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Longing and Loss in Words: Exploring the Attitudinal World through Text World Theory in Farzana Aqib’s <i>Where is My Farmer</i> Open

Aziz Khan, Maida Zafar, Aamir Hassan Shah, Manisha Shah · 2025

The present paper discusses the description of a person and a place through feelings in the poem Where is My Farmer (2021) by Farzana Aqib. It is discussed in the paper through the Text world Theory (TWT) as an attitudinal world concept th…

Hot Weather, Undernutrition, and Adaptation in Rural India Open

Paul Stainier, Manisha Shah, Alan Barreca · 2025

Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Pakistan Open

Zachary Wagner, Corrina Moucheraud, Manisha Shah, Alexandra Wollum, Willa Friedman , et al. · 2025

Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate disparities. We use a randomised controlled trial to evaluate an intervention to reduce family planning provider bias towards yo…

Hybrid vs. Traditional : Work Arrangements and Family Dynamics for Females With Young Children Open

Aditya D. Mohite, Anju Kapoor, Manisha Shah · 2025

This research examines how different work arrangements affect the balance between work and family life for working women with young children in Mumbai, India. The study compares women who follow traditional work schedules with those who wo…

Hot Weather, Undernutrition, and Adaptation in Rural India Open

Paul Stainier, Manisha Shah, Alan Barreca · 2025

Farzana Aqib’s Poem Little Sparta in the Mind’s Eye: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach through Text World Theory Open

Manisha Shah, Aziz Khan, Ihsan Ullah Khan · 2024

This research paper explores how readers build mental pictures and understand deeper meanings while reading Farzana Aqib’s patriotic poem "Little Sparta". Using Text World Theory, a cognitive stylistic approach developed by Werth (1999) an…

Contraceptive Care Visit Objectives and Outcomes: Evidence From Burkina Faso, Pakistan, and Tanzania Open

Corrina Moucheraud, Alexandra Wollum, Mohamad I. Brooks, Manisha Shah, Jessica D. Gipson , et al. · 2024

Globally, care experiences of the growing population of contraceptive users are not well‐understood. We leverage a large client dataset ( n = 71,602) from three countries (Burkina Faso, Pakistan, and Tanzania) to characterize contraceptive…

A multi-component intervention to reduce bias during family planning visits: qualitative insights on implementation from Burkina Faso, Pakistan and Tanzania Open

Corrina Moucheraud, Alexandra Wollum, Muhammad Ali Awan, William H. Dow, Willa Friedman , et al. · 2024

Disruptions to early childhood preschool services during a pandemic: Evidence from India Open

Saravana Ravindran, Manisha Shah · 2024

Much less is known about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of early childhood preschool services relative to research on school closures. We conducted surveys of more than 5000 early childhood service providers and leve…

The Effects of Hot Weather on Rural Indian Diets Open

Paul Stainier, Manisha Shah, Alan Barreca · 2024

Comprehensive Electrochemical Investigations of a Novel Ni/Co/Zr Ternary Oxide Composite as a High-Performance Electrode Material for Supercapacitors Open

Aman Kumar, Manisha Shah · 2024

Understanding the Impact of Low-Cost Loans on Forced Labor Open

Anisha Sharma, Manisha Shah, Beata Łuczywek · 2024

Beyond Bias Provider Survey Data Open

Zachary Wagner, Corrina Moucheraud, Manisha Shah, Alexandra Wollum, Willa Friedman , et al. · 2023

Provider survey data were surveys conducted with health care providers who provide family planning care at facilities enrolled in the Beyond Bias study. Providers were surveyed August and September 2021.

Improving Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Open

Manisha Shah, Sarah Baird, Jennifer Seager, Benjamin Avuwadah, Joan Hamory , et al. · 2023

This study provides causal evidence on the impact of life skills programming on the mental health of adolescent girls aged 10-19 in three distinct low- and middle-income countries: Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia. Life skills interventi…

Beyond Bias Client Exit Survey Data Open

Zachary Wagner, Corrina Moucheraud, Manisha Shah, Alexandra Wollum, Mohamad I. Brooks , et al. · 2023

Surveys conducted with with family planning clients who visited facilities enrolled in the Beyond Bias study from September 2020 to August 2021

Sex, Power, and Adolescence: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Behaviors Open

Manisha Shah, Jennifer Seager, Joao Montalvao, Markus Goldstein · 2023

Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence across the globe.This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized controlled trial that offers females a goal setting activity to improve their se…

Reminders, but not monetary incentives, increase COVID-19 booster uptake Open

Tom Chang, Mireille Jacobson, Manisha Shah, Matthew Kopetsky, Rajiv Pramanik , et al. · 2023

Despite substantially decreasing the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, COVID-19 booster vaccination rates remain low around the world. A key question for public health agencies is how to increase booster vaccination rates, p…

Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior: Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers Open

Saravana Ravindran, Lelys Dinarte Diaz, Manisha Shah, Shawn Powers, Helen Baker‐Henningham · 2023

Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe. This paper studies the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting practices in Jamaica. Short-term …

Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior: Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers Open

Lelys I. Dinarte Diaz, Saravana Ravindran, Manisha Shah, Shawn Powers, Helen Baker‐Henningham · 2023

Approximately 75% of children aged 2 to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline across the globe.We study the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting practices in Jamaica.We find the interventio…

Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers: Experimental Evidence From Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan Open

Zachary Wagner, Corrina Moucheraud, Manisha Shah, Alexandra Wollum, Willa Friedman , et al. · 2023

Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate disparities.We use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an intervention to reduce family planning provider bias towards you…

Unintended consequences of lockdowns, COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic in India Open

Saravana Ravindran, Manisha Shah · 2023

Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, Burkina Faso, and Pakistan Open

Zachary Wagner, Corrina Moucheraud, Manisha Shah, Alexandra Wollum, Willa Friedman , et al. · 2023

The dirty business of eliminating open defecation: The effect of village sanitation on child height from field experiments in four countries Open

Lisa Cameron, Paul Gertler, Manisha Shah, María Laura Alzúa, Sebastián Martínez , et al. · 2022

Can financial incentives and other nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations among the vaccine hesitant? A randomized trial Open

Mireille Jacobson, Tom Chang, Manisha Shah, Rajiv Pramanik, Samir B. Shah · 2022

Despite rapid initial uptake, COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States stalled within a few months of widespread rollout in 2021. In response, many state and local governments, employers and health systems used public health messaging, f…

Insight towards the effect of the multi basic cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on cellular proteases Open

Kamal Shokeen, Shambhavi Pandey, Manisha Shah, Sachin Kumar · 2022

Preventing, but Not Caring for, Adolescent Pregnancies? Disparities in the Quality of Reproductive Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa Open

Corrina Moucheraud, Kaitlyn McBride, Patrick Heuveline, Manisha Shah · 2022

Association between vaccine preventable diseases in children and improved sanitation following a nationwide sanitation campaign in India: an ecological analysis Open

Parvati Singh, Donald N. Forthal, Manisha Shah, Tim A. Bruckner · 2022

Objective Persistent exposure to faecal pathogens due to open defecation may cause environmental enteropathy that, in turn, may lead to undernutrition and vaccine failure in under 5-year-old (u5) children. The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) p…

Women’s well-being during a pandemic and its containment Open

Natalie Bau, Gaurav Khanna, Corinne Low, Manisha Shah, Sreyashi Sharmin , et al. · 2022

Compounding inequalities: Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic Open

Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird, Bassam Abu Hamad, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Erin Oakley , et al. · 2022

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and associated risk-mitigation strategies have altered the social contexts in which adolescents in low- and middle-income countries live. Little is known, however, about the impacts of the pandemic on displace…

Importance Of Employee Relations for The Management of Organization Open

Shefali Tiwari, Manisha Shah, Abdul Apj · 2022

The ability and competency of the personnel is critical to the success of any firm. The degree of productivity in a company will be greatly affected by how successfully employers establish a happy work environment that meets the emotional …

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