standard implementation methods...

10.1186/s12889-021-11148-2 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2021-06-06

Social workers can promote resiliency among refugee families by referring them to evidence-based programs reduce the stressors of resettlement. The purpose this study was complete a structured adaptation process with SafeCare® program for implementation in resettlement community. Participants included 21 members an team made up administrators, supervisors, and family service providers from three community agencies health workers. Quantitative findings suggested that content, process,...

10.1177/10497315221079237 article EN Research on Social Work Practice 2022-03-08

Purpose Parent–child relationships formed in early childhood have profound implications for a child’s development and serve as determinant bio-social outcomes adulthood. Positive parenting behaviors play strong role this are especially impactful during times of crisis because they buffer stressors that may lead to externalizing internalizing behaviors. Children forced migrants experience numerous extreme their parents struggle with due own adjustment trauma histories. The purpose study is...

10.1108/jcs-01-2023-0002 article EN Journal of Children s Services 2023-12-23

Abstract Background Delivering evidence-based interventions to refugee and immigrant families is difficult for several reasons, including language cultural issues, access trust issues that can lead an unwillingness engage with the typical intervention delivery systems. Adapting both system make those most appropriate palatable targeted population, increasing uptake effectiveness. This study focuses on adaptation of SafeCare © parenting model, its through either standard implementation...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-473888/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2021-05-05

Purpose: Consumption of right diet during the adolescent phase is a critical issue among population as their eating behavior significantly influenced by peers. Therefore, study was carried out to educate School going girls living in urban slums Hyderabad, Telangana, India on nutrition. Methods –The two randomly selected government schools after obtaining approval from Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). About 200 each eighth and ninth standards were recruited subjects. The age participants...

10.20448/journal.522/2016.2.2/522.2.70.77 article EN Asian Journal of Education and Training 2016-12-01

South Asian American domestic violence services are a microcosm of the mainstream landscape in America. They emerged major cities during latter half twentieth century. There approximately thirty Asian-centric nonprofits country. offer culturally sensitive and trauma-informed to mainly women (and refugee populations) facing abuse. While they don’t explicitly withhold from non-South Asians or men, their use heteronormative language may prevent members LGBT community accessing services. This...

10.15781/t2930pc1k article EN 2018-04-01

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The transmission of health information from in-person communication to web-based sources has changed over time. Patients can find, understand, and use their without meeting a care provider are able participate more in management. In recent years, the internet emerged as primary source information, although clinical providers remain most credible source. ease access, anonymity, busy schedules may be motivating factors seek on web. Social media surfaced popular...

10.2196/preprints.34708 preprint EN 2021-11-04
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