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Mahesh Karra

Karra Article Details Impact of Improved Access to Family Planning

in Research

Professor Karra and his coauthors show that exposure to the intervention increased the intervention group’s control over birth spacing and postpartum fertility, which in turn may contribute to women’s longer-term health and well-being.

Tagged: 2022, Africa, Family Planning, GDP Center, Global Development Policy Center, Mahesh Karra, Malawi, Women, Women's Health

Brulé and Karra Reflect on the State of Human Capital Development

in Centers & Programs, In the Media

Professors Brulé and Karra share their thoughts on the impacts COVID-19 has had on global health and gender inequality and offer predictions for the future.

Tagged: 2022, GDP Center, Global Development Policy Center, Human Capital Initiative, Mahesh Karra, Rachel Brule, Women's Health

Karra Publishes Policy Briefs on Family Planning in Malawi

in Research

In two new GDP Center policy briefs, Professor Karra explores issues surrounding family planning services and women’s contraceptive preferences in Malawi as well as the multiple barriers maternal health services there face.

Tagged: 2021, Family Planning, Mahesh Karra, Malawi, Urban Malawi, Women's Health

Karra Publishes Working Paper on Unmet Contraceptive Needs

in Research

“Under Karra’s methodology, measures of unmet need among different populations of women are on average five to six percentage points higher than the standard measures of unmet need that are currently used by the DHS.”

Tagged: 2021, GDP Center, Global Development Policy Center, Mahesh Karra, Women's Health, Working Paper

Karra Presents at Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting

in Research

Karra presented on research exploring topics such as “User-Centered Counseling in Contraceptive Decision-making” and “The Association Between Age, COVID-19 Symptoms, and Social Distancing Behavior in the United States.”

Tagged: 2021, Mahesh Karra, Malawi, Women, Women's Health

Karra Publishes Research on User-Centered Family Planning

in Research

Professor Karra’s research aims to determine how a tailored, preference-driven approach to family planning counseling and the involvement of male partners may contribute to shaping women’s contraceptive preferences and choices.

Tagged: 2021, Family Planning, Mahesh Karra, Malawi

Karra Publishes Op-ed on Maternal & Child Health Amid COVID

in In the Media

“If the delivery of routine maternal and child health care is disrupted…many women and children will die. The longer coverage gaps persist, the more lives will be lost even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.”

Tagged: 2021, Child health, COVID-19, Mahesh Karra, Op-Ed, Women's Health

Karra Presents Findings of Study on Family Planning in Malawi 

in Events News

Professor Karra’s new research explores how effective user-centered counselling approaches may be to help women in Malawi make informed decisions when considering contraceptive method.

Tagged: 2021, Family Planning, Mahesh Karra, Malawi, Urban Malawi

Faculty Weigh In On Priorities for Human Development

in Centers & Programs

What should the top policy priorities be for supporting human development in the year ahead?

Tagged: 2021, Child health, COVID-19, Development, GDP Center, Gender, Mahesh Karra, Rachel Brule

Pardee Center Launches Rising Powers Initiative

in Centers & Programs

RPI will conduct interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research on five emerging powers with increasing global impact.

Tagged: 2021, ASEAN, China, European Union, germany, India, Jorge Heine, Joshua Shifrinson, Kaija Schidle, Kevin Gallagher, Mahesh Karra, Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

Karra Awarded BU Seed Grant Award

in Research, Videos

Professor Karra’s research aims to identify strategies for delivering reproductive health services through social networks in low-income settings in India.

Tagged: 2020, Mahesh Karra, research grants

Karra Joined the Editorial Committee for Studies in Family Planning

in Faculty News

Professor Karra joins the journal, which publishes public health, social science, and biomedical research with a primary focus on developing countries.

Tagged: 2020, Editorial Board, Faculty News, Mahesh Karra, Studies in Family Planning

Karra’s Research Published in AJAE

in Research

Prof. Karra’s research analyzes how inter‐generational power dynamics within rural Indian households affect women’s network formation.

Tagged: 2020, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Family Planning, India, Mahesh Karra

Karra’s Research Published in Multiple Academic Journals

in Research

Two of Professor Karra’s papers were featured in JMIR Research Protocols and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 

Tagged: 2020, Family Planning, Mahesh Karra, Public Health, research

Karra’s Research Featured in Ideas for India

in Research

Prof. Mahesh Karra’s featured forthcoming research explores the role of mothers-in-law in India.

Tagged: 2020, India, Mahesh Karra, Reproductive Health, Women's Health

Karra Named Max Planck Sabbatical Award Laureate

in Research

Through the Max Planck Sabbatical Award, Professor Mahesh Karra plans to be at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research during his sabbatical in 2021.

Tagged: 2020, Awards, Faculty News, Mahesh Karra, Research Funding

BtH: Why Global Studies Matters Right Now

in Beyond the Headlines, Videos

During a special online edition of Beyond the Headlines (BtH), panelists discuss why global studies is so important today.

Tagged: 2020, Adil Najam, Ambassador Vesko Garcevic, BtH, global studies, Mahesh Karra, Rachel Nolan

Karra Presents on Gender and Mobile Money

in Research

Professor Mahesh Karra presented the preliminary findings of a study on gender and mobile money in Mozambique.

Tagged: 2020, Africa, Faculty News, Mahesh Karra, research

Karra Publishes Research on Medicare & Medicaid Expansion

in Research

Professor Mahesh Karra’s new research on public perception of the future expansion of Medicare and Medicaid has been published.

Tagged: 2020, Faculty News, Mahesh Karra, medicaid buy-in, medicare for all, Pardee School

Karra Co-Authors Research on Postpartum Family Planning in Tanzania

in Research

New research co-authored by Mahesh Karra evaluates the intervention that sought to improve women’s access to PPFP in Tanzania.

Tagged: 2020, BMC Public Health, Mahesh Karra, research

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