Dr. Sabu S. Padmadas
MSc, PhD
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Position: Reader in Demography, Examinations Officer
Telephone: (023) 8059 4382
Email: ssp@soton.ac.uk
Biography
I joined the University of Southampton in October 2002 after completing my doctoral and post-doctoral research from the Population Research Centre at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Prior to that, I had been involved in the research on reproductive health indicators, an evaluation study for the strengthening of infrastructure in secondary level hospitals in Kerala taking into account of the changing patterns of infectious, degenerative and re-emerging diseases, and on the quality of health care services and family planning programmes in India.
Education
PhD (Demography), University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2000)
MSc (Demography), University of Kerala, India (1994)
BSc (Mathematics, Statistics, Physics), University of Kerala, India (1992)
UNFPA China Family Planning/ Reproductive Health Programme
Involved in the monitoring and evaluation of a large-scale reproductive health and family planning programme of the UNFPA in China (with James Brown). We completed evaluation of the Fourth (1998-2002) and Fifth Country programmes (2003-2005) and the evaluation of Sixth Country Programme (2006-2010) is currently in progress. The project is based in the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute. We work together with the colleagues from the China Population Development Research Centre of the National Population and Family Planning Commission and the National Centre for Women and Children's Health, Chinese Centre for Disease Control within the Ministry of Health of the PR Government of China. For details, click here.
PhD research students
- Mohammad Amirul Islam (Men’s involvement in reproductive health in Bangladesh), jointly with Peter W.F. Smith
- Fiifi Amoako Johnson (Spatial inequalities in pregnancy planning and delivery care uptake in Ghana: Multilevel and small area analysis), jointly with James J. Brown
- Andrew Channon (Perception of the size of the baby at birth as a proxy for birth weight: A comparative study of 14 DHS countries), jointly with John Mac McDonald
Referee
Population Studies International Family Planning Perspectives, American Journal of Epidemiology, Social Science & Medicine, Applied Statistics, Health Policy & Planning, American Journal of Public Health, Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, European Journal of Population, Public Health Nutrition, Journal of Biosocial Sciences, American Journal of Human Biology, Sociological Methods and Research, Population, Space and Place, Annals of Human Biology, Health Education, BMC Paediatrics, AIDS & Behaviour
Research interests
My primary research interests are in the field of demography, epidemiology and public health. The specific areas include: Contraceptive Dynamics, Reproductive and Child Health, Nutrition (Women and Children), Population Projections, Life Course Epidemiology & Population Health Policies
Teaching activities
STAT2001 – Population Analysis 1
STAT3003 – Population Projections
STAT2015/3016 – Population and Health
STAT2008/3011 – Demography (with Andrew Hinde)
STAT6003 – Contemporary Demographic Issues (with Ann Berrington)
STAT6034 - Demographic Methods II (with John Mac McDonald)
STAT2009 – Research Methods in Social Sciences (tutorial)
STAT1003 – Introduction to Quantitative Methods (tutorial)
Selected publications
| Books | |
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 | Padmadas, S.S. 2000 Intergenerational Transmission of Health: Reproductive Health of Mother and Child Survival in Kerala. Rozenberg (Thela-Thesis) Publishers, Amsterdam. On-line abstract, [reviewed by Stanley J. Ulijaszek, 2002] |
| Chapters in books | |
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| Ramanathan, M., Dilip, T.R. and Padmadas, S.S. 1998 Gender Dynamics in Data Collection on Reproductive Health: Field Experiences in Kerala, India. In Anita Hardon (ed.), Beyond Rhetoric: Participatory Research on Reproductive Health. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis Publishers., Chapter 4 | |
| Articles in journals | |
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| Amoako Johnson, F., Chandra, H., Brown, J.J. and Padmadas, S.S. 2010 District-level Estimates of Institutional Births in Ghana: Application of Small Area Estimation Technique Using Census and DHS Data. Journal of Official Statistics, 26(2), 341–359 . On-line abstract On-line article | |
| Amoako Johnson, F., Padmadas, S.S. and Smith, P.W.F 2010 Orphanhood and vulnerability: a conduit to poor child health outcomes in Rwanda. AIDS Care , 22(3), 314-323. | |
| Brown, J.J., LI, B. and Padmadas, S.S. 2010 A multilevel analysis of the effects of a reproductive health programme that encouraged informed choice of contraceptive method rather than use of officially preferred methods, China 2003-2005. Population Studies, 64(2), 105-115. On-line abstract On-line article | |
| Channon, A.R., Padmadas, S.S. and McDonald, J.W. 2010 Measuring Birth Weight in Developing Countries: Does the Method of Reporting in Retrospective Surveys Matter? Maternal and Child Health Journal On-line abstract, [Epub ahead of print] | |
| Islam, M.A., Padmadas, S.S. and Smith, P.W.F. 2010 Consistency in reporting condom use between husbands and wives in Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science , 42(4), 563-572. | |
| Islam, M.A., Padmadas, S.S. and Smith, P.W.F. 2010 Understanding family planning communication between husbands and wives: a multilevel analysis of wives’ responses from the Bangladesh DHS . Genus , 66(1), 1-15. | |
| Islam, S., Islam, M.A. and Padmadas, S.S. 2010 High fertility regions in Bangladesh: a marriage cohort analysis. Journal of BioSocial Science (in press) | |
| Amoako Johnson, F., Padmadas, S.S. and Brown, J.J. 2009 On the spatial inequalities of institutional versus home births in Ghana: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Community Health , 34(1), 64-72. On-line abstract | |
| Dahal, G.P., Amoako Johnson, F. and Padmadas, S.S. 2009 Maternal smoking and Acute Respiratory Infection symptoms among young children in Nepal: Multilevel analysis. Journal of Biosocial Science, 41(6), 747-761. On-line abstract, [Epub ahead of print] | |
| Maslovskaya, O., Brown, J.J. and Padmadas, S.S. 2009 Disentangling the complex association between Female Genital Cutting and HIV among Kenyan women. Journal of Biosocial Science, 41(6), 815-830. On-line abstract On-line article, [Epub ahead of print] | |
| Matthews, Z., Padmadas, S.S., Hutter, I., McEachran and Brown, J.J. 2009 Does early childbearing and a sterilization-focused family planning programme in India fuel population growth? Demographic Research, 20(28), 693-720. On-line abstract On-line article | |
| Dahal G.P., Padmadas, S.S., Hinde, P.R.A. 2008 Fertility limiting behavior and contraceptive choice among men in Nepal. International Family Planning Perspectives, 34(1), 6-14. On-line article, (ISSN: 0190-3187) | |
| Leone, T., Padmadas, S.S. 2008 The proliferation of female sterilization in Brazil and India: A comparative analysis of the cohort and parity effects. Genus, LXIII (No. 3-4), 77-97 . | |
| Leone, T., Padmadas, S.S. and Matthew, Z. 2008 Community factors affecting rising Caesarean section rates in developing countries: an analysis of six countries . Social Science and Medicine , 67(8), 1236-1246. On-line abstract On-line article | |
| Puri, M., Hortsman, R., Matthews, Z., Falkingham J., Padmadas, S.S., and Devkota, S. 2008 Examining out-of-pocket expenditures on reproductive and sexual health among the urban population of Nepal. Population Review, 47(2), 50-66. On-line abstract | |
| Sufang, G., Padmadas, S.S., Fengmin, Z., Brown, J.J. and Stones, R.W. 2007 Delivery settings and Cesarean section rates in China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 85(10), 755-762. On-line abstract On-line article | |
| Islam M.A., Padmadas, S.S. and Smith, P.W.F. 2006 Men's approval of family planning in Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science, 38(2), 247-259. On-line abstract | |
| Islam, M.A., Padmadas, S.S. and Smith, P.W.F. 2006 Contraceptive awareness among men in Bangladesh. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare, 32(2), 100-103. On-line abstract | |
| Mamun, A.A., Padmadas, S.S. and Khatun, M. 2006 Maternal health during pregnancy and perinatal mortality in Bangladesh: evidence from a large-scale community based clinical trial. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, 20(6), 482-490. | |
| Padmadas, S.S., Dias, J.G. and Willekens, F.J. 2006 Disentangling women’s responses on complex dietary intake patterns from an Indian cross-sectional survey: a latent class analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 9(2), 204-211. On-line abstract | |
| Padmadas, S.S., Stones, R.W. and Matthews, Z. 2006 Dyspareunia and urinary sensory symptoms in India: A population-based study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol 3, No 1, 114-120. On-line abstract | |
| Stones, R.W., Padmadas, S.S., Sufang, G., Brown J.J., Fengmin, Z and Bohua, Li 2006 Dyspareunia, urinary sensory symptoms and incontinence among young Chinese women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 561-567. On-line abstract | |
| De Broe, S., Hinde, A., Matthews, Z. and Padmadas, S.S. 2005 Diversity in family planning use among ethnic groups in Guatemala. Journal of Biosocial Science, 37,3, 301-317., (ISSN: 0021-9230) | |
| Padmadas, S.S., Hutter, I. and Willekens, F. 2004 Compression of women's reproductive spans in Andhra Pradesh, India. International Family Planning Perspectives, 30(1), 12-19. On-line article | |
| Padmadas, S.S. and Nair, P.S. 2002 Consanguineous unions and their effect on reproductive outcomes in India. Genus, 58 (2), 113-139. | |
| Padmadas, S.S., Hutter, I. and Willekens, F. 2002 Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(4), 855-863. On-line article | |
| Padmadas, S.S., Kumar, S.S., Nair, S.B. and Anitha Kumari, K.R. 2000 Caesarean section delivery in Kerala, India: Evidence from a National Family Health Survey. Social Science and Medicine, 51 (4), 511-521. On-line abstract | |
| Zavier, F. and Padmadas, S.S. 2000 Use of a spacing method before sterilization among couples in Kerala, India. International Family Planning Perspectives, 1 (26), 29-35. On-line article | |
| Nair, S.B. and Padmadas, S.S. 1999 Fertility decline in India: A Futuristic perspective. Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries, 2, (2), 48-61. On-line abstract | |
| Padmadas S.S., Zavier, F. and Dilip, T.R. 1999 Age at menarche among Indian women: Observations from NFHS, 1992-93. The Journal of Family Welfare, 45(2), 71-79. | |
| Ramanathan, M., Dilip, T.R. and Padmadas, S.S. 1998 Gender dynamics in data collection on reproductive health: Field experiences in Kerala, India. Medische Antropologie, 1 (10), 76-84. | |
| Ramanathan, M., Dilip, T.R. and Padmadas, S.S. 1995 Quality of care in laproscopic sterilisation camps: observations from Kerala, India. Reproductive Health Matters, 6, 84-93. On-line abstract | |
| Working papers | |
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| Lyons-Amos, M., Durrant, G. and Padmadas, S. 2008 The Correlates of Natural Method Use in Moldova. submitted to Studies in Family Planning, under review | |
| Reports | |
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| Bohua, Li et al. 2006 UNFPA/China Quality of Care in Reproductive Health/Family Planning Project, Fifth Country Programme, Quantitative Evaluation Report, 2003-05: Key Findings,59 On-line article | |
| Bohua, Li et al. 2004 China UNFPA Reproductive Health / Family Planning Country Project 5 Technical Report. Report to China Population and Development Research Centre, National Centre for Women & Children Health and UNFPA China, 69pp. On-line article | |
| Bohua, Li et al. 2004 China UNFPA Reproductive Health / Family Planning Fourth Country Programme Impact Survey Report. Report to Population and Development Research Centre and UNFPA China, 77pp. On-line article | |
| Bohua, Li et al. 2004 China UNFPA Reproductive Health / Family Planning, Fifth Country Programme. Baseline Survey Report. Report to Population and Development Research Centre, National Centre for Women & Children Health, and UNFPA China, 95pp. On-line article | |
| Book reviews | |
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| Padmadas, S.S. 2008 Book review: Robinson WC & Ross JA (Eds.) The Global Family Planning Revolution: Three Decades of Population Policies and Programs, Washington DC: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-8213-6951-7) Public Health , 122 (11), 1289. On-line article | |
| Padmadas, S.S. 2006 Book review: Mohan Rao, From Population Control to Reproductive Health: Malthusian Arithmetic Population Studies, 60(1), 115-119. | |
| Padmadas, S.S. 2004 Book review: Sriya Iyer, Demography and Religion in India, New Delhi European Journal of Population, 20(1), 88-90. On-line article | |
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