Dr E. Venkata Rao

Community Medicine, IMS & Sum Hospital, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan

Professor

Email: e.venkata.rao@gmail.com, evenkatarao@soa.ac.in

Qualifications

2003     M.D.           SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India.

1991     M.B., B.S.   MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Orissa, India.

Publications (selected)

1. Kundapur, Rashmi & Rashmi, Anusha & Aggarwal, Sumit & Panda, Meely & Jena, Shubharanjan & Epari, Venkatarao & Baidya, Shubratho & N R, Ramesh & Sahoo, Jyotiranjan & Sabat, Smaranita. (2024). The challenges of frontline health managers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: A framework analysis study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 13. 5177-5185. 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_867_24.

2. Kulkarni, India & Gairola, Sunil & Pisal, Sambhaji & Dhere, Rajeev & Mallya, Asha & Kumari, Nitu & Surendran, Jithin & Jahangir, & Kulkarni, Prasad & Kawade, Anand & Kohli, Sunil & Munshi, Renuka & Maliye, Chetna & Gogtay, Nithya & Singh, Kiranjit & Vengadakrishnan, K & Panigrahi, Sandeep & Sahoo, Jyotiranjan & Bavdekar, Ashish & Kapse, Dhananjay. (2024). Safety and immunogenicity of a pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine versus a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine in adults in India: an observer-blind, randomised, active-controlled, phase 2/3 study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00576-0.

3. Behera, Surama & Behera, Priyamadhaba & Mohanty, Sanjay & Singh, Rajeev & Patro, Binod & Mukherjee, Avinaba & Epari, Venkatarao. (2024). Socioeconomic gradient of lean diabetes in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey, 2019–21. PLOS Global Public Health. 4. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003172.

4. Kabi, Ananya & Nayak, Bikash & Ray, Satyajit & Gupta, Sandhya & Epari, Venkatarao & Sahoo, Jyotiranjan. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on online medical education – An online survey of students’ perspective. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 13. 1755-1759. 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1047_23.

5. Jena, Shubharanjan & Epari, Venkatarao & Sahoo, Krushna & Pradhan, Smruti & Agrawala, Sunil & Padhi, Sanjukta. (2024). Learning from the Active Hospital-Based Cancer Registry in India: An Ethnography Study. Discover Public Health. 21. 10.1186/s12982-024-00123-y.                                     

6. Satpathy, Nancy & Pradhan, Himanshu & Sarangi, Swapna & Epari, Venkatarao & Jena, Pratap & Dash, Samarendra & Mohanty, Debi & Mishra, Pratisha. (2024). Prevalence and Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Tobacco Use Among Medical and Dental Students in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Cureus. 16. 10.7759/cureus.58617.

7. Mohanty, Satyajit & Sarangi, Swapna & Epari, Venkatarao. (2024). "Fit-India-Movement" Promoting Physical Activity: A Perspective for Clinicians and Epidemiologists. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 11. 1499-1503. 10.14485/HBPR.11.2.1.     

8. Behera, Surama & Epari, Venkatarao & Behera, Priyamadhaba & Patro, Binod. (2024). Promotion and strategies of menstrual cup use among healthcare providers: A primer towards a sustainable solution for menstrual health and hygiene management in India. Indian Journal of Community Health. 36. 07-11. 10.47203/IJCH.2024.v36i01.003.

9. U., Venkatesh & P., Aparnavi & Ka, Mogan & R., Durga & Pearson, Jennifer & Kishore, Surekha & Joshi, Hari Shanker & Nair, Naveen & B., Nisha & Agrawal, Renu & Karavadi, Vidusha & Chenkual, C. & Nath, Bhola & Epari, Venkatarao & Kumari, Ranjeeta & Goyal, Pooja & Ahamed, Farhad & Baruah, Madhurjya & Anil, R. & Verma, Shikhar. (2024). Determinants of substance use among young people attending primary health centers in India. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. 11. 1-24. 10.1017/gmh.2024.13.                                          

10. Satpathy, Nancy & Epari, Venkatarao & Jena, Pratap. (2024). India's progressive step: Regulating tobacco on Over-the-Top streaming platforms. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 10. 1-2. 10.18332/tpc/181371.

11. Nayak, Bikash & Mohanty, Smaraki & Epari, Venkatarao & Mohapatra, Gurukrushna & Mohanty, Satyajit & Saha, Swapan & Mahapatra, Snehaprava. (2024). Prevalence of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Among Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the Intensive Area of Rayagada District of Odisha, India. International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope. 05. 224-231. 10.47857/irjms.2024.v05i01.0196.

12. Satpathy, Nancy & Jena, Pratap & Epari, Venkatarao & Yadav, Amit & Jena, Shubharanjan & Pradhan, Smruti & Dash, Samarendra. (2023). Health Warnings on Tobacco Packages: A Compliance Assessment Study Around Educational Institutions in Bhubaneswar, India. Cureus. 15. e51206. 10.7759/cureus.51206.

13. Das, Sagarika & Jena, Pratap & Satpathy, Nancy & Kishore, Jugal & a K, Kavitha & Epari, Venkatarao & Gadtia, Rashmirekha. (2023). Performance of the Heaviness of Smoking Index in Indian Settings. Cureus. 15. 10.7759/cureus.50433.

14. Kishore, Jugal & Kaur, Jagdish & Satpathy, Nancy & Jena, Pratap & Epari, Venkatarao. (2023). The Indian ban on loose cigarettes. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 21. 1-2. 10.18332/tid/172515.

15. Jena, Shubharanjan & Sahoo, Krushna & Samantaray, Kajal & Satpathy, Nancy & Epari, Venkatarao. (2023). Operational Feasibility of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Cureus. 15. 10.7759/cureus.42126.

16. Sahoo, Jyotiranjan & Mohanty, Smaraki & Gupta, Sandhya & Panigrahi, SandeepK & Mohanty, Sambedana & Prasad, Deepa & Epari, Venkatarao. (2023). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Iron Deficiency Anemia among the Tribal Residential Adolescent School Students of Odisha: A Cross-Sectional Study. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 48. 562. 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_453_22.

17. Pradhan, Smruti & Agrawala, Sunil & Sahoo, Jyotiranjan & Pradhan, Sukanta & Jena, Shubharanjan & Satpathy, Nancy & Epari, Venkatarao. (2023). Survival of Gastric Cancer Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India: A Retrospective Data Analysis. Cureus. 15. 10.7759/cureus.37064.

18. Nayak, Gayatri & a K, Kavitha & Satpathy, Nancy & Epari, Venkatarao & Kishore, Jugal & Jena, Pratap & Mohanty, Parimala & Panda, Santosh & Behera, Chinmay & Singh, Ajit & Mohapatra, Ipsa. (2023). Gendered Pattern and Predictors of Tobacco use in India: Evidence from the Second Round of Global adult Tobacco Survey. 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_102_22.                                     

19. Jena, Shubharanjan & Satpathy, Nancy & Sahoo, Krushna & Epari, Venkatarao. (2023). Access to water, sanitation and hygiene in schools: A prerequisite to achieving SDGs in India. Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene. 63. 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.4.2539.

20. Jena, Shubharanjan & Sahoo, Krushna & Modak, Biswajit & Epari, Venkatarao & Satpathy, Sudhir & Kaur, Harpreet & Pati, Sanghamitra. (2023). An ethnographic approach to understand cultural perspectives of tribes on branding practice for sick children in Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 156. 357-363. 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3205_21.

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