Dr. Dinesh Kumar M. Sc., Ph.D.

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ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health


Profile

Dr. Dinesh Kumar research focuses on maternal and child health among the tribes in the state of M. P. His future plan is to develop research protocols on tribal habitats, lifestyles and traditional tribal medicinal system in three states (M.P, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan).

Research Interests

  • Maternal and child health
  • Epidemiology of communicable & non-communicable disease
  • Estimation of burden disease
  • Health evaluation
  • Public & tribal health

Scientific Staff

  • Ajay Kumar Goel, Principal Technical Officer
  • Mr. Rakesh Kumar Jaiswal, Technician-A

Past Research students

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Ongoing research projects

  • Improving quality of care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period by implementing knowledge based IEC intervention among tribal population of Shahdol Division in M.P. (Concept -proposal submitted in ICMR for consideration).
  • Study of improving neonatal health by implementing IEC intervention among tribal population in Satna district of M.P. (Concept -proposal submitted in ICMR for consideration).

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Publications

  • Kumar D, Srivastava S. Neonatal Mortality and Associated Factors in Tribal Community. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2024; 68(2): 336-337. Impact Factor: 0.9
  • Kumar D. Impact of intervention on adequate antenatal care and associated factors among Baiga tribal women of Madhya Pradesh: a case-control study. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2024; 11(7): 2695-2702. Impact Factor: 2.6
  • Singh T, Kumar D. Perinatal risk in India’s scheduled tribe. The Lancet. 2024; 404(10456): 933–934. Impact Factor: 98.4
  • Dinesh Kumar, Nishant Saxena, Suyesh Srivastava, Manjunatha Char HV. Nutrition status and associated factors among preschool tribal children (2-5 year) age in five Indian districts: A cross-sectional study from three states. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2024 May;11(5):1973-1982. DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20241196.
  • Dinesh Kumar, Shweta Sharma, Taranand Singh. Integration of telemedicine system in rural-tribal setting in India: A perspective view. Journal of Community Health Management (JCMH). 2024; vol 11(1):35-37. DOI: 10.18231/j.jchm.2024.008.
  • Kumar D (2005) Tribal literacy disparity in India. Current Science: 88(5): 676. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_088_05_0676_0676_1
  • Kumar D (2007) Prevalence of female Infertility and its socio-economic factors in Tribal communities of Central India: International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote health: 7(2): 1-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17489647
  • Kumar D, Verma A, Sehgal VK (2007) Neonatal mortality in India. International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote health: 7(3): 1-2.https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9148/bf4daa0902826a4e8833d44e94306639a19f.pdf
  • Kumar S, Kumar D, Muniandi M, Soan V, Pandey M, Mishra DK (2013: Poverty Does Not Limit Tobacco Consumption among Tribal Population: Evidence from Central India. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013 Vol.14 (10), page 6195-6196. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cede/9027e9aa86197a0d8885e3702aa630197f68.pdf
  • Kumar D, Vishwakarma A, Goel AK (2015) Tribal newborn culture: An observation. Indian Journal of maternal and child health: 17(2):1-4.http://www.ijmch.org/system/app/pages/search?scope=search-site&q=Tribal+newborn+culture%3A+An+observation
  • Kumar D, Goel AK, Rajasubramaniam S (2016) Determinants of utilization of maternal health care services among Baiga community in Dindori district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies: 5(7): 72-84. http://gjms.co.in/GJMS/article/view/1981
  • Kumar D, Goel AK (2016) Use of antenatal care services and knowledge among Baiga women in Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Scientific Research: 7(1): 197-200. https://www.ijsr.in/upload/1635141986Chapter_31.pdf
  • Kumar D, Goel AK, Singh TB (2016) Women attitudes determination among who had not-used antenatal care services during pregnancy in Central India. A logistic regression analysis. The Journal of Community Health Management: 3(4):178-184. http://www.nirth.res.in/scientistsinfo/cv/dinesh/full_list_publications.pdf
  • Kumar D, Goel AK, Singh TB (2017) Estimation of risk factors for conducting delivery at home among Baiga women in Madhya Pradesh: A multinomial logistic regression analysis. International Journal of Science and Research: 6(2): 957-962. https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v6i2/ART2017624.pdf
  • Kumar D (2017) Effect of socio-demographic factors on first antenatal checkups in first trimester using analysis of Binary Logistic Regression Model. Bulletin of Mathematics and Statistical Research-A Peer Reviewed International Research: 5(2): 37-44. http://www.nirth.res.in/scientistsinfo/cv/dinesh/full_list_publications.pdf