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Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Disciplines

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Saseendran PallikadavathDr Saseendran Pallikadavath

Title: Dr
Qualifications: PhD in Demography from the Australian National University, Canberra
Department: Centre for Social Work, SHSSW
Address: St Michael’s Building, White Swan Road, PO1 2DT
Email: sasee.pallikadavath@port.ac.uk

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?

Research supervision

What is your background?

Demography and Anthropology

What are your research interests?

  • International Health
  • Demography
  • Reproductive health
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Maternal health
  • Substance misuse in UK
  • Fertility with special reference to developing countries
  • Abortion
  • Secondary data analysis- e.g. Demographic and Health Surveys
  • Countries of interest: Africa, India and UK

How many times have you supervised as:-

Director of Studies(completed supervisions only) - 0
2nd Supervisor(completed supervisions only) - 0

Publications (up to three)

Pallikadavath S, Stones RW. Maternal and social factors associated with abortion in India: a population-based study. International Family Planning Perspectives 2006; 32: 120-125.

Pallikadavath S, Stones RW. Miscarriage in India: a population-based study. Fertility and Sterility 2005; 84: 516-518.

Pallikadavath S, Stones RW. Disseminating knowledge about AIDS through the Indian family planning program: prospects and limitations. AIDS 2003; 17: 2008-9.

Current Projects

  • Need assessment of alcohol misuse in Portsmouth (Portsmouth City Council)
  • An evaluation of CVD programme in Isle of Wight (IoW PCT)
  • Developing an international collaborative research programme on reproductive health (ESRC)
  • An analysis of reproductive health data in Portsmouth (Portsmouth PCT)
  • Consequences of low fertility in developing countries

Past Projects

I have carried out over 20 research projects on various aspects of population and international health. A sample of projects is listed below:

  • Measuring maternal mortality in India (Funded by British Academy)
  • Need assessment of drug and alcohol use among children and young people in Hampshire (Funded by Hampshire DATT)
  • Out of pocket expenditure on health care in India (funded by DFID)
  • Participated in the 6 year programme on reproductive health funded by DFID

Define best research/education experience

  • ESRC/ICSSR exchange visitor award 2008-09
  • AusAID international scholarship for PhD